TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Master's Degree With Thesis
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Understand Language contact and its outcomes: bilingualism, multilingualism, diglossia, code-switching, code-mixing, language 2) Understand language spread: the worldwide spread of English and its implications for foreign/second language teaching. 3) Understand language variation and linguistics variables, age, gender, social factors governing their use
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week Key issues in sociolinguistics 3rd Week Language contact and its outcomes 4th Week Linguistic varieties and multilingual nations 5th Week Regional and social dialects 6th Week Gender and age 7th Week Gender and age 8th Week MIDTERM 9th Week Style, content and register 10th Week Speech functions, politeness and cross-cultural communication 11th Week Gender, politeness and stereotypes 12th Week World Englishes 13th Week Sociolinguistics and ELT 14th Week Sociaolinguistics and ELT
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Discussion
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
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 14 14 Preparation for Quiz Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 20 20 Course hours 3 14 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 20 20 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 14 14 Homework Total Workload 152 Total Workload / 30 5,06 ECTS Credits of the Course 5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No