Language on the web

Aim and Content

The course goal is to increase the understanding of how language is represented on digital ICT platform, especially on the web. The course gives an introduction to text coding (Unicode, alphabets), SGML-based formats (HTML, XML) and editing with text transformations (XSL, CSS). The goal is the prepare students for further studies in the processing of digital language and information on the web.

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, students will be able to

• describe how language is represented in the SGML-based formats on digital platforms,
• distinguish between text structure definitions and the visual representation of text,
• extract text from webpages,
• transform XML with the help of XSL and CSS to usual text formats.

Course offered (semester)

Spring.

Language of Instruction

Norwegian, english if needed.

Course Unit Level

Bachelor.

Department

Department of linguistics, literary and aesthetic studies

Email: studierettleiar@lle.uib.no

Access to the Course Unit

Open for all who have been admitted to study at the University of Bergen.

Pre-requirements

None.

Teaching Methods

Teaching is given as lectures and practical exercises. Students will in an efficient way:

• analyze webpages and distinguish between source code structure and visual representation,
• compare different text formats,
• transform XML with XSL and CSS.T

The amount of teaching is about 2 hours per week in 8-10 weeks.

If fewer than five students apply to take the course, the department can offer reduced teaching, cf. the department's guidelines for this on My Space. For courses where this may applicable, the students will get information at the start of the term, and before the deadline of February 1 / September 1.

Compulsory Requirements

None.

Assessment methods

Portfolio assessment: each student shall complete and hand in a set of obligatory assignments during the term which will be executed and assessed in the following way:

a) the number of assignments to be included in the portfolio and to be handed in for assessment will be 5;

b) the assignments will have the form of applied exercises and the assignment of each assignment is about 1/2 to 1 page, not including possible supplementary data in appendix;

c) the order of deadlines for handing in the assignments is fixed;

d) the deadlines for the assignments are 5 days after the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 10th class.

e) the assignments must be handed in on My Space;

f) all assignments will be taken into account for determining the grade;

g) all assignments are weighted the same;

h) the assessment criteria of the assignments in the portfolio are correctness, completeness, clarity and theoretical basis;

i) all aids are allowed except that which can be considered plagiarism.

There will not be an exam for this course in semesters without classes.

Grading Scale

A-F.

Reading List

The reading list comprises literature in text encoding, digital language formats and web programming

The reading list as a size of about 100 pages.

Place of Teaching

Bergen.

Course Unit Evaluation

Evaluation of the offered course will be carried out in accordance with the University of Bergen's quality assessment system.