Throughout this course learners are presented with opportunities to develop their own creativity, both in the ways they think about language and in the ways they develop expertise in using language to communicate in different ways. There are a number of components to the course: Component 1 - Language Concepts and Issues. This component encourages learners to engage with language use in different situations. It gives them the opportunity to apply their critical skills and their language knowledge. Component 2 - Language Change Over Time. This component encourages learners to engage with language across time. It gives them the opportunity to apply their analytical skills and their knowledge of language change. Component 3 - Creative and Critical Use of Language. This component will give learners the opportunity to communicate in different ways and to explain how they have used language to shape meaning. Component 4 - Language and Identity. Learners are required to independently conduct a language investigation, to develop their methods of language analysis through research, data collection and interpretation and to select material that is culturally, personally and academically of interest to them.