English Language

Course summary

In this course you will gain a deep understanding of how language works in various contexts and functions. You will have opportunities to debate contentious issues regarding language use and explore the popular topics of child language acquisition and media discourse. What you will do: · Study topical language issues such as Language and Power, Language and Gender and how language is manipulated by the producer. · Analyse written, spoken and multimodal texts, exploring the effect of language in various contexts. · Undertake your own individual, independent research into language in use, in a field of particular personal interest. Particular past topics have been rap music, footballers in the media and how language is used on screen.