LING11-102: World Languages

Description

World Languages introduces you to a fascinating world of human languages and the benefits of learning additional languages. This innovative subject prepares you for the challenges of language learning and explores how languages and their learning connect communities and their cultures. You will investigate why we all sound differently and how the languages we speak shape our world view. The subject outlines potential difficulties in learning languages other than your own and reviews the extraordinary advantages of acquiring an additional language. You will also have a unique opportunity to sample learning languages other than your own. Designed to enhance International Relations and Global Studies students’ awareness of language learning, use, and how languages express cultures, this subject can also be taken as an elective to complement any degree undertaken at Bond University.

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: LING11-102
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • September 2024 [Standard Offering]
  • January 2025 [Standard Offering]
  • May 2025 [Standard Offering]
  • September 2025 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Study areas:
  • International Relations, Politics, and Arts
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,730.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $5,990.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the diversity of human languages and the cultural contexts in which they are used.
  2. Analyse the benefits of language learning through the critical assessment of the advantages of learning additional languages and the potential difficulties encountered in the process.
  3. Explore the connections between language and world view by investigating how different languages shape speakers’ perceptions of the world and their cultural identity
  4. Apply language learning strategies for learning new additional languages and using them to overcome common obstacles in language acquisition.
  5. Reflect on personal language use and learning through an examination of own experiences with language learning and use, and articulating the impact of these experiences on their understanding of their own and other cultures.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil
Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject outlines

Subject dates

Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 14/07/2024
Semester start: 09/09/2024
Subject start: 09/09/2024
Last enrolment: 22/09/2024
Teaching census: 04/10/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 05/10/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 26/10/2024
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