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IAS264 - Language Documentation Methods and Tools

2025

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Languages and Linguistics

Credit Points

Equivalent Units

(INL220)

Prerequisites

Must have passed 1 unit in (IAS163)

Incompatible

Assumed Knowledge

Unit Description

Multimedia and digital technologies are powerful tools for language and cultural maintenance, innovation, and transformation. In this practice-based unit, students will be provided with the opportunity to learn the tools and methods of language documentation needed to be able to create language resources for a language community. Students will learn methods to elicit and collect language knowledge and will develop skills to use a range of widely available linguistic software and hardware to record and process language information. Students will gain knowledge and skills in recording oral language, and will learn how to edit, transcribe, annotate and format language recordings. Students will deepen their ethical awareness of the cultural and social responsibilities required in undertaking language documentation projects. Furthermore, students will consider complex ethical issues related to language documentation, including copyright, intellectual property rights and community ownership for Indigenous language material.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Identify and critically evaluate the types of language resources that are needed in the context of an Indigenous language documentation and/or revitalisation project.
2.	Use a range of computer applications for the production of Indigenous language resources for community use.
3.	Apply skills to record, edit, store and access data from Indigenous languages.
4.	Annotate data from Indigenous languages - providing transcription and translations, and relevant grammatical information.
5.	Apply a professional and ethical approach in relation to intellectual property and copyright in working in Indigenous language documentation processes.
6.	Create resources for Indigenous languages as part of a language documentation and/or revitalisation project.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Report (750 words)	10%	1,5
2.	Practice Exercises (2 x 1 hours)	45%	2,3,4,6
3.	Language Resource Project (1,500 words or equivalent)	45%	1,2,3,4,5,6

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2025	INT-4	Internal	Casuarina Campus	OLR
2025	INT-4	External	External Studies	OLR

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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