Student Handbook - The School of Language, Linguistics and Film

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Modules in the degree programmes are organised into four major areas: modules on literature/culture, modules on linguistics, modules on film, and language modules. Nonlanguage modules in the degree programmes are taught at three different levels, with benchmarks for each of the levels; language modules are taught at six different stages, also with benchmarks for each of the stages. Benchmarks tell you what you should know and do at each level or stage. This includes knowledge and skills which are specific to the disciplines and/or the language(s) you are studying as well as knowledge and skills which are transferable to other spheres. Marks for undergraduate work are judged relative to the level or stage at which the modules are taught. When marking, examiners bear in mind these benchmarks in conjunction with the grade criteria. Benchmarks are provided below for each of the three major areas: Level benchmarks for modules on literature/culture Level 4: At this level students are expected to demonstrate: • Basic factual and conceptual knowledge of the field of study • Command of the essential terminology • Basic research, analytical and problem-solving skills • Basic awareness of the complexity of the subject, and of issues and implications of tasks set • Awareness of the basic historical, theoretical and/or critical approaches to the subject • Capacity to apply this knowledge, with guidance, to the tasks set • Capacity to analyse primary texts or other relevant cultural products and to put them into context • Basic awareness of the formal attributes of primary texts and cultural products • Capacity to synthesise findings and to communicate them effectively and concisely, and to present them in a format appropriate to the discipline • Ability to construct a coherent argument Level 5: At this level students are additionally expected to demonstrate: • Detailed knowledge of major discipline(s) and awareness of a variety of relevant concepts/contexts/frameworks • Capacity to analyse a range of texts/cultural products and to place them in their contexts with minimum guidance • Awareness of the complexity of the subject and of the tasks set, ability to identify key issues and to discern the most appropriate approaches • Ability to work within major theories/critical frameworks of discipline • Capacity to distinguish between these theoretical/critical approaches, to compare them and their implications • Ability to synthesise a range of ideas and to re-think them in the light of a given task • Capacity to challenge received opinion and to begin to develop own criteria and judgement • Awareness of the formal attributes of primary texts and cultural products • Capacity to communicate findings effectively and in a format appropriate to the discipline • Ability to construct a coherent argument 48
Level 6: At this level students are additionally expected to demonstrate: • Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of major discipline(s), and of areas of specialisation • Capacity to identify own strengths and learning needs, autonomy to plan and carry out study and research tasks and to use, with minimum guidance, the full range of resources and methodologies for the discipline available • Capacity to analyse abstract concepts and texts or cultural products without guidance, using a range of historical, theoretical and critical approaches appropriate to the subject, with confidence and fluidity • Capacity to contextualise a wide range of concepts, texts and cultural products from a variety of perspectives • Confidence in identifying and defining the complexity of subject(s) or problem(s) and ability to engage with the implications and contradictions resulting from that complexity • Confidence in use of own criteria and judgement and in challenging of received opinion • Capacity to analyse comprehensively the formal attributes of primary texts and cultural products • Capacity to engage effectively in debate and to produce professionally presented pieces of written work following the norms appropriate to the discipline • Ability to construct a coherent argument Level benchmarks for modules in linguistics Level 4: At this level students are expected to demonstrate: • Basic factual and conceptual knowledge of the field of study • Command of essential terminology • Command of the core concepts • Ability to think systematically about language structure and language use • Ability to apply core analytical tools • Ability to follow linguistic argumentation • Ability to apply linguistic argumentation to data, with appropriate guidance • Ability to follow theoretical explanations of linguistic phenomena • Capacity to communicate findings effectively and in a format appropriate to the discipline Level 5: At this level students are additionally expected to demonstrate: • Detailed knowledge of particular theoretical models for understanding language • An understanding of how these models are situated in broader contexts relevant to language • Ability to tackle some of the primary literature • Ability to apply the concepts of these theoretical models to linguistic data with guidance • An understanding of the link between data and theory in linguistics more generally • Ability to collect and organise data • Ability to construct an argument in linguistics Level 6: At this level students are additionally expected to demonstrate: • Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of particular theoretical models for understanding language 49
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