Assignment Guidance
- Portfolio, 2500 words total
- Four 250 word responses to weekly questions
- One 1500 word essay
- Remember that if you paraphrase or quote any definitions or linguistic examples from published sources, you should cite and reference those sources appropriately (please refer to the English Language and Linguistics writing manual on the Canvas site for this module). This applies to all parts of the portfolio, not just the essay.
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Marking criteria
Your portfolio will be marked holistically according to the following three criteria equally weighted:
- Subject knowledge
- Analysis/argumentation
- Communication/presentation
Instructions
- Your portfolio should consist of one essay, chosen from the titles below and four pieces of work chosen by you from among the weekly portfolio tasks on the relevant weekly pages of the Canvas site for this module.
- The essay should have a maximum word count of 1500 words and each weekly task should have a maximum word count of 250 words.
- Essay topic : Using examples of at least two types of aphasia, explain what aphasias can tell us about normal language processing in the brain.