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Description:

Introduction to degree course was developed in response to high dropout and failure rates of university students. The program fully supports successful progression of students from high school to undergraduate study and beyond. This course introduces students to a degree, giving students a frame work and direction in their area of study. We are well aware that if students fail to understand the foundation of the subject they are likely to lose interest in the subject that is why this course was designed to make it easier for students. The course is equipped with most of the learning materials required by students to understand their degree program.

This course was developed in consultation with universities at global. The course is designed to give students a deeper knowledge and understanding of the degree. The course is designed to enhance the creativity and critical thinking skills that are needed by students to develop their own ideas at University standard. Taking students step by step, to simplify and to explain the degree.

The course equips students with the knowledge needed to make an informed decision before starting and during your studies enabling students to plan ahead, minimizing student failure rates. The process makes knowledge transfer easier between students, universities, professionals, employers and research institutes The aim of this course is not just to make learning easier, but also to help put qualification in to use. We understand that most students at Universities fail not because they are “dumb” but, because they don’t get to understand what they are required to do.

Key Modules:

1: Linguistic Theory

This module provides an introduction to the foundational theories and concepts in linguistics. It covers topics such as the nature of language, phonetics and phonology, morphology and syntax, semantics, and pragmatics.

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2: Sociolinguistics

This module explores the relationship between language and society. It covers topics such as language variation and change, language and identity, language and social class, multilingualism, language policy, and language attitudes.

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3: Phonetics and Phonology

This module focuses on the study of speech sounds and sound systems. It covers topics such as articulatory phonetics, acoustic phonetics, phonological analysis, phonemic transcription, and the patterns and rules governing sound structure in languages.

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4: Field Linguistics

This module introduces students to the methods and techniques used in language documentation and description. It covers topics such as data collection, analysis of linguistic data, fieldwork ethics, and the role of field linguistics in language preservation and revitalization.

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5: Historical and Comparative Linguistics

This module investigates the historical development of languages and the relationships between different languages. It covers topics such as language families, language change, linguistic reconstruction, and the use of historical linguistic methods to trace language evolution.

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6: Morphology and Syntax

This module focuses on the study of word formation and sentence structure. It covers topics such as morphological processes, syntactic analysis, grammatical categories, sentence types, and the rules governing the combination of words in a language.

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7: Schools of Linguistic Thought

This module explores the major theoretical frameworks and approaches in linguistics. It covers topics such as structuralism, generative grammar, functional linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and sociocultural approaches, providing an understanding of different schools of thought and their contributions to the field.

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8: Psycholinguistics

This module examines the psychological processes involved in language production, comprehension, and acquisition. It covers topics such as language processing, language development in children, language disorders, and the relationship between language and cognition.

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9: Bilingualism and Language Contact

This module examines the phenomenon of bilingualism and its effects on language structure, cognition, and society. It covers topics such as code-switching, language attrition, language maintenance, bilingual education, and the sociolinguistic aspects of language contact.

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10: Language and the Mind

This module explores the relationship between language and cognition. It covers topics such as the cognitive processes involved in language production and comprehension, the organization of linguistic knowledge in the brain, and the study of language from a cognitive science perspective.

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11: Introduction to Pragmatics

This module focuses on the study of meaning in context. It covers topics such as speech acts, implicature, presupposition, deixis, politeness, and the role of context in interpreting and using language.

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12: Forensic Phonetics

This module applies phonetic analysis to forensic investigations, such as speech and voice identification, speaker profiling, and forensic speaker comparison. It covers topics such as phonetic transcription, voiceprint analysis, acoustic analysis of speech, and the use of phonetics in legal contexts.

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13: Clinical Phonology

This module examines phonological disorders and their assessment and treatment. It covers topics such as speech sound disorders, phonological processes, phonological assessment tools, and intervention strategies for children and adults with speech and language difficulties.

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14: Forensic Linguistics

This module explores the application of linguistic analysis in legal and forensic contexts. It covers topics such as authorship identification, discourse analysis in legal settings, forensic text analysis, and the linguistic aspects of courtroom language and testimony.

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15: Language Processing

This module investigates the cognitive processes involved in language comprehension and production. It covers topics such as parsing, sentence processing, semantic processing, ambiguity resolution, and the role of memory and attention in language processing.

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16: Language variation and change

This module focuses on the study of how languages vary and change over time and across different social groups. It covers topics such as dialects, sociolects, language contact, language evolution, language planning, and the social and linguistic factors that contribute to language variation and change.

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17: Syntax

This module explores the structure and organization of sentences in natural languages. It covers topics such as phrase structure, grammatical relations, syntactic categories, sentence types, syntactic theories and frameworks, and the principles and rules that govern sentence formation and interpretation.

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18: Semantics

This module focuses on the study of meaning in language. It covers topics such as lexical semantics (word meaning), compositional semantics (how meaning is constructed in sentences), formal semantics (using logic and formal systems to represent meaning), and the relationship between language and thought.

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19: Sociolinguistic Variation

This module delves deeper into the study of language variation in society. It covers topics such as social factors influencing variation, language and identity, linguistic landscapes, language policy and planning, and the quantitative and qualitative methods used in sociolinguistic research.

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20: Pragmatics in Discourse Analysis

This module explores the role of pragmatics in analyzing and understanding discourse. It covers topics such as speech acts, implicature, discourse markers, politeness strategies, conversational implicature, and the study of pragmatics in different discourse genres and contexts.

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21: Language Acquisition

This module examines the processes and stages of language acquisition in children. It covers topics such as first language acquisition, second language acquisition, bilingual language development, language milestones, language input, and the theories and models explaining the acquisition of language.

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22: Neurolinguistics

This module explores the relationship between language and the brain. It covers topics such as language processing in the brain, language disorders and their neural basis , neuroimaging techniques used in studying language, and the neural mechanisms underlying language production and comprehension.

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23: Computational Linguistics

This module applies computational methods and techniques to the study of language. It covers topics such as natural language processing, machine translation, speech recognition, corpus linguistics, and the use of computational models to simulate and understand linguistic phenomena.

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