| Unit name | Advanced Language Studies: Exploring identity in a global world |
|---|---|
| Unit code | LANG10019 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Mr. Tony Prince |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
Language Proficiency C1/C2 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Centre for Academic Language and Development |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit is designed for non-native speakers of English at C1/C2 levels who wish to develop their advanced English language communication skills further within the context of the Bristol Futures theme, Global Citizenship.
Through a selection of written and spoken texts face to face and online, we will explore what identity and global citizenship mean from a range of perspectives: philosophical, sociological, psychological, ecological, cultural, literary, and linguistic. We will analyse the language and discourse which shapes these texts as well that used to form and articulate our own identities within our contemporary and historical, local and global world. By exploring these texts, you will have the opportunity to improve and fine-tune your oral English through discussion and presentations, your grammatical and lexical knowledge and use through analysis and consolidation, and your written English through the production and revision of written texts.
By the end of the unit you will be able to:
You have two hours per week contact time in the classroom in a group of up to 16 students. As this is a 20-credit unit, you are expected to do 200 hours of study during the unit. You will study grammar and vocabulary independently as well as preparing set tasks for the following class and revising for assessments. You will also be invited to do the online Bristol Futures unit: Unleash your Potential – Global Citizenship.
The classes are very interactive, and you will be expected to take an active part in small group work and presentations throughout the unit.
Written coursework:
Oral coursework: 30% (ILO 3)
Baggini, J., 2011. The ego trick: what does it mean to be you? London: Granta Books
FutureLearn, 2018. Unleash your potential – Global Citizenship [online] Available at: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/global-citizenship [Accessed 25.01.19]
Foley, H. & D, Hall., 2012. My Grammar Lab Advanced C1/C2. Harlow: Pearson.
Giddens, A., 1991. Modernity and self-identity: self and society in the late modern age. Cambridge: Polity Press
Jung, C., 1958. The Undiscovered Self. Zurich: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Kerby, A.P., 1991. Narrative and the self. USA: Indian University Press
Nisbett, R. E., 2005. The geography of thought: how Asians and Westerners think differently and why. New York: The Free Press
