Transcript MA in English (Applied English Linguistics)

MA in English
Applied English Linguistics
Outline
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• Our Programme
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• e-learning
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• Assignment Submission
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• Graduation Requirements
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• Something NEW for YOU!
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• Useful Information
Our Programme
What is Applied Linguistics?
“Applied Linguistics is:
1) an approach to understanding language issues in
the real world, drawing on theory and empirical
analysis, and
2) an interdisciplinary area of study, in which
linguistics is combined with issues and perspectives
drawn from other disciplines.”
• BAAL (1994)
1) An approach
to
understanding
language issues
in the real world
2) An
interdisciplinary
area of study
• AL is concerned with practical issues
involving language in the life of the
community
• Learning of second and foreign languages;
• Language policy
• Multilingualism
• Language education
• AL is the field of research and instruction
integrating linguistic ideas with those in
psychology, sociology, cognitive science,
anthropology, education, etc.
• Psycholinguistics
• Sociolinguistics
• Cognitive linguistics
• Second language acquisition
Programme Objectives
The MA Programme in AEL enables students to :
enhance the knowledge of linguistics as a scientific, systematic
study of language;
understand applied linguistics as an interdisciplinary study
drawing on other fields such as psychology and sociology;
critically evaluate the claims made in applied linguistics and apply
theory to practical issues involving language in use; and
equip themselves with the applied-linguistic theories and skills
necessary for the teaching and learning of English as a second
language within the context of Hong Kong.
Teaching Staff for MA in AEL (2014-15)
Prof. GONG
Prof. BEN SAID
• Gender and Language
• Stylistic Analysis and Cohesion English
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Theoretical Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Second Language Acquisition
Curriculum Design & Material Preparation
Prof. LEE
Prof. CHAN
• Language and Literacy in Digital Media
• Psycholinguistics
• Ultimate Attainment
Prof. JACKSON
Dr. CRISP
• Language and Intercultural
Communication
• Discourse and Pragmatics
Prof. NELSON
Dr. HUNG
• Corpus Linguistics
• World Englishes
Prof. ZHAO
Dr. MAK
• Cognitive Linguistics
• Second Language Teaching
Study Mode and Scheme
Full time: 1 year
Part time: 2 years
All students are required to complete 24 units of courses for graduation
THREE required courses:
FIVE elective courses from:
ENGE5430
ENGE5410 ENGE5440 ENGE5450
ENGE5510 ENGE5520 ENGE5530
ENGE5540 ENGE5550 ENGE5560
ENGE5570 ENGE5580 ENGE5590
ENGE5600 ENGE5610 ENGE5620
ENGE5630
9 units
15 units
ENGE5010
ENGE5420
Course Offerings in 2014-15
First
Semester
Second
Semester
Required courses:
Required course:
5010: Theoretical Linguistics
5430: Second Language
Acquisition
5420: Sociolinguistics
Elective courses:
Elective courses:
5440: Language and Intercultural
Communication
5450: Corpus Linguistics
5560: Second Language Teaching
5600A: World Englishes
5610B: Ultimate Attainment
5410: Psycholinguistics
5510: Curriculum Development and Materials
Preparation
5570: Discourse and Pragmatics
5600B: Stylistic analysis and cohesion in
English
5600C: Language and Literacy in Digital Media
5610B: Gender and Language
5630: Cognitive Linguistics and Its
Applications in Language Teaching
e-learning
• Student ID: 1155XXXXXX
Email
address
CWEM
password
• [email protected]
• All students should have been
notified
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“Campus-wide Email System” password
CUHK email service
CUHK Wifi service
MyCUHK
CUSIS
Quick guide for new students:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/itsc/newuser/
E-learning Tool 1:
MyCUHK is a one-stop portal for
personalized access to various CUHK
online resources.
You can check various applications by
clicking the tags such as Webmail, eLearning System, Library, CUSIS, and
course registration.
www.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuhk
E-learning Tool 2:
The Chinese University Student Information
System (CUSIS) went live on 5 July 2010.
Through CUSIS, students can manage a
range of personal and academic
information online such as:
- submitting various online applications;
- registering classes;
- obtaining confirmation in real-time; and
- viewing their official grades and unofficial
transcripts.
www.cuhk.edu.hk/cusis
E-learning Tool 3:
This is a platform to which teachers upload the
lecture notes, ppt slides and relevant files of the
courses . This also provides an interface for
teachers to make announcements about the
courses.
Login information:
User name  s1155XXXXXX
Login password: CWEM password
www.cuhk.edu.hk/eLearning
Assignment
Submission
Academic Honesty
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong
places very high importance on honesty in
academic work submitted by students, and
adopts a policy of zero tolerance on
plagiarism.
• Any related offence will lead to disciplinary
action including termination of studies at
the University.
• In order to be an academically ‘SMART’ student, you
are required to observe the following issues when
submitting your term papers:
• http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/
academichonesty/
VeriGuide
• Depending on the requirement laid down by each
course teacher, assignments have to be submitted via
VeriGuide for plagiarism verification.
• This applies to assignments in the form of a computergenerated document that is principally text-based.
• VeriGuide will archive all papers and provide
comparisons with web resources, previous term papers
and term papers submitted in the current assignment,
as data for the teachers to evaluate the originality of
the submission.
• http://veriguide1.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/por
tal/page/index.jsp
Requirements
for Graduation
Complete 24 units of courses
Obtain cumulative GPA of
2.0 or above
Something NEW for YOU!
• In order to enhance the sense of belonging of our students
to the MA programme and to provide academic support to
our students, the following four items will be introduced to
the programme in 2014-15:
MA Staff-Student Consultative Committee
AEL Seminars
MA in AEL Website
Academic Excellence Award
MA Staff-Student
Consultative Committee
• The general objectives of this committee are to:
strive for better communication between the MA students and
the department;
provide a channel for the MA students to voice their opinions on
courses, teachers, workload, etc; and
observe any problems which may arise.
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Questionnaires to be distributed to solicit student feedback on the programme.
Meet once or twice in the year 2014-15.
Student representative nomination to be held in late September.
MA Staff-Student Consultative Committee
Grad.
Dept.
Chair
Div.
Head
Prog.
Director
Student
Rep.
Student
Rep.
(FT)
(PT)
AEL Seminars
• Through the seminars:
Students can be exposed to other
interesting topics in applied linguistics
which are not covered by the courses
offered.
Students can receive more guidance on
conducting research, analyzing data and
writing academic papers.
Tentative Schedule
Term 1 (optional)
Term 2 (optional)
• Seminar 1:
• Ways to conduct a
mini-research project
• Seminar 3:
• L2 pronunciation
teaching and learning
• Seminar 2:
• Excellence in writing an
academic paper
• Seminar 4:
• TBC
MA in AEL Website
• http://www.eng.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/ma/ael/
Academic Excellence Award
the graduating student(s)
obtaining outstanding CGPA
Award: certificate + $5,000
Useful Information
Graduate School website
http://www2.cuhk.edu.hk/gss/
Add/drop period
Term
1: Sep
2014 Term
5-19,
2015
Term
1: 1-15,
Sep 6-20
Term2:2:JanJan
10-24
Enquiries
Department of English, 3/F, Fung King Hey Bldg
Tel: 3943-7007 Fax: 2603-5270
Email: [email protected]
Thank you very much!
Welcome aboard! See you all NEXT WEEK!