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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Provided by the University of York, the An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity certification is a short-term course that is issued on the FutureLearn platform. This course is prepared for the main people who want to know how to speak and understand the English language in a proper sense. This Linguistic course shows what effects on oneself and society are established when attitude comes into the picture.

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity certification syllabus says that there are different accents when it comes to people’s speaking. This course will act as a guide about how attitudes are formed in society, and what it does to people’s way of speaking languages.

These 4 weeks of An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes, and Identity training will enlighten on the sociolinguistic research methods and their impact on real-world implications of the Language spoken by society as a whole.

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The Highlights

Course on socioliguistics
1-month programme
4 hours of classes held online
Certification after completion
Own learning experience

Programme Offerings

Online Course
Certificate of completion
Progress Mapping
Global Classroom
self paced course
weekly classes
4 Weeks Course
4 Hours Weekly

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 10854	yes	Futurelearn

Though the registration process is free on this website but still for getting a verified certificate, candidates have to pay either ₹4,550 for one year or ₹10,854/one-off payment for one year as the An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes, and Identity certification fees. When the candidate pays either of the fees he or she gets the certificate, and also some other advantages.

An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity Fee Structure

Description	Amount in INR
Upgrade	₹10,854/one-off payment
Unlimited	₹4,550 for one year

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

Any degrees, diplomas, or certificates are not demanded by the An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity certification by FutureLearn.

Work Experience

No actual or even volunteering work experience is compulsory.

Certification Qualifying Details

To obtain the certificate of achievement, candidates need to sit for any examination but will only have to undergo the course content and some relevant assessments.

What you will learn

Language skills

The candidates can learn a whole lot of new things when this course ends which are as follows:

Candidates can certainly explain what accent and dialect mean, and how attitudes have an effect on these.
Learners can understand what the accent is, and dialect stereotypes, and what kind of an impact does it have on real-world interactions.
Sociolinguistic research uses varied approaches which can be better understood by candidates.
Again, Sociolinguistics has developed recently, and this course will help the candidates explore those developments.

Who it is for

If the candidates are school or college students and have the desire for learning the English Language, and linguistics at their universities then definitely this course is for them. Again this course can also excite English A-Level, and advanced teachers or anyone who has the interest of knowing how to speak a language, how it’s spoken, and its accent.

Admission Details

The admission details have been written down below which the participants can choose to follow.

Step 1: One can just start with the official site of the course.

Step 2: Then comes finding buttons called ‘Join the course for free or ‘Register’.

Step 3: Any of the two buttons can be clicked as it yields the same result as the registration page.

Step 4: Then the candidates have to register using their social accounts or any other valid email addresses.

Step 5: When an account is registered, the candidates can make a choice between the types of courses, pay the fee, and this gives them admission.

Application Details

The registration form is available to be filled up instead of an application form. The registration form is simple. One can just use the credentials for their accounts like Gmail or Facebook or can even register by filling in some of their personal details.

The Syllabus

Introductions
What is an accent?
Attitudes toward accents
Introducing the relationship between accent variation, attitudes and identity

What is a sociolinguistic variable?
Approaches to collecting data about language attitudes
Analysing our own speech data

What do we mean by identity?
How sociolinguists explore language and identity
The representation of accent attitudes and identity in the media

Accentism and accent reduction
Accentism in society
Language attitudes in the legal system

Instructors

University of York, York Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Is there any final examination that takes place after the course completion?

There is no final examination that takes place after the completion of the An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity programme.

2: Which university has organized the course?

The University of York has organized the syllabus of the course.

3: Who are the educators of the An Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Accents, Attitudes and Identity certification course?

The educators are Claire Childs, Sarah Lapacz, and Dom Watt who are all experts in their respective fields.

4: Into how many weeks is the course divided?

The online programme is only divided into a period of 4 weeks.

5: How many hours weekly the candidates will have to allot for the course?

Weekly candidates will have to allot 4 hours for the course.