TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	3
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) use appropriate linguistic terms and concepts related to language and society where/when necessary and define the related theories and applications 2) demonstrate an understanding of the nature of language as a social entity and become aware that languages are affected by the society in which they are used 3) realise and grasp that language, society and culture are closely-knit and that languages can affect each other when in contact 4) understand that languages can show variety in different geographical regions, and that social structure or stratification, world view and gender have impacts on language use in addition to the fact that discourse can reflect social and individual features
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	This course primarily aims to enable students to learn and study language from a social and cultural perspective. It also provides detailed information about theories, approaches and concepts developed in the intersection of language and society. Besides, it helps students to realize and analyse linguistic phenomena and variety emerging out of the influence of the environment and context on language.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction to the course 2nd Week Language, Society and Culture 3rd Week Language Varieties-1-: Idiolects, Sociolects, Dialects, Accents, Lingua Franca, Pidgins, Creoles 4th Week Language Varieties-2-: Slang, Jargon/Argot, National and Racial Labels in languages 5th Week Language and Social Classes: Standard versus Non-Standard languages Taboo/Euphemism 6th Week Language and Gender 7th Week Social and Political Status of languages : Language Planning /Endangered and Extinct languages 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Discourse as Socio-Cultural Entity -1- 10th Week Discourse as Socio-Cultural Entity -2- 11th Week Language Contact: Bilingualism and Multilingualism 12th Week Projects and Presentations 13th Week Projects and Presentations 14th Week Revision
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	Candlin, Cnristopher N. & Hall, David R. (Eds.) (2002). Teaching and Researching Language and Culture. London & New York: Longman. Chambers, J. K. (2003). Sociolinguistics Theory (Second Edition). Oxford: Blackwell.?Cohen, Andrew D. & Olshtain, Elite. (1993). The production of speech acts by EFL learners. TESOL Quarterly, 27 (1), 33-56.?Coulama, Florian (Ed.) (1997). The Handbook of Sociolinguistics. Oxford: Blackwell. Coupland, Nikolas & Jaworski, Adam. (1997). Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook. Basingstoke: Macmillan. Coupland, Nikolas, Sarangi, Srikant & Candlin?Fasold, R. (1990). Sociolinguistics of Language. Blackwell Publishers. Hudson, R.A. ( 1993). Sociolinguistics. Cambridge University Press. Trudgill, P. ( 1984). Applied Sociolinguistics. (Edited book) Academic Press. New York. Wardhaugh, R. (2006). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Blackwell Publishers. (Fifth Edition). 1006648_82038_wardhaugh_r_an_introduction_to_sociolinguistics.pdf
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion,Questions/Answers,Project,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 50 Total(%) 50 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50 Total(%) 100
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No