1480 - Identity and Second Language Learning
Course information
- Title
- Identity and Second Language Learning
- Course number
- 1480.25
- Academic year
- 2025-2026
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Master
- Faculties
- Faroese Language and Literature
- Educations
- MA in Faroese
- Prerequisites
- Bachelor (e.g. a Bachelor of Education or a Bachelor of Arts in Faroese or in a foreign language). It is also possible to take the course as a single course with other prerequisites (refer to the programme description in force).
- Language of instruction
- The course is primarily taught in Faroese but some lectures might be in English as well some English
- Registration
- Students on the second semester of Master of Arts in Faroese Language and Literature apply to the course via Moodle. Applicants for an individual course must apply via The Student Affairs Centre by sending an email to umsokn@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Tuesday, February 3, 2026
- End date
- Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Academic content
- Purpose
- Endamálið er at menna førleikar teirra lesandi at skilja sambandið millum mál og samleika við atliti at annaðmálslæring hjá vaksnum tilflytarum, grundað á føroyska og altjóða gransking. Endamálið er harumframt at geva lesandi djúptøkið innlit í samleika sum ástøðiligt meginhugtak í nýtslumálvísindum og annaðmálslæring, og at geva teimum vitan og førleikar, ið viðvirka til at menna frálæru í føroyskum sum annaðmál í einum fleirmæltum konteksti.
- Learning outcomes
- On completion of the course, students are able to • Describe and assess theories of identity in relation to second language learning • Explain and discuss aspects of identity as a complex, multifaceted, and interdisciplinary concept in second language learning and teaching • Describe and analyze the experiences of adult migrants when learning Faroese as an additional language in different social contexts • Describe and evaluate the significance that imagined identities, broadly speaking, have for adult language learners in a Faroese context • Describe and reflect on the role of the teacher in relation to knowledge about the adult language learner in the context of teaching Faroese as a second language
- Content
- The course comprises the following main topics: • Theories about identity in connection with language learning • Identity as a multifaceted phenomenon (e.g. nationality, language, gender, ethnicity, social class, religion, education, profession) and the relationship between identity and second language learning and teaching • Adult migrants’ experiences with learning Faroese as an additional language: Multifaceted narratives, diverse and shifting identities • Methods of researching questions on identity and additional language learning • Imagined identities and investment in a new language • Small exploratory projects
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Lectures, group work, discussions, formative assessment, individual and group presentations, self-directed reading, small assignments and exploratory projects.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Oral half-hour presentation with 1-3 days preparation on given topic.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- Week 24
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Anna Elisabeth Holm
- Teachers
- Anna Elisabeth Holm