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Masters in Languages, Population Movements and Social Construction / Teaching Catalan and Spanish as Second Languages

Registration guide
2007-2008 Subjects

General data
Educational objectives
Curriculum structure
Career opportunities
Admission profile, previous education requirements and admission and selection criteria
Pre-registration and registration
Admission to the Doctoral programme
Contact
Additional information

General data

Name of the master	Masters in Languages, Population Movements and Social Construction / Teaching Catalan and Spanish as Second Languages
Official postgraduate programme (POP)	POP in Human and Cultural Sciences
Type	Mixed mode
Offered by	Faculty of Arts
Number of credits	120
Language of instruction	Catalan: 50 % Spanish: 50 % The percentage of instruction in Catalan or in Spanish will depend on the track chosen
Study regime	Full time
Duration	Two academic years
Start of the course	1 October 2007
Method	Face-to-face
Course organised by	Years
Timetable	Evenings (from Monday to Thursday, from 15 h to 19.30 h)
Maximum number of students	40
Price	Subsidised (to give a general idea of what this means, for the 2006-2007 academic year the price has been set at 24-28 € per ECTS credit; in anticipation of approval of a Government of Catalonia decree, expected by June 2007, an approximate increase of between 5% and 7% can be calculated for the 2007-2008 academic year).

Educational objectives

This masters provides research and professional training in the area of cultural, linguistic, social and educational diversity. The Linguistic Variation and Social Diversity track guarantees a foundation on which to base research in linguistics, both general and comparative, as well as in language contact and language teaching and acquisition, with special attention to multilingual situations linked to immigration. The Teaching Catalan and / or Spanish as a Second Language track offers an integrated training to future teachers of Spanish and / or Catalan as a second language, from both a teaching and a grammatical point of view.

Curriculum structure

The masters includes one research track (Linguistic Variation and Social Diversity) and one professional track (Teaching Catalan and / or Spanish as a Second Language) and so produces graduates with two different profiles. Students must complete one of the two tracks, freely chosen according to their interests.

It is divided into four modules:

Module 1. University and postgraduate programme cross-disciplinary subjects (15 credits)
Module 2. Cross-disciplinary masters courses: 45 credits (research track) / 39 credits (professional track):
- Module 2.1. Language learning (27 credits)
- Module 2.2. Language and society (18 credits)

Module 3
- Linguistic Variation and Social Diversity track (30 credits):
  - Module 3.1.1. Sociolinguistics and Comparative Grammar (18 credits)
  - Module 3.1.2. Language and culture (12 credits)
- The Teaching of Spanish and / or Catalan as a Second Language track (36 credits):
  - Module 3.2.1. Teaching a second language (12 credits)
  - Module 3.2.2. Grammar. Detailed description of the grammars of Catalan and/ or Spanish (12 credits)

Module 4
- Linguistic Variation and Social Diversity track: research project (30 credits)
- Teaching of Spanish and / or Catalan as a Second Language track: practicum (12 credits) and research project (18 credits)

Refer to the Master diagram Documetn in PDF format

Career opportunities

The research track is intended to open the way to continued studies culminating in the completion of a doctorate; guarantees a foundation on which to base research and teaching according to the instructional objectives already mentioned and related with various aspects of descriptive and applied linguistics. The professional track offers an integrated training to future teachers of Spanish and / or Catalan as a second language. Both tracks provide professional training related with social action and cultural management and for activities that require good knowledge of the Spanish and Catalan languages.

Admission profile, previous education requirements and admission and selection criteria

The academic records of professionals and degree holders in language teaching, in primary, secondary and adult education, in immigrant reception, in translation and interpretation, in linguistics, in education, in educational psychology and social education and in sociology and anthropology will be assessed.

The academic records of students who want to be teachers of Catalan or Spanish or who want to do linguistic research will also be taken into account.

Sufficient knowledge of Catalan (level C) or Spanish is required.

Priority will be given to those candidates with the best academic records and having a sufficient level of knowledge in the field.

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Pre-registration and registration

Pre-registration must be completed online.

First pre-registration period: will begin on 2 April and will run until 1 July 2007

Admission decisions: on 18 July 2007

First registration period: from 20 until 30 July 2007

If places are still available, a new pre-registration period will be open from 20 July until 19 September 2007.

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Admission to the Doctoral programme

Students can apply for admission to the doctoral course of any Official Postgraduate Programme (POP, Programes Oficials de Postgrau) at the University of Girona provided they have completed a minimum of 60 ECTS credits in a POP programme or have an official master’s degree and have completed a minimum of 300 ECTS credits in their undergraduate and postgraduate studies at a university or other centre of higher education. The applications will be reviewed by the Doctoral Council of each programme.

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