Language and Enterprise - AIL2503

Assessment 1: Written assignment (coursework)

Students identify a language-related problem/issue relating to a particular industrial, enterprise or workplace setting and provide an outline of the data and analytical methods needed to address it (equivalent to 1,000 words).

Written Assignment

Assessment 2: Portfolio

Students write an application to an employment opportunity demonstrating how their enterprise, industry or work-related project and wider skills gained during their degree are applicable to graduate-level positions.

Portfolio

Assessment 1: Project Work

Students present a report for a non-academic audience, providing a linguistic-based solution to a language-related problem they have identified in a particular enterprise, industry or work-related setting.

Project Work

The module provides you with the opportunity to explore functions of linguistics and the English Language within industry, enterprise or workplace contexts. You will receive tailored guidance from work placement co-ordinators and the careers service to understand how your learning translates into successfully applying for jobs or other employment opportunities. You will have the opportunity to apply this learning in a work placement or enterprise project, and will practice writing applications for graduate-level careers.

School of Arts and Humanities

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Indicative for the panel:
Archer, D. &amp; Jagodziński, P. 2015, "Call centre interaction: A case of sanctioned face attack?", Journal of pragmatics, vol. 76, pp. 46-66.
Bearne, E., Dombey, H., &amp; Grainger, T. (2003). Classroom interactions in literacy. Open University Press.
Corradini, E., Borthwick, K. &amp; Gallagher-Brett, A. 2016, Employability for languages: a handbook, Research-publishing.net, Dublin, Ireland.
Félix-Brasdefer, J. C. (2015). The language of service encounters: a pragmatic-discursive approach. Cambridge University Press.
Ingram, J., &amp; Elliott, V. (2014). Turn taking and ‘wait time’ in classroom interactions. Journal of Pragmatics, 62, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2013.12.002

Linguistics

AIL2503 - Language and Enterprise

Language and Enterprise

be able to analyse the role of language in workplaces.

be able to understand how to engage with the jobs market and how to apply for suitable graduate roles.

be able to demonstrate the role language plays in a range of workplaces.

be able to demonstrate the value of academic study of linguistics to enterprise or industry.

be able to apply their linguistic learning to specific workplace environments.