MLCDC Taught Courses

Generic Rubric

http://www.fp.utm.my/assessment/rubrik_main.asp

MHLC 1113 – Language and Communication Theories 

Semester 1 Session 2021/2022

Week 1 – Introduction

https://padlet.com/hanita1/lctintro

1. Course Introduction
2. Briefing on assignments

(1 hour)

1. Read the text on why study language which discusses
   • What is language?
   • Why do we study language?
2. Discuss
   • what you understand by language
   • why  do you want to study language?
   • Online discussion (webex)
   • (1 hour 30 minutes)
3. Watch the slide video

(30 minutes)

Weeks 1-3 – Language in Society

https://padlet.com/hanita1/lct_languageandsociety

Watch the video on Language and Ethnicity in Malaysian Contexts and compare with your contexts.

Weeks 4-6 – Human Communication

https://padlet.com/hanita1/lct_communicationmodels

1. Human Communication Models
2. Contexts of Communication
3. https://humanities.utm.my/omelet/2020/11/20/contexts-of-communication/
4. Perceptions

Weeks 5

Public Holliday – Deepavali

Week 7 – Human Communication / News Language

https://padlet.com/hanita1/lct_communicationmodels

1. Communication Styles  –  watch a video on 4 communication styles by Jim Marteney and describe one’s communication style on the elearning forum.
2. Interpersonal Communication Skills Inventory
3. Interpersonal Skills
4. Language of News Media

Weeks 9-10 –  Media and Digital Communication

1. Introduction to Media and Digital Communication

https://padlet.com/hanita1/newsmedia

Week 11 – Christmas Holliday

Week 12 – Non-Verbal Communication / Semiotics

https://padlet.com/hanita1/mlac1113_nonverbalcommunication

Week 13 – An Introduction to Systemic Functional Linguistics

You can join MOOCs lesson on SFL.  Click on the link below

https://mooc.utm.my/courses/systemicfunctionallingui/?cl=1&redirectTo=https%3A%2F%2Fmooc.utm.my%2Fcourses%2Fsystemicfunctionallingui%2Fhomepage%2F%3Fcl%3D1

Week 14 – 15 – Multimodality

Below are the Padlet and YouTube links on Multimodality. 

https://padlet.com/hanita1/mlac1113multimodality

Semester 2 Session 2020/2021

Week 1 – Introduction to the course

https://padlet.com/hanita1/mlhc2153astarterkit

Week 2 – Social Semiotics

https://padlet.com/hanita1/mlac2153_introtomultimodality

Week 3 – 5 – Systemic Functional Linguistics

https://mooc.utm.my/courses/systemicfunctionallingui/?cl=1

https://padlet.com/hanita1/sflmaterials

Week 6 – An Introduction to Multimodality

Week 7 – 8 – Representational Meaning

Week 10 – 11 – Interpersonal Meaning

Week 12 – 13 – Composition Meaning

Week 14 – 15 – Project on Multimodal Text (30%)

Video Presentation (20%)