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ICLS2200: Language, Culture and Translatability
2024 unit information
This unit explores issues of translatability, of moving between languages at a range of levels from words to discourse. It equips students to use language learning as a window on cultural concepts, and to develop communicative competence in their target language.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies
| Code | ICLS2200 |
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| Academic unit | International Comparative Literature and Translation Studies |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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ICLS1200 |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. apply key concepts and approaches used in investigating issues of translatability between languages.
- LO2. demonstrate the ability to engage critically with the link between cultural concepts and your communicative competence in the language you are learning.
- LO3. employ appropriate media, tools and methodologies to locate, access, and use information.
- LO4. demonstrate the capacity to respond persuasively to the claims of other scholars on the basis of appropriate evidence.
- LO5. recognize social, cultural and linguistic diversity in Australia and the world.
Unit availability
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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