Recommended Study Sequence

This unit is designed for people working in the language professions such as TESOL and Interpreting and Translation who need a foundation in traditional English grammar and some knowledge of other approaches to grammar. It overviews different approaches to English grammar such as traditional, descriptive and functional grammars. It then analyses in depth traditional sentence level grammar in English, and makes some comparisons between traditional grammar and the other approaches outlined.

This unit will aim to provide an overview of the major theoretical notions which underpin the practice of Interpreting and Translation. A background knowledge of this theory is essential in the development of professional skills, behaviour and praxis.

This unit aims to help postgraduate students acquire the knowledge and skills to design and carry out a research project in the field of Languages and Linguistics (I.e. Contrastive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language-in-Education Planning, First and Second Language Acquisition, Interpreting and Translation, Discourse Analysis and Descriptive Linguistics). It includes theoretical and practical work in specific areas of research in Languages and Linguistics.

This unit provides the opportunity for students in postgraduate TESOL and Interpreting and Translation programs to undertake a special project related to their needs and interests, such as a professional Internship in TESOL; or an action research project in TESOL; or an independent research project in TESOL or Translation and Interpreting Studies.

This core unit in the postgraduate Interpreting and Translation programs is divided into two main sections: interpreting techniques and translation techniques, including information technology. This unit deals with high-level specialised technical skills necessary for the different types of interpreting: dialogue, consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation. It also deals with various aspects of translation and information technology relevant to translation (i.e., computer-assisted translation technologies and the use of the Internet). The unit is run in English for students of all languages.

This unit aims to develop in students an understanding of the intricacies of the language of the law when used in written documents and mainly in the context of the courtroom. It will provide students with a historical overview of the development of Law English, its aims and purposes and its current uses. Special emphasis will be placed on the implications of legal language on legal translations and court interpreting, but the unit is suitable for monolingual students interested in the language of the law.

This unit aims to help postgraduate students acquire the knowledge and skills to design and carry out a research project in the field of Languages and Linguistics (I.e. Contrastive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Language-in-Education Planning, First and Second Language Acquisition, Interpreting and Translation, Discourse Analysis and Descriptive Linguistics). It includes theoretical and practical work in specific areas of research in Languages and Linguistics.

This core unit in the postgraduate Interpreting and Translation programs is divided into two main sections: interpreting techniques and translation techniques, including information technology. This unit deals with high-level specialised technical skills necessary for the different types of interpreting: dialogue, consecutive, simultaneous and sight translation. It also deals with various aspects of translation and information technology relevant to translation (i.e., computer-assisted translation technologies and the use of the Internet). The unit is run in English for students of all languages.

This unit aims to develop in students an understanding of the intricacies of the language of the law when used in written documents and mainly in the context of the courtroom. It will provide students with a historical overview of the development of Law English, its aims and purposes and its current uses. Special emphasis will be placed on the implications of legal language on legal translations and court interpreting, but the unit is suitable for monolingual students interested in the language of the law.

This unit will aim to provide an overview of the major theoretical notions which underpin the practice of Interpreting and Translation. A background knowledge of this theory is essential in the development of professional skills, behaviour and praxis.

This unit provides the opportunity for students in postgraduate TESOL and Interpreting and Translation programs to undertake a special project related to their needs and interests, such as a professional Internship in TESOL; or an action research project in TESOL; or an independent research project in TESOL or Translation and Interpreting Studies.

This unit is designed for people working in the language professions such as TESOL and Interpreting and Translation who need a foundation in traditional English grammar and some knowledge of other approaches to grammar. It overviews different approaches to English grammar such as traditional, descriptive and functional grammars. It then analyses in depth traditional sentence level grammar in English, and makes some comparisons between traditional grammar and the other approaches outlined.

This unit aims to consolidate, extend and enhance the confidence, skills and knowledge needed for academic writing and oral expression by postgraduate students. It focuses on acquiring and/or improving students’ ability to express themselves in the appropriate manner and register at the academic level, with emphasis on coherent, concise and systematic description and argumentation based on research and data gathering.

This unit aims to develop skills in translation from and into English in a number of specialised fields: medical documents; technical papers; legal documents; advertising material; journal articles. The aim of the unit is for students to develop skills in producing target texts in styles appropriate to the source text content and function, researching and developing appropriate specialist terminology, editing and revising, and producing camera-ready documents. The unit will be available, depending on sufficient demand, for Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese.

This unit explores systemic functional grammar which relates language to its use in cultural and social contexts. This model of language is used in a wide variety of fields - teaching in school subject areas, teaching ESL, languages other than English and literacy, researching language in a range of settings. Students will explore functional grammar through texts from a range of social contexts.

This is an elective unit for honours and postgraduate students of languages and linguistics to provide a focused theoretical and research framework in the area of second language acquisition (SLA) from a psycholinguistic viewpoint. This unit widens the theoretical and methodological basis of those students intending to undertake further studies and/or research in the Linguistics and SLA area and also serves the language teachers interested in applying SLA-based knowledge to pedagogy and classroom research.

This unit aims to equip students to perform adequately as legal interpreters by providing them with the relevant theoretical and practical training.

This unit aims to develop in students an appreciation of different literary genres in English and in their other language (LOTE) with an emphasis on stylistic and cultural issues to provide a basis for literary translation. The unit will cover literary translation theory and introduce relevant strategies to be applied in practice. The class will be non-language specific, but students will be expected to work from and into their language other than English.

This unit aims to develop students' skills in interpreting at the Professional level (formerly NAATI Level 3) through the modes of dialogue interpreting, consecutive interpreting, simultaneous interpreting and sight translation in the domain of health services.

This unit aims to develop skills in translation from and into English in a number of specialised fields: medical documents; technical papers; legal documents; advertising material; journal articles. The aim of the unit is for students to develop skills in producing target texts in styles appropriate to the source text content and function, researching and developing appropriate specialist terminology, editing and revising, and producing camera-ready documents. The unit will be available, depending on sufficient demand, for Arabic, Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish