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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Arts : English Language
English Language enables students to specialise in the English language by studying it from a number of perspectives - communicative, grammatical, semantic, historical, developmental and pedagogical. To speak and write the world's most widely used language effectively, we need to understand its history, its supple and intricate grammar, and the status of its many social and geographical varieties. This interdepartmental program which is housed in the Department of Linguistics and applied Linguistics draws from its subjects in the Departments of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, English, and the Centre for Communication Skills and English as a Second Language.
The English Language Program may be undertaken as a major independently of any other studies. It would be a useful complement to studies in the English Department, the Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Department, Australian Studies, American Studies, Asian Studies or Women's Studies.
Although the program assumes a good mastery of English, overseas students and local students of non-English speaking background who need to consolidate their proficiency in either spoken or written English may wish to take some units offered by the Centre for Communication Skills and ESL. Students should note that these subjects are not creditable to the English Language major. The subjects offered are:
First-year subjects:
145-123 Spoken Interaction 145-120 Advanced English As A Second Language 1 145-121 Advanced English As A Second Language 2
First-year subjects require no specific prerequisites.
The general prerequisite for second and third-year English Language subjects is usually the completion of 175-106 English: Its Structure and History.
Although not required as a prerequisite for second and third year English Language subjects, the following first year subject may be of interest: 175-108 Communication Across Cultures.
A major in English Language requires the completion of at least five subjects (two compulsory subjects and three electives) over second and third-year (a total of 83.3 points).
175-236 Grammar of English One of the following: 175-201 Second Language Learning and Teaching 175-202 Discourse
Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics: 175-200 First Language Acquisition 175-201 Second Language Learning and Teaching 175-202 Discourse 175-203 English Language Literacy 175-210 Phonetics and Phonology 175-212 Semantics 175-215 Formal Syntax 175-219 Language in Society 175-225 Language and Culture 175-237 Language and Gender
Department of English: Note that only one Creative Writing unit may be taken towards the English Language major. These are quota subjects and special entry conditions apply. 106-208 Beowulf 16.7 2nd and 3rd year 106-210 Introductory Medieval English Language and Literature 106-224 Introductory Old English Language and Literature 106-225 Creative Writing 106-226 Writing Fiction 106-227 Writing Scripts 106-228 Writing Poetry
Students wishing to enter Combined Honours in English Language in 1997 will need to have completed a major in English Language. A minimum overall standard of an H2A average in the best five English subjects will be required in the major.
Combined Honours in English Language comprises four semester units (worth 16.7 points each) and a thesis (worth 33.3 points). Students enrol as follows:
Two English Language units from the list below (16.7 points each):
175-413 Advanced Topics in the Linguistics of English
175-414 Advanced Topics in the Applied Linguistics of English
106-405 The Exeter Anthology of Old English Poetry
Two units suitable for Honours coursework in English or Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (16.7 points each), according to the discipline combined with English Language.
The thesis in either English or Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (if the concentration is on the companion discipline) or in English Language:
175-410 English Language Fourth Year Research Essay (33.3 points)
A Bachelor of Arts which includes English Language can lead to graduate studies in English, Linguistics or Applied Linguistics.
Contact:
The Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
The University of Melbourne
Telephone: (03) 9344 5394
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