Landscape and Language: Methods and Practices for Field Research
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
This professional skills workshop aims to develop and strengthen specific cross-cutting skills. The abilities learned will help students through their education and enable them to acquire an initial toolkit of skills for a given professional field. These also include the general interpersonal and communication skills that are required for the world of work.
Expected learning outcomes
The professional skills workshop uses interactive and participative teaching methods to develop specific knowledge and skills in selected professional fields. This didactic approach aims to strengthen teamworking, knowledge sharing and problem-solving abilities, while also helping students to practically apply the skills and knowledge they have gained previously within a specific practical setting.
The workshop is open to a limited number of participants, enabling the organisation and monitoring of individual and group work so as to create the best possible opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and understanding gained.
Participants will gain an awareness of the workshop's underlying themes, giving them a grounding from which to form their own personal opinion on the topic at hand.
The workshop is open to a limited number of participants, enabling the organisation and monitoring of individual and group work so as to create the best possible opportunities for students to apply their knowledge and understanding gained.
Participants will gain an awareness of the workshop's underlying themes, giving them a grounding from which to form their own personal opinion on the topic at hand.
Lesson period: First week
Assessment methods: Giudizio di approvazione
Assessment result: superato/non superato
Single course
This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
First week
Course syllabus
The workshop will be delivered from 17 to 21 February 2025 and will be structured as follows:
1) Introduction to the workshop: what is linguistic landscape (LL)?
2) Main topics and methods of LL studies.
3) On-site data collection; organisation and analysis of the data collected.
4) Databases, photo collections, IT tools.
5) Research examples: migrant languages and LL.
6) Research examples: the words of fashion within the LL.
7) Practical application: research planning, on-site research (out-of-class activity) and data collection (each student on their own).
8) Group work on the data collected and peer discussion.
9) Possible follow-up to the group project: a thesis on LL.
10) Conclusions.
Workshop timetable
17 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
18 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
19 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
20 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
21 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
1) Introduction to the workshop: what is linguistic landscape (LL)?
2) Main topics and methods of LL studies.
3) On-site data collection; organisation and analysis of the data collected.
4) Databases, photo collections, IT tools.
5) Research examples: migrant languages and LL.
6) Research examples: the words of fashion within the LL.
7) Practical application: research planning, on-site research (out-of-class activity) and data collection (each student on their own).
8) Group work on the data collected and peer discussion.
9) Possible follow-up to the group project: a thesis on LL.
10) Conclusions.
Workshop timetable
17 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
18 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
19 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
20 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
21 February 2025, from 1.30 pm to 5.30 pm, room T8
Prerequisites for admission
There are no specific requirements to attend this workshop.
Teaching methods
The workshop will be delivered in-person and includes:
- frontal teaching;
- practical teaching;
- presentations by LL experts;
- on-site research (out-of-class activity);
- group work.
- frontal teaching;
- practical teaching;
- presentations by LL experts;
- on-site research (out-of-class activity);
- group work.
Teaching Resources
The materials used in class (texts, slides, multimedia materials and reading list) will be made available on the workshop website on myAriel.
Assessment methods and Criteria
Students will be assessed based on compliance with attendance requirements (min. 16 hours out of 20), participation
in the workshop activities, and a final assignment.
Assessment criteria will be active participation in class, clarity and quality of the final project, and the ability to work in team.
in the workshop activities, and a final assignment.
Assessment criteria will be active participation in class, clarity and quality of the final project, and the ability to work in team.
- University credits: 3
Professional training laboratories: 20 hours
Professors:
Ferrari Jacopo, Sergio Giuseppe
Professor(s)