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Current trends in linguistics for teachers – Modules

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ADE50 Research and academic skills in linguistics

Course Module Code: ADE50

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: First (1st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module general description:

  • principles of academic writing: formulating research questions, structuring and writing academic texts;
  • management of bibliographic sources
  • principles of research ethics and ways to avoid plagiarism;
  • methods of collecting and processing language data
  • principles and methods of statistical analysis of language data

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of ADE50, students are expected to:

  • Have a sound command of the Greek language when writing academic papers, in accordance with international standard practices,
  • Know and be able to successfully apply the principles of academic writing,
  • Understand the need to respect academic and research ethics and standards of application,
  • Understand the concept of plagiarism and the means of avoiding it,
  • Be able to treat both printed and digital bibliographical sources, in accordance with the APA bibliographical system,
  • Clearly identify the various means of collecting linguistic data and be able to select those most suitable to their present research requirements,
  • Know and be able to apply the basic principles and tools of qualitative and quantitative treatment and presentation of linguistic data,
  • Possess the fundamental academic and research knowledge in linguistics in order to successfully attend the other T.U. of the PSP

Subjects:

  • Academic writing skills
  • Methodological tools for the collection and analysis of linguistic material
  • Qualitative and quantitative methods of data description and processing

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

ADE51 General Linguistics for Teachers

Course Module Code: ADE51

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: First (1st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module general description:

  • popular approaches to language
  • pronunciation, writing and spelling
  • word and lexis
  • sentence and utterance
  • language acquisition and learning
  • geographic and social variation

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of ADE51, students are expected to:

  • Possess up-to-date linguistic knowledge, based on the recent developments in linguistics
  • Be able to discuss popular notions regarding the synchrony and diachrony of language, and contrast them with the corresponding scholarly concepts,
  • Understand the mechanisms, primarily loans, through which a living language’s lexical stock is enriched,
  • Clearly identify oral and written language, and understand the differences between them in both conception and use,
  • Understand the basic differences between accents and orthography and recognize the conventional nature of rules and codes of spelling
  • Understand the difference between acquiring and learning a language, and the role played by language teaching at school
  • Comprehend the concept of linguistic diversity at the social and geographical level
  • Be able to utilize the findings of modern linguistics within a teaching context
  • Possess the fundamental knowledge in linguistics in order to successfully attend the other T.U. of the PSP

Subjects:

  • General Linguistics
  • Theoretical Linguistics

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

ΑDΕ52 The relation of Ancient Greek to Modern Greek and its teaching in schools

Course Module Code: ADE52

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: First (1st)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module general description:

  • myths and facts about the history of the Greek language
  • investigation of the relationship between ancient and modern Greek
  • study of the history and evolution of the Greek language

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of ADE52, students are expected to:

  • Possess up-to-date linguistic knowledge, based on the recent developments in linguistics
  • Know the concept of the term “continuity of the Greek language”,
  • Be able to discuss the linguistic myths, contrasting them with the scholarly positions regarding the synchrony and diachrony of the Greek language,
  • Understand the differences and particularities of Modern and Ancient Greek,
  • Recognize the need to preserve the separate teaching of Modern and Ancient Greek,
  • Be able to utilize their knowledge of the history of the Greek language when teaching Modern Greek,
  • Understand the mechanisms through which the lexical stock of a living language is renewed, primarily through loans (e.g., the formation of learned vocabulary)

Subjects:

  • Historical Linguistics
  • History of Greek Language

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

ΑDΕ60 Modern Greek descriptive grammar for teachers

Course Module Code: ADE60

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Second (2nd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

General description of Course Unit:

  • Describing the structure of Modern Greek, encompassing its morphology and syntax
  • Analyzing Greek language data from the perspective of theoretical linguistics
  • Utilizing reference and school grammar books for Greek

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of ADE60, students are expected to:

  • Demonstrate current linguistic knowledge informed by recent advancements in the field of linguistics
  • Capably engage in discussions about linguistic misconceptions, contrasting them with scholarly perspectives on the synchrony of the Greek language
  • Evaluate and compare the presentation of linguistic phenomena in recent reference and school grammar books, both from a descriptive and instructional standpoint
  • Recognize the significance and application of terminology in grammatical structure descriptions
  • Acquire familiarity with the analysis and description of language data from a linguistic standpoint
  • Comprehend the linguistic analysis of the morphosyntactic features of Modern Greek
  • Apply the insights from modern linguistics effectively in a teaching context

Subject Matter:

  • Theoretical Linguistics
  • Morphology
  • Syntax

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

ΑDΕ61 Issues in sociolinguistics for teachers

Course Module Code: ADE61

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Second (2nd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

General Description of the module:

  • Facets of geographical, social, and functional diversity
  • Vertical differentiation: the linguistic diversity of sociolects
  • Issues of language and gender, language and power
  • Attitudes towards the language used by younger people
  • Modern sociolinguistic findings and language teaching

Learning Outcomes:

  Upon successful completion of ADE61, students are expected to:

  • Possess up-to-date linguistic knowledge, based on the recent developments in linguistics
  • Be able to recognize the interdependence between language and society
  • Understand the importance of recognizing the heterogeny of a given linguistic system
  • Understand the complex concept of linguistic diversity
  • Understand at both the theoretical and the practical level issues of language and gender, issues of language and power, and attitudes towards the language used by younger people
  • Be able to utilize the findings of modern sociolinguistics within a teaching context

Subject Matter:

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Educational Linguistics

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

ΑDΕ62 Dialects and language education

Course Module Code: ADE62

Credits ECTS: 10

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Second (2nd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Module general description:

  • dialect
  • standard language
  • official language
  • dialect and language teaching
  • dialect speakers and critical linguistics

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of THE ADE 62, the student is expected to:

  • Possess up-to-date linguistic knowledge, based on the recent developments in linguistics
  • Know the philosophical foundations and historical reasons for why most state education systems focus on teaching the official state language,
  • Recognize the adverse effects of accepting the official language as the only acceptable – and therefore “correct” – language system in education,
  • Understand the beneficial effects of knowledge of the different language systems with which students enter school, even for the teaching of the official language,
  • Understand the benefits of teaching dialects in the course of language lessons
  • Recognize the need to abolish negative stereotypes regarding dialect speakers, in the context of critical linguistics
  • Be able to utilize the findings of modern dialectology within a teaching context

Subjects:

  • Dialectology
  • Discourse Analysis

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

 

ΑDΕ70 Multilingualism and language education

Course Module Code: ADE70

Credits ECTS: 15

Course Type: Compulsory

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of ADE70, students are expected to:

  • Possess up-to-date linguistic knowledge, based on the recent developments in linguistics
  • Possess systematized knowledge regarding the concepts of bilingualism and multilingualism at the psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, and educational level,
  • Know, at the psycholinguistic level, the implications of being a “native” speaker of two or more languages,
  • Recognize the issues caused by bilingualism – multilingualism on the linguistic and cognitive development of the individual, and the development of written and oral language skills,
  • Recognize the existence of multilingualism as a factor at Greek schools and lifelong learning
  • Understand how to respect multilingualism in the educational process
  • Be able to discuss the dominant position still occupied by the linguistic ideology of identifying a state with a given language (see “national language”) both in education and in social norms

Subjects:

  • Psycholinguistics and Language Acquisition
  • Sociolinguistics of bilingualism and multilingualism
  • Teaching methods in Multilingualism

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

ΑDΕ71 Critical literacy and school curriculum

Course Module Code: ADE71

Credits ECTS: 15

Course Type: Mandatory

Semester: Third (3rd)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the module ADE71, students are expected to:

  • to have up-to-date knowledge of language analysis based on the most recent developments in Linguistics
  • perceive the importance of developing students’ critical linguistic awareness through the implementation of critical language education programs
  • be able to grasp basic concepts and models of literacy
  • acquire an organized knowledge of the narrative textual genre and of ways in which it can be used for teaching purposes
  • adopt a critical approach towards the language teaching curricula
  • recognize the importance of fostering students’ critical awareness through language teaching
  • be able to draw on the insights generated from educational linguistics in the context of language teaching

Subjects:

  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Educational design for language teaching

Evaluation: Completion of written assignments during the academic semester which constitute a 40 percent of each student’s grade, if a pass is obtained in the final or repetitive examination. Final exam grades constitute a 60 percent of the students’ final course grade.

Prerequisite courses: None

Code: ADEDE

Credits ECTS: 30

Type: Compulsory

Semester: Fourth (4th)

Language: Greek

Module Outline

Content:

The postgraduate thesis is meant to combine and utilize the knowledge students have acquired over the course of their studies.

The general thematic categories for the thesis are defined by the Program Director, after consulting with the Coordinators of the Thematic Modules. They are subsequently announced on the website of Hellenic Open University, before the beginning of the period for the declaration of the thesis subject by the students.

Students may propose a topic of their choosing for their Postgraduate Thesis, as long as it belongs to the general thematic categories. However, the topic may combine aspects of two or more of the thematic general categories.

Indicative thematic categories:

  • Attitudes to language change
  • Relationship between Ancient and Modern Greek (analysis and teaching)
  • Sociolinguistic history of Greek
  • Current linguistic perspectives on grammatical phenomena of Modern Greek (morphology, syntax, semantics)
  • Approaches to the teaching of grammar in primary and secondary education
  • Teaching of grammar: school textbooks and school curricula
  • Social linguistic variation in education: Linguistic identity construction in the texts of Modern Greek language teaching (under the perspective of critical literacy)
  • The construction of gender and sexual identities
  • The school / the classroom as a field for ethnolinguistic and sociolinguistic research
  • Dialectal variation in Mass Media
  • Dialectal variation and the sense of humor
  • Linguistic landscape and dialect (Dialect landscape)
  • Psycholinguistic aspects of bilingualism / multilingualism – Language development
  • Multilingualism and language policy
  • Teaching and learning Greek as an L2
  • Critical discourse analysis and the planning and/or carrying out of critical literacy projects
  • Planning and/or carrying out of critical literacy projects on language variation (geographical / social dialects, ethnolects)
  • Understanding and evaluation of linguistic variation (geographical / social dialects -ethnolects) in Mass media discourse by students and the development of critical literacy

Learning Outcomes:

Upon completion of their Postgraduate Thesis, students will be able to:

  • Carry out original linguistic research in a variety of linguistic fields
  • Adhere to the norms of academic writing
  • Seek, collect and analyze (quantitively and qualitatively) linguistic data
  • Adhere to the ethical principles and norms of scientific research
  • Highlight the connection between linguistic research and language education on a broad and narrow scale

General Regulation for the Preparation of Master’s Theses in postgraduate programmes with a six-month duration.

For more information regarding the Specifications – Useful Material for writing Master’s Theses and uploading a Thesis at the H.O.U. Repository, you can go to the Digital Training Area http://courses.eap.gr and especially to the Program of Studies section.

Prerequisites: The presentation of the postgraduate thesis takes place after the successful completion of the program’s Modules.

 

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