Language and Identity: Researching and Writing Who We Are
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Course goals
After successfully completing this course, students will be able to articulate and apply the theories of language and identity covered in class.
Content
Students will read research and theory in the field of linguistic anthropology and related disciplines to gain theoretical tools and research methods for describing and analyzing language behaviors linked to identity practices. Students will produce preliminary ethnographically-informed research and writing by collecting and examining original data using one or more of the following methods of data collection and analysis: participant observation, sociolinguistic interview, transcription, discourse analysis, survey, and ethnographic writing. Students will report on these analyses in spoken and written English appropriate for the fields of study introduced here. Students will reflect on their learning through the theoretical lenses presented in the course materials.
Additional information
This course has priority rules and a waiting list. Your enrolment is guaranteed if you are:
- a student of the BA English Language and Culture and you are enrolled in the specialisation The Social Life of English.
- a student TCS enrolled in the hoofdrichting Moderne Talen.
- a student in the BA Culturele antropologie en ontwikkelingssociologie.
- enrolled in the Interculturele communicatie minor.
- enrolled in the Minor Geesteswetenschappen in de beroepspraktijk (in Dutch).
- an Exchange students who meet the course’s entry requirements
In all other situations, you will be placed on a waiting list if you enroll in this course. For any remaining slots in the course, lots are drawn among the students on the waiting list.
This course is part of the 'Social Life of English' specialisation.
Please note: this course runs through the third week in January, so it is not available for outgoing UU students leaving for exchange before the end of block 2.
Early Exit option for international exchange students (5 EC)
Exchange students who are required to return to their home university before January, are allowed to choose an Early Exit option for this course. The Early Exit option means that students can finish the course before Christmas break, receiving 5 EC for the course. Students must make arrangements with the course coordinator at the start of the course.
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