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Syllabus & Course Outline: 1. The Curriculum Purpose

This 3-credit course syllabus outlines an introduction to linguistics class for 3rd semester English education students. The 16-week course will cover topics including phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Assessment will include assignments, presentations, quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final exam. Lectures, discussions, and presentations using books, laptops, and LCD projectors will be the primary teaching methods.

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Syllabus & Course Outline: 1. The Curriculum Purpose

This 3-credit course syllabus outlines an introduction to linguistics class for 3rd semester English education students. The 16-week course will cover topics including phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and psycholinguistics. Assessment will include assignments, presentations, quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final exam. Lectures, discussions, and presentations using books, laptops, and LCD projectors will be the primary teaching methods.

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Syllabus & Course Outline

Subject : Introduction to Linguistics

Semester : 3rd(Third) Semester

Study Program : English Education

Department : Language and Arts Education

Faculty : Teacher Training and Education

University : PGRI Palembang

Total Credit :3

1. The Curriculum Purpose


This course is intended to expand students cultural awareness, knowledge, skills in
diverse cultures. Focus will be directed toward:
1. enhanced self-understanding;
2. knowledge of the value systems of Linguistics includes Phonology, Mofology,
Semantics and Syntax or others sub-linguistics such as: Sociolinguistics,
Psycholinguistics, Applied Linguistics and Descriptive linguistics.

2. Basic Competence
1. Students can understand Language
2. Students know and understand Linguistics
3. Students know and understand Phonology
4. Students know and understand Morfology
5. Students know and understand Semantics
6. Students know and understand Syntax
7. Students know and understandothers sub-linguistics

3. Course Content

Meeting Content Sub-content Sources


1 Overview of the 1) Introduction and syllabus
a,b,c,d
course

1) Some theories of language


a,b,c,d
2 What is Language? 2) The nature of language
1) Kind of Phonetics
3 What is Phonetics? 2) Articulatory Phonetics
3) English consonant a,b,c,d
4) English Proverbs
5) Euphon and diphthong

1) Phonology
4 What is 2) Phoneme
Phonology?
3) Phone and Morpheme
4) Distinctive features
a,b,c,d
5) Predictability
6) Complimentary
7) Five variants
8) Assimilations and elision

1) Morphology
5 What is 2) Free and bound morpheme
Morphology? a,b,c,d
3) Allomorph
4) Word formation

6 QUIZ Sub content 2-5

7 What is Semantic? 1) Semantics


2) Semantics properties
a,b,c,d
3)Semantics roles
4) Lexical relations

8 MID SEMESTER

9 What is Syntax? 1) Immediate constituents


2) Immediate constituents analysis
a,b,c,d
3) Syntactic categories
4) Label

10 What is 1) Sociolinguistics
Sociolinguistics?
2) Idiolect, dialect, language
3) Lingua franca
a,b,c,d
4) Styles and slang
5) Jargon
6) Accent
7) Pidgins and creole
8) Taboo and euphemism
9) Artificial Language

11 What is Applied 1) Linguistics and language


Linguistics? teaching
2) Traditional grammar
3) Structure Linguistics a,b,c,d
4) Audio Lingual method
5) Translation method
6) Translation grammar

12 What is 1) Language acquisition


Psycholinguistics?
2) Language learning
a,b,c,d
3)Linguistics competence and
performance

13 QUIZ Sub content 10-12

14-15 Presentations of The student choice 1 topic from


the assignment a,b,c,d
Sub content 2-8 and 10 -12

16 FINAL TEST Sub content 2-15

4. Methods
a. Lecture
b. Discussion

5. Media
a. Selected Book
b. Laptop
C. LCD

6. Exercises and Assignment


Students are expected to complete all class exercises. Self-awareness exercises will
be assigned every meeting in order to afford students the opportunity to gain personal
experience with concepts.Students in pair will make oral class presentations of 20
minutes about any topics related to the linguistics. Late assignments will be marked
down 10 points per calendar week late.

7. Class Policy
Class attendance/participation (13 weeks minus three absences allowed = 10 weeks).
Permission for not attending the class is allowed as long as the students can provide
official letter.

8. Grading Policy
Grades will be determined according to the following scheme:
Activity 10%
Assignment 20%
Mid Exam 30%
Final Exam 40%
Letter grades will be assigned according to average of all four grading components.
Grade Interpretation
A = Excellent
B = Good
C = Average
D = Below Average

9. Sources
a. Rosa, Rusdi nor, 2013. Introduction to Linguitics. Sukabina Press.
b. Todd, Loreto, 1991. An Introduction to Linguitics. Longman York Press.
c. Davies, Allan, 2007. An introduction to applied linguistics: 2nd Edition. Edinburgh
University Press.
d. Saville,Muriel, Toike, 2006. Introducing Language Acquisition. Cambridge Press.

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