Soulful
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LNGS1002 - Language and Social Context
Ease - 9/10
Lack of tests means that it's very easy to get very high marks in this unit. Like seriously, I don't see how anyone could get below a distinction in this unit. The downside of this lack of tests is a 10% assignment every two weeks, combined with two quite substantial take home exams. However, all of these assignments and take home exams are super manageable, since they are almost always based off lectures. Most of the content itself isn't too hard to grasp either - language is so ingrained in us that a lot of content is stuff you've always known, but never really thought about, or never knew it had a proper technical name. People who didn't do lngs1001 (like me) might find it hard at first adjusting to IPA notation, but it isn't a major impediment to doing well.
Lecture - 9/10 (Nick Enfield)
Nick is fantastic and deeply knowledgeable about linguistics. His lectures are well organised and very engaging, and he is a very strong communicator. Only downside is that his voice can be a little monotonous and serious, but he gets the job done and that's all that matters.
Interest - 10/10
Super interesting content that addresses questions like "What's the difference between a dialect and a language?" or "How do we know when to start and stop speaking during a conversation" or most fundamentally "What can you tell about someone from the way they speak?". Even the assignments were pretty fun (one required you to survey your friends about how much they use words like "dude" and "babe"). This whole unit really gets you thinking about how language is not only shaped by its grammar, syntax etc. but also by political, social and economic forces
Overall - 10/10
Best unit I've done at uni so far. Enjoyed so much so that I've restructured my whole degree so I can major in linguistics. Would strongly recommend to anyone who has an interest in language and is looking for an eye opening but also relatively easy unit.
Ease - 9/10
Lack of tests means that it's very easy to get very high marks in this unit. Like seriously, I don't see how anyone could get below a distinction in this unit. The downside of this lack of tests is a 10% assignment every two weeks, combined with two quite substantial take home exams. However, all of these assignments and take home exams are super manageable, since they are almost always based off lectures. Most of the content itself isn't too hard to grasp either - language is so ingrained in us that a lot of content is stuff you've always known, but never really thought about, or never knew it had a proper technical name. People who didn't do lngs1001 (like me) might find it hard at first adjusting to IPA notation, but it isn't a major impediment to doing well.
Lecture - 9/10 (Nick Enfield)
Nick is fantastic and deeply knowledgeable about linguistics. His lectures are well organised and very engaging, and he is a very strong communicator. Only downside is that his voice can be a little monotonous and serious, but he gets the job done and that's all that matters.
Interest - 10/10
Super interesting content that addresses questions like "What's the difference between a dialect and a language?" or "How do we know when to start and stop speaking during a conversation" or most fundamentally "What can you tell about someone from the way they speak?". Even the assignments were pretty fun (one required you to survey your friends about how much they use words like "dude" and "babe"). This whole unit really gets you thinking about how language is not only shaped by its grammar, syntax etc. but also by political, social and economic forces
Overall - 10/10
Best unit I've done at uni so far. Enjoyed so much so that I've restructured my whole degree so I can major in linguistics. Would strongly recommend to anyone who has an interest in language and is looking for an eye opening but also relatively easy unit.
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