School of Foreign Languages - The University of Jordan -

Program Specifications

Master in Language, Culture, and Communication / Program Intended Learning Outcomes

​At the successful completion of the Master’s Program in Language, Culture, and Communication, students should be able to: 

1- Recognize and utilize language use in different cultural and social settings. 

2- Identify and interpret social functions of language and the roles they play in culture, and how language and communication work to affect socio-cultural world. 

3- Debate conflicts in different social settings. 

4- Analyse and critique the role of language in everyday interactions and the values associated with ways of speaking and their social and personal consequences. 

5- Demonstrate awareness of contemporary issues in language policy and ability to take a public and professional role in these issues. 

6- Recognize language variation, including social and regional dialects. 

7- Utilize information and communication technology to access databases and international information in the field of specialization so as to develop knowledge and skills and to generate new knowledge.

8- Bear the assigned responsibilities as a specialist and function within the community set of values and ethics. 

9- Utilize scientific research methodologies, higher order thinking skills, critical thinking and creativity in analyzing and observing issues related to language. 

10- Prepare and present seminars to a professional standard.

11- Design and carry out , interpret and critique research in the discipline and write theses or reports to a professional standard, equivalent in quality to that of publishable papers.​