This is a core unit for students in the Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) course and an elective foundation unit for language key field of study in the BA. It introduces students to the theory and practice of Interpreting. Lectures are held in English for students of all languages. The tutorials are language specific in Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.

This is a core unit for students in the Bachelor of Arts (Interpreting and Translation) course and an elective foundation unit for language key field of study in the BA. It introduces students to translation theory and practice. Lectures are held in English for students of all languages. The tutorials are language specific in Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish.

The aim of this unit is to familiarise students with the historical development of English from Old English through to the modern varieties of English around the world today. It explores the linguistic and historical influences on English from early times to the present and examines these influences as they reveal themselves in the grammar, phonology and vocabulary of older and modern varieties of English

Language is an integral component of the human experience. Pervasive across the humanities and the world of communication and culture, language is multi-faceted and remarkably complex. This unit is designed to raise students' awareness of the nature of language. Students will gain the conceptual tools to understand language as both a social and a biological phenomenon. By providing a basic understanding and appreciation of language from different perspectives, the unit establishes points of contact between language, the humanities, and beyond.

The richness of information conveyed through spoken language owes its form to the combination and recombination of a small number of sounds. In this unit, students will learn the sounds of the world's languages (phonetics) and the ways in which they are combined to build words (phonology). Examples will draw from English, Australian Aboriginal languages, and a diverse range of languages spoken around the world.

This unit aims to equip students with the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to effectively apply information and communication technologies to translation and other language related tasks. It focuses on translation memory and terminology management systems, and on the workflow involved in the handling of multilingual content. Emphasis is also put on uses of the Internet as a resource tool, and to the principles of controlled language for text to be processed by machine translation (MT). Tutorials will be conducted in a computer lab where students will familiarize themselves with leading computer-assisted translation (CAT) software applications.

This unit gives students knowledge of research methods relevant to humanities disciplines. Modules provide advanced instruction in developing a research topic, evidence-based research and Human Research Ethics processes and policy.

NOTE: The unit offerings for the 1H Teaching Period at Bankstown and Penrith campuses listed above are available ONLY for students enrolled in course 1670 - Bachelor of Education (Birth - 5 years). This unit is a core unit in the BA degree. It is part of the linguistics major and sub-major and can also be taken as an elective. Bilingualism and biculturalism are an important aspect of life in Australia: many Australian residents are, were, or could be, bilingual and/or bicultural. This unit aims to give students an understanding and appreciation of the most important facets and manifestations of bilingualism and biculturalism, in the linguistic, cognitive, personal, societal and educational spheres, particularly with regard to the Australian context. It also aims to show students how this unit relates to broader studies in education, humanities, linguistics, and social sciences.

This unit is part of the English Linguistics Major. It introduces students to two important fields of linguistics, semantics and pragmatics, with special reference to English. It intersperses the theoretical elements with practical applications through examples, exercises and textual analysis, which enable students to understand the significance of these fields of linguistics to the languages professions, such as interpreting and translation and language teaching. The unit also aims to refine students' academic writing skills through the preparation of a short research paper.

This is an optional level 3 core unit for the major in Arabic, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, and Italian, within the BA Languages Key Program. It also constitutes part of the linguistics major and sub-major. It can also be taken as an elective. This is a language-specific unit intended to develop the students’ awareness of language usage issues which may have an impact on intercultural communication and, therefore, on cultural stereotyping as well as other real life interests, such as business relationships and professional performance. It covers issues such as the relationship between culture and language use, ingroup-outgroup relationships, speech acts across cultures, politeness in text and discourse, miscommunication and stereotyping.

This is an advanced Level 3 language and linguistics unit for students of modern Arabic. Lectures for the grammatical concepts component are held in English for students of all languages while other activities are language-specific. The aim of the unit is twofold. On the one hand it aims, to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of the ways in which major concepts used in everyday speech and writing are mapped and organized in the lexicon and the grammar of human languages, and how these forms develop in learners and users. On the other hand, it aims to develop advanced comprehension and production skills in Arabic language, including higher stages optional structures, through critical examination of contemporary and historical text and discourse samples from a variety of registers. An understanding of contemporary Arab culture and society is also fostered through comparative research projects on specific cultural, social and/or linguistic, aspects that are of interest to students. A range of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) activities are utilised for this unit.

This is an advanced Level 3 language and linguistics unit for students of modern Chinese. Lectures for the grammatical concepts component are held in English for students of all languages while other activities are language-specific. The aim of the unit is twofold. On the one hand it aims, to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of the ways in which major concepts used in everyday speech and writing are mapped and organized in the lexicon and the grammar of human languages, and how these forms develop in learners and users. On the other hand, it aims to develop advanced comprehension and production skills in Chinese language, including higher stages optional structures, through critical examination of contemporary and historical text and discourse samples from a variety of registers. An understanding of traditional and contemporary Chinese culture and society is also fostered through comparative research projects on specific cultural, social and/or linguistic, aspects that are of interest to students. A range of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) activities are utilised for this unit.

This is an advanced Level 3 language and linguistics unit for students of modern Italian. Lectures for the grammatical concepts component are held in English for students of all languages while other activities are language-specific. The aim of the unit is twofold. On the one hand it aims, to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of the ways in which major concepts used in everyday speech and writing are mapped and organized in the lexicon and the grammar of human languages, and how these forms develop in learners and users. On the other hand, it aims to develop advanced comprehension and production skills in Italian language, including higher stages optional structures, through critical examination of contemporary and historical text and discourse samples from a variety of registers. An understanding of contemporary Italian culture and society is also fostered through comparative research projects on specific cultural, social and/or linguistic, aspects that are of interest to students. A range of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) activities are utilised for this unit.

This is an advanced Level 3 language and linguistics unit for students of modern Japanese. Lectures for the grammatical concepts component are held in English for students of all languages while other activities are language-specific. The aim of the unit is twofold. On the one hand it aims, to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of the ways in which major concepts used in everyday speech and writing are mapped and organized in the lexicon and the grammar of human languages, and how these forms develop in learners and users. On the other hand, it aims to develop advanced comprehension and production skills in Japanese language, including higher stages optional structures, through critical examination of contemporary and historical text and discourse samples from a variety of registers. An understanding of contemporary Japanese culture and society is also fostered through comparative research projects on specific cultural, social and/or linguistic, aspects that are of interest to students. A range of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) activities are utilised for this unit.

This is an advanced Level 3 language and linguistics unit for students of Spanish. Lectures for the grammatical concepts component are held in English for students of all languages while other activities are language-specific. The aim of the unit is twofold. On the one hand it aims, to develop a practical and theoretical understanding of the ways in which major concepts used in everyday speech and writing are mapped and organized in the lexicon and the grammar of human languages, and how these forms develop in learners and users. On the other hand, it aims to develop advanced comprehension and production skills in Spanish, including higher stages optional structures, through critical examination of contemporary and historical text and discourse samples from a variety of registers. An understanding of contemporary Spanish culture and society is also fostered through comparative research projects on specific cultural, social and/or linguistic, aspects that are of interest to students. A range of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) activities are utilised for this unit.

This unit is designed for students who are interested in understanding how a second language is learned. It examines learning in both natural or classroom contexts as well as language development in child and adult learners. Students are introduced to current theories of Second Language Acquisition, as well as current research and its applications to the classroom or the translation process. Students will conduct a small research project to become familiar with the process of learning a second language and some basic research notions and techniques.

This unit provides students with knowledge of second language learning processes, an understanding of how research-based teaching may effectively help that process in learners as well as reflections and experiences on teaching practices.

This unit is designed to develop students' interest in language and society and give them an understanding and appreciation of variation in language (accents, dialects) and language change, language planning, as well as the interdependent relationship between language learning, communicative competence and cultural practices, both in the Australian context and also in a more global context. It also aims to show students how this unit fits in with other language and linguistics-related disciplines, e.g. Linguistics, Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Second Language Acquisition.

This is primarily a self-study unit designed to cater for a special area of interest in languages and/or linguistics not otherwise covered in the units on offer in the languages Key Program and where the student may otherwise find it difficult to complete his or her program of study. Once the student is approved by the Head of Program to undertake such study a supervisor is nominated and an individually-tailored learning contract, which will include appropriate language-specific readings and tasks, is drawn up in collaboration with the supervisor and is submitted to the Head of Program for approval.

This unit studies the ways in which speech disorders like stuttering and mutism, along with other ‘non-standard’ forms of language (dialects, accents, slang, etc.) have been portrayed and oftentimes stigmatized in twentieth-century literary and visual culture. Students will engage with a range of genres and texts, all of which deal with the question of how we are defined based on the way we speak. Readings may include one or more national literatures such as American, British, European, and Australian literature.

This unit explores language at the text or discourse level, overviewing several linguistic approaches to the analysis of discourse and focusing on the role of features such as context, social purpose, appropriateness, and textual cohesion and coherence in the production of texts.