06450 - Applied Linguistics

Learning outcomes

The course is designed to help students develop a critical understanding of the role of linguistics in contemporary multilingual and technological society.

Course contents

The first module (5/6 credits) is designed to consider the role of LA in today's globalized world of mobility and flows where different languages and cultures are in contact. We will refer to European language policies to investigate:

- different multilingual and/or intercultural communicative situations,

- new communicative and pedagogcal situations created bu ICT and new learning environments.

Different readings will be given on the basis of the different number of credits.

The second module (5 credits) is designed to develop analysis and critical understanding of the issues considered in the first module.It is intended to provide students with basic training and to encourage them to investigate the contributions of ICT and neuroscience to the analysis of language

Readings/Bibliography

First module

• R.Rossini Favretti, "Un'introduzione alla linguistica applicata", Patron, 2009 (chapters1,3,4,5,7,8,11)
• R.Rossini Favretti, "Il soggetto al computer:comunicazione e in/formazione" in R. Rossini Favretti (ed.) E-Learning. Comunicazione mediata e presenziale, BUP, 2005, pp. 25-38. 
  

 Second module

•    F. Casadei, Lessico e Semantica, Carocci, 2007, pp. 9-71, 115-135.   
•    R. Rossini Favretti, "Progettazione e costruzione di un corpus di  italiano    scritto:CORIS/CODIS" in R.Rossini Favretti (ed.), Linguistica e informatica. Corpora, multimedialità, percorsi di apprendimento, Bulzoni, 2000, pp. 39-56.
• J. Sinclair, Trust the Text. Language, Corpora and Discourse, Routledge,2005, chapters.1,2)

Teaching methods

30-hour courses  and/or seminars supported by on-line tutoring.
Regular attendance is recommended

Assessment methods

the course will be assessed by a combination of a written and an oral exam. The written assessment will consist of five open questions to be discussed by the candidate in the oral part of the exam. 

For adavanced levels  the  assessment will consist of a  3,000 word written paper, to be discussed in the oral exam.

Teaching tools

• E-mail tutorial support will be available during the courses.
• PC Lab.

Office hours

See the website of Rema Rossini