Timelines in design: where linguistics meets design history
Perks, Sue and Whittingham, Nicola (2016) Timelines in design: where linguistics meets design history. In: Exploring Territories: mapping the terrain of graphic design education: Graphic Design Educators Network second conference, 8 September 2016, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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The paper describes the design of ‘Timelines’, a ten-week, two-hour non-mandatory course designed to introduce international postgraduate students to the stylistic and cultural influences that enrich western graphic design. It is designed to promote confidence and dialogue through a series of language learning activities. Students who may not speak English as a first language can experience a very different design culture to those they are used to as they begin their postgraduate education at University for the Creative Arts. The aim of ‘Timelines’ is to equip students with a learning and cultural toolkit to help them to navigate through the first few weeks of their postgraduate course and help them to understand and contextualize the references they will encounter. Students also improve English language skills and critical knowledge so they are able to take an active part in dialogue and discussions. By the end of the ten-week course, students should also be able to formulate their own design discourses with confidence.
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