NCHU Course Outline
Course Name (中) 語言與文化(3006)
(Eng.) Language and Culture
Offering Dept Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course Type Elective Credits 2 Teacher TRAN NGOC PHAN
Department Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures/Undergraduate Language 中/英文 Semester 2026-SPRING
Course Description This course provides a foundational exploration of the dynamic relationship between language, thought, and culture. Students will investigate core frameworks, including linguistic relativity and the ethnography of communication, to understand how language both shapes and is shaped by cultural practices, social identities, and ideologies. The course also examines language change, variation, and multilingualism within their broader social and cultural contexts.
Prerequisites
self-directed learning in the course Y
Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%) Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives Competency Indicators Ratio(%) Teaching Methods Assessment Methods
By the end of this course, students are able to:
1. Understand how language can influence conceptual categories and worldviews.
2. Describe and interpret culturally distinctive patterns of speech.
3. Understand how language shapes social identity, expresses ideology, and reflects power relations.
4. Describe the social motivations and consequences of language change and multilingualism.
Exercises
Discussion
Lecturing
Written Presentation
Attendance
Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content
Week 1 Orientation & Preliminaries
Week 2 Linguistic Relativity (I)
Week 3 Linguistic Relativity (II)
Week 4 Language in the Conceptual World (I)
Week 5 Language in the Conceptual World (II)
Week 6 Conversational Interactions (I)
Week 7 Conversational Interactions (I)
Week 8 Review
Week 9 Midterm Examination
Week 10 Language, Identity, and Ideology (I)
Week 11 Language, Identity, and Ideology (II)
Week 12 Language through Time (I)
Week 13 Language through Time (II)
Week 14 Speech Communities
Week 15 Review
Week 16 Final Examination
self-directed
learning		    02.Viewing multimedia materials related to industry and academia.
Evaluation
Assessment includes assignments, a midterm exam, and a final exam.
The percentage of each category will be as follows.
• Midterm Exam 30%
• Final Exam 30%
• Assignments 30%
• Attendance 10%
Textbook & other References
教科書：無
參考書：
1. James Stanlaw, Nobuko Adachi, and Zdenek Salzmann. 2018. Language, Culture, and Society: an Introduction (7th ed.). New York: Routledge.
2. Alessandro Duranti (editor). 2009. Linguistic Anthropology : a Reader. MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
3. Ronald Wardhaugh, and Janet M. Fuller. 2015. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (7th ed.), MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website

Office Hours
By appointment. Email me at tranphan@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL)
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