Course Outline

Introduction to Linguistics
English Language Education Study Program

Revision 3 Effective from August 2018

Study Program : English Language Education

Faculty : Teachers Training and Education
Lecturer : Priyatno Ardi, S.Pd., M.Hum.
I. Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, the students acquire the following:
Competence
a. understand various concepts of language and primary issues in linguistics
b. understand the importance of linguistic knowledge and theories to the teaching of
English
c. conduct (simple, straightforward) analyses on English linguistic data.
Conscience
1. gain more awareness on the linguistics phenomena
2. improve their responsibility and autonomy in executing various tasks
Compassion
1. help one another to improve their understanding on the materials
2. work collaboratively to complete the assigned tasks

II. Course Progress*:

Meeting Date Topic Learning Activities
1 21-Aug What is Linguistics? Lecture
Linguistics and Language Teaching Discussion
2 28-Aug What is Language? Lecture
Discussion
3 4-Sep Phonetics and Phonology Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
4 18-Sep Morphology Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
5 25-Sep Syntax Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
6 Semantics Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
7-8 2 weeks Test 1
9 16-Oct Pragmatics Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
 Meeting Date Topic Learning Activities
10 23-Oct Sociolinguistics Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
11 30-Oct Psycholinguistics Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
12 6-Nov Stylistics Class presentation and
discussion
Quiz
Review
13 13-Nov Test 2
14 20-Nov Corpus Linguistics Lecture
15 27-Nov Mini projects Discussion
*) subject to adjustment

III. Evaluation: Final grades are determined by the quiz and test average score, the
fulfillment of minimum attendance, and the completion of assignments.

IV. Learning-Teaching Activities:

The classroom activities consist of lectures, discussions, question-and-answer sessions, and
group-presentations. The class procedure typically starts with a 30-minute group
presentation and a 15-minute follow-up discussion. The last 45-minutes, are spent on the
lecturer's treatment on the topic of the day. In group presentations, each group must
summarize the assigned topic and present the summary in the form of a power-point
document (not in a paper-form). The maximum slide number is 10. Students' outside-
classroom activities consist of text-reading, homework completion, and power-point
presentation preparation.

V. Sources:
Aitchison, Jean. 2012. Linguistics Made Easy. London: Hodder Education.
Aitchison, Jean. 2003. Linguistics. New York: Hodder and Soughton.
Alip, Francis Borgias. 2000. "Language as a Vehicle of Meaning". In In Search of
Meaning (ed. Novita Dewi). Yogyakarta: Sanata Dharma University Press, pp. 1-12.
Emmitt, M. and J. Pollock. 2002. Language and Language Learning: An Introduction for
Teaching. 2nd ed. Victoria: Oxford University Press.

Updated: August 20, 2018