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Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
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NFQ level 9 Credit Rating
Pre-requisite None
Co-requisite None
Compatibles None
Incompatibles None
Description
Tugann an modúl seo léargas leathan ar an bhfeasacht teanga mar cheist idirnáisiúnta - dírítear ar theangacha agus ar chásanna seachas an Ghaeilge. Déantar plé ar bhuncheisteanna ar nós dátheangachas, débhéascna, athrú teanga, bás teanga agus athbheochan teanga, chomh maith le pleanáil teanga.

Learning Outcomes
1. Léargas a thabhairt ar bhunsmaointe na feasachta teanga, agus anailís a dhéanamh orthu le samplaí áirithe.
2. Coincheap an dátheangachais agus an iltheangachais agus na bealaí éagsúla a fheidhmíonn siad a mhíniú agus a mheas
3. Mionscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na nascanna idir polaitíocht, idéolaíocht agus aisiompú teanga i gcásanna faoi leith.
4. Argóintí a fhorbairt faoi thábhacht teanga don tsochaí
5. Taighde ar leibhéal acadúil a dhéanamh ar chásanna faoi leith den fheasacht teanga
6. Nascanna agus cosúlachtaí idir an fheasacht teanga i dtíortha éagsúla a phlé, le samplaí.
7. Mionscrúdú a dhéanamh ar na saincheisteanna polaitíochta, idéolaíochta agus an fheasacht teanga



Workload Full-time hours per semester
Type Hours Description
Lecture16No Description
Independent learning time35No Description
Assignment26Aiste 1
Assignment40Aiste 2
Moodle discussion12Plé ar cheisteanna
Total Workload: 129

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities
Teanga agus céard atá i gceist leis.
Teanga - céard é? An díospóireacht teanga – canúint. Beagán staire. An pobal teanga. Téarmaí: teanga mionlaigh, teanga neamhfhorleathan. Samplaí. Teangacha na hEorpa. Teangacha inimirce. Teanga agus cultúr. Bun-choincheapa – teanga, canúint, dátheangachas, débhéascna, leaththeangachas..

Dátheangachas agus débhéáscna.
Dátheangachas phearsanta agus débhéascna sa tsochaí - míniú agus plé. An cleachtas dátheangach go hidirnáisiúnta..

Athrú, bás agus athbheochan teanga.
Na cúiseanna agus na himpleachtaí a bhaineann le athrú agus bás teanga - cén fáth ar chóir bheith buartha? Polaitíocht agus Athruithe teanga. Samplaí: Seicis, Úcráinis, Seirbis srl. Siombalachas. Athbheochan agus aisiompú teanga (Fishman). Pleanáil stádais agus pleanáil corpais..

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment% Examination Weight%
Course Work Breakdown
TypeDescription% of totalAssessment Date
EssayAiste ar ábhar an chúrsa40%Week 24
EssayAiste ar ábhar an chúrsa60%Sem 2 End
Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories;
1 = A resit is available for all components of the module
2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module
3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category
Indicative Reading List
  • Coupland, Nikolas agus Jaworski, Adam (eag.): 1997, Sociolinguistics: A Reader and Coursebook, Macmillan, London,
  • Crystal, David: 2000, Language Death, Canto, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
  • Edwards, John: 1994, Multilingualism, Routledge, London,
  • Fishman, Joshua: 1991, Reversing Language Shift : Theoretical and Empirical Foundations of Assistance to Threatened Languages, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon,
  • Fishman, Joshua (eag.): 2001, (2001) Can Threatened Languages be saved? Reversing Language Shift, Revisited: A 21st Century Perspective, Multilingual Matters, Clevedon,
  • Llamas, C., Mullany, L. agus Stockwell, P. (eag.): 2007, The Routledge Companion to Sociolinguistics, Routledge, Oxon,
  • Romaine, Suzanne: 2000, Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (2nd Edition), Oxford University Press, Oxford,
  • Spolsky, Bernard: 2004, Language Policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,
  • Wei, Li: 2000, The Bilingualism Reader, Routledge, Oxon,
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