POST 6 - POSTGRADUATE STUDIES (WEEK 8)
Write about a postgraduate course that you would consider taking in the future
Include:- Reasons to do the course- Subject(s) you would like to studyi- Where you would like to study (Chile or abroad)- How you would like to study (distance learning, blended system, part-time course, etc)- Any other relevant ideas- Make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts + a comment on your teacher's post.
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For the time being I am a bit overwhelmed with projects so I do not see any chance of coming back to uni to pursue a postgraduate degree, yet. However, in the future I would like to take up on a postgraduate course on Multilingualism and Language Planning because I believe the future of our nation will need people prepared to do research on the topic of how the establishment will allow languages to coexist or will make them extinguish.
Language Planning is a field within Applied Linguistics which intends to stimulate a conscious effort to propel the function, structure, or acquisition of languages or a particular language variety within a speech community and is included in government planning but it is also used in a wide range of non-governmental organisations. The goals are diverse but it concentrates mostly on making planning decisions and possible changes for the benefit of communication.
The course I really like is an integrated programme between The Netherlands and Barcelona in Spain and I’d love to take it there because those are countries where multilingualism is a vivid reality, and the waythings are at the moment we can say that in the future migration and immigration will be situations that will impose new challenges on Chilean society and one of the dimensions for this challenging opportunities to materialize will be Languages and Communication.
Language Planning must be very intersting but difficult. Anyway to study in Europe it sounds wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIs a fact that at the moment many of us are overwhelmed with projects
ReplyDeleteI'm really overwhelmed, in a good way, by your desire to help the world, that's admirable!! Our planet and specially our country are in need of more people like you.
ReplyDeleteCan't imagine how lovely it would be to study in those places...
ReplyDeleteI find it very interesting and great that you want to do a postgraduate course thinking about the future and contributing to society.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't considered the importance of study multilingualism in our country as a kind of understand the immigration phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteChile has a great challenge in terms of multiculturalism. I think of the Haitians: when the new generations begins to appear, they will forget their native language :(
ReplyDeleteYou are really passionate about what you like. I never thought about multilingualism in this way. I hope you can achieve this goal.
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