No : FRM/KUL/01/02

Revision Number : 03
Syllabus Valid Date : October 1, 2008
ISO Clause : 7.5.1 and 7

Prepared by Checked by Approved by Valid Date

Rosmaidar, M. Pd. Dr. Sunda Ariana, M. Pd., MM.

1. Faculty : Language and Literature

2. Study Program : English Literature
3. Course Title : Statistics for Language Research
4. Course Code : SI-E47237*
5. Prerequisite :-
6. Course Status : Optional
7. Course Description : Statistics is an elementary course in methods applied to statistical problems: resolution of assigned or chosen problems
appropriate for statistical applications.
8. Objectives : At the end of this course, students are expected to be able to apply the appropriate statistics correctly in research
methodology and students can keep abreast in statistical procedures and terminology in statistics.

9. Weekly Teaching Process

 No Topics Sub-Topics References Class Mode
(week)
1 Introduction  Introduction and early SLA research Koster  Lecturing
 Presentation
2 Measures of central tendency  Histogram, frequency polygon, Ibid  Individual work
cumulative frequency polygon
3 Measures of variability  Variance and standard deviation, z Ibid  Browsing materials (group
scores (population and a single point work)
of interest), Standard error of the
mean, quartile deviation, range
4 Research terminology  Hypothesis testing, probability and Ibid  Group presentation using
level of significance, type 1 and type PPT aid
II error, sampling distribution
5 How to choose statistical models  Level of measurement, number of Ibid  Group presentation using
groups, number of categories, PPT aid
category size, nature of groups, data,
parametric and nonparametric models.
6 Interval models  T-test for one group, t-test for Ibid  Group presentation using
unpaired (independent) data t-test for PPT aid
paired (related) data, one way analysis
of variance
7 Mid Term Test
8 Interval Correlation Model  What is correlation?, pearson product Ibid  E-learning
moment coefficient
9 Ordinal models  Wilcoxon signed ranks, Man Whitney Ibid  Group presentation using
 U Test, Kruskal- Wallis test, PPT aid
Friedman test.
10 Ordinal correlational model  What is correlation?, Spearman rank Ibid  Group presentation using
coefficient PPT aid
11 Nominal Test  Chi square Ibid  Group presentation using
PPT aid
12 Tables  Probabilities associated with values as Ibid  Group presentation using
extreme as the observed values of z in PPT aid
the normal distribution
13 Summing up Ibid  E-learning
14 Final Semester

10. Scoring System

 15% attendance and classroom participation
 15% assignments
 30% mid term
 40% final semester

11. Teaching and Learning Strategies

 Lecture + questions and answer
 Oral presentation using PPT/OHP : seminar procedures (discussion after presentation)
 E-learning
 Internet based materials
 Combination of those five
12. Course Requirements

 Every student is required to attend all meetings.

 Every student is required to be active participant in class activities
 Students in groups are required to make a maximum of ten – page paper (using 12 –time new roman font; 1.5 spaces; A4 paper ) on a topic of
their interest to be presented in class discussion on the last meeting before the final semester examination.
 Every student is required to take mid- semester and final semester examinations.
 Missing classes will be made up based on the agreement by students and lecturer.

13. References
Koster, I. W. (2002). Statistika dan probabilitas. Jakarta: