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The Forensic Linguistics Institute is accredited as a learning provider
by the Open and Distance Learning Quality Council.Forensic Linguistics Full Length Courses
Certificate in Forensic Linguistics £100.00
A general introduction to forensic linguistics including text measurement, analysis of suicide notes and statement analysis. Certificate award is by assignments.
The course consists of three units. There are a number of assignments to choose from including text measurement, textual comparisons, transcription of an audio file, the study of reversion, and observation of an audio recording. The student has the opportunity to study a number of important and interesting forensic texts, and develops the ability to observe and analyse language in a completely new way. Students from all walks of life have taken this very popular course, including police officers, lawyers, literature students, business people, prison officials, doctors and many others. The course comes as a self-contained download. You do not need any other material to complete the course.
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NEW Diploma in Forensic Linguistics £750.00 £500.00
Our most advanced and detailed course, the Diploma in Forensic Linguistics is equivalent to a postgraduate diploma. Covers all areas including authorship, text analysis, transcription, linguistic profiling, interview strategies, statement/veracity analysis. Diploma is awarded on successful completion of assignments and examination.
This is a detailed course covering all aspects of linguistics from authorship to statement analysis, to phonetic and forensic transcription, police interview strategies and much more. Includes an optional introduction to linguistics. For this course we send you a complete CD-Rom with everything on it. You will eventually need some textbooks, but these are commonly available and are not expensive. You can get started right away with the material on the CD-Rom.
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NEW Forensic Transcription Course £300.00
A full length course on transcribing audio and written language material. The course requires completion of a number of assignments and there is a written examination.
Audio and written evidence is important in any investigation or trial. Good transcribers are in demand by law enforcement agencies and governments around the world. This course is designed to teach you how to transcribe audio and written material to a very high standard. It will sharpen your observation of language and enable you to transcribe almost any sound file or written text. This course comes as a download and is complete in itself. You do not need any other material.
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Forensic Linguistics Course Notebook £39.99
The Forensic Linguistics Course Notebook summarizes the entire Forensic Linguistics Certificate course, and contains information on all the same cases. Buy this book if you want a quick introduction to practical forensic linguistics without attending the course.
Order the book and once your payment has been processed we will send you the password to open the download file (see link below). Cases covered include: Susan Smith, Harold Shipman, Roy Whiting, the Kings, JonBenet Ramsey, and others.
Forensic Linguistics Short Courses
Further information on the Forensic Linguistics Short Courses
Evidential Transcription Course (TAE/1) £50.00
This is one of our short courses. It gets you transcribing evidence tapes fast and accurately and teaches you all the necessary transcription conventions you need to know to transcribe audio tapes to an evidential standard. For more advanced transcription see our Certificate in Forensic Transcription.
Theories of authorship £50.00
This course will help you to understand some of the theoretical issues involved in authorship attribution, including language variation, text and genre types, and types of authorship test.
Practical authorship attribution £50.00
This course takes actual texts from past cases and gets you actively involved in searching for authorship attribution clues. An example model report of an actual forensic linguistic investigation is included. This is an opportunity to take a close look at how authorship attribution works.
Forensic Linguistics Micro Courses
Further information on the Forensic Linguistics Micro Courses
Unit 001: Introduces forensic linguistics £30.00
Unit 002: Analysis of police witness/defendant statements £30.00
Unit 003: Analysis of suicide letters £30.00
Unit 004: The language of hoaxing £30.00
Note: you are welcome to take any of our courses simply for the experience. Or you can combine them into modules and take our certificate course as shown above.
Advanced Certificate: If you complete the Certificate course, two short courses and two micro-courses you will be awarded the Advanced Forensic Linguistics Certificate.
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