Course content

TEGN1102 gives a basic introduction to how languages and languaging can be described as multimodal interaction, where different mechanisms contribute to create meaning. We will see that languages can be spoken languages and signed languages, and that some languages can be expressed both orally and in a written form. We will look at how differences in modality and forms of expression influence the conditions for communication. TEGN1102 also gives an introduction to basic linguistic concepts, and to how interaction and communication is adapted to differing human conditions on societal, group and individual levels. Students will learn to write an academic text, conduct a literature search and how to summarize the content of an academic text.

Learning outcome

Candidates

- have basic knowledge about communication as a scientific field

- know about meaning creation in interaction in general, and in languages using different modalities

- can account for the central differences between spoken and signed languages

- can conduct a literature search and summarize the content of academic texts

Learning methods and activities

• Lectures, group discussions, practice and literature search.
• 80% compulsory attendance. (Failure to comply with this can be compensated in accordance with instructions from the teacher.)
• Approved obligatory assignments are valid for 2 semesters (the semester in which the approval is given, plus the following semester). All obligatory assignments must be completed in the same semester.

Compulsory assignments

• Written assignment
• Oral presentation in group
• Written draft text
• 80% compulsory attendance

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Requires admission to the BA-program in Norwegian Sign Language or the one-year program in Norwegian Sign Language.

Course materials

The reading list will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Credit reductions