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English Language & Linguistics

Choosing Second Year ELL modules

Outline

• What regulations must I follow when selecting modules?

• What must I do to submit my module choices?

• What modules are available?

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English Language & Linguistics

• No Core

• 100 credits of approved modules • From the booklet provided

• See screencasts for more details

• 20 credits of unrestricted modules • From anywhere across the university

E.g. EDU209 Being a Teacher (School of Education)

• BUT you can just take these 20 credits in ELL

• Obtain confirmation from host department (if not English) before submitting module choice form online

Regulations


Dual degrees

• BA/English Language & Sociology

• BA/Linguistics & Hispanic Studies

• BA/Linguistics & Philosophy

• BA/Linguistics & Japanese Studies

• BA/French & Linguistics

• BA/German & Linguistics

• BA/Linguistics & Russian


Regulations

No ELL core:

choose 60 credits of approved modules from

ELL

You should try to balance your semesters

as much as possible, accounting for core

modules in your dual department

Considerations…

• How well does this module fit with the other modules I have taken/will be taking?

• Will the module content help with my plans after graduation (e.g. postgraduate degree, career plans)?

• Will the forms of assessment develop valuable life skills in which I require training?

• Can I see myself sustaining enthusiasm for the topic to degree-level detail over the whole semester?


Online Module Choice Process • The University online module choice (MUSE) opens on:

• Tuesday 3 May 2016, and will close on:

• Friday 20 May 2016.

• You will receive an email from Registry Services on how to access online module choice.

• Modules are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

• Some modules may be popular, therefore you may not be allocated your preferred module.

• Please take this into consideration and ensure that you have at least two reserve module choices per semester.


Online Module Choice Process • Once you have entered your choice of optional

modules the department will check and either approve, or reject your choices (depending on spaces available).

• Please ensure that you check your emails on a regular basis.

• You may not receive an immediate response to your module choice submission as the department will be dealing with a large number of requests. Please be patient at this busy time.


Online Module Choice Process • If you receive an email rejecting your first choice,

this is the point when you will be required to resubmit an alternative module choice online for approval (your reserves).

• If there are any problems you will receive an email from the department advising you what action to take.

• Once modules have been accepted student records will be updated overnight and modules added to their record.


Course Registration

• Online Module Choice is NOT registration for the year.

• Over the summer, you will need to register for the next academic year once you have received your level 1 results (via MUSE); we will notify you.

• If you don’t do this, you will not be able to log into MOLE.


Fixing your timetable… • We submit our room bookings requests in May;

these are only confirmed by the University in late July.

• At the end of August, you will be contacted by email with dates when you will be able to sign up for seminar groups on MOLE.

• Add/Drop: you may be able to change modules very early in the new semester.

• DO NOT rely on this as there is no guarantee that places will be(come) available. • You may also miss important course content • Moral: Take Online Module Choice seriously!


Online Module Choice Process

• Screen Casts and the Module Choice Booklet Level 2 modules can be found at:

http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/current/level2

• The links to the screencasts, module choice booklet and the slides from this briefing will be sent to all students via email.


A note on module codes

• ELL modules can have either of the following codes:

• ELL

• EGH

The meaning of these codes is arbitrary!


Modules: Semester 1 & Semester 2

Structure, Sounds & Properties

•EGH206 Introduction to Modern Irish •ELL221 Syntax •ELL228 Language and Cognition •ELL207 Phonetics •ELL222 Semantics •ELL226 First Language Acquisition

Use of Language

•ELL216 Language Politics and Language Planning •ELL217 Sociolinguistics •ELL227 Language Attitudes •ELL234 A Sense of Place: Local and Regional Identity •ELL237 Corpus Linguistics •ELL238 Special Subject: Language, Migration and Identity

Literary Linguistics

•EGH202 The History of Persuasion •EGH207 Writing the Real

Historical Aspects

•ELL225 Introduction to Old English •ELL231 Issues in Language Change •ELL236 Introduction to Middle English


• EGH202 The History of Persuasion

Richard Steadman-Jones

• EGH207 Writing the Real

Joe Bray

• ELL228 Language and Cognition

Jo Gavins & Sara Whiteley

• EGH206 Introduction to Modern Irish

Kaarina Hollo

• ELL207 Phonetics

Gareth Walker

• ELL216 Language Politics & Planning

• ELL227 Language Attitudes

• ELL238 Special Subject

Gerry Howley

• ELL217 Sociolinguistics

Emma Moore

• ELL221 Syntax

• ELL226 First Language Acquisition

Robyn Orfitelli

• ELL234 A Sense of Place: Local and Regional Identity

Chris Montgomery

• ELL231 Issues in Language Change

• ELL236 Introduction to Middle English

• *ELL225 Intro to Old English *(convenor tbc)

Graham Williams

• *ELL237 Corpus Linguistics *(convenor Gabriel Ozon)

Valerie Hobbs

• *ELL222 Semantics *(convenor Kook-Hee Gil)

Ranjan Sen

Any questions? • Spend some time talking to the staff and

students who know about the modules you are considering.


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