ENGLISH EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF NUSANTARA PGRI KEDIRI

Course : Introduction to Linguistics

Lecturer : Lina Mariana,S.S.,M.Pd

A. Course Format: Lecture, Discussion, Presentation

B. Course Description, Aims, and Objectives

The course is an overview of the study of Linguistics that will be treated by focusing it on
the concepts and examples of the branches of Linguistics and also some of their analysis.
It discusses about the definition of terms related to the study of language, examples of
items and comparisons among them. It also discusses about the way how to analyze parts
of the language such as: phonemes, morphemes, words, phrases, clauses and sentences.
The students will learn and discuss how the parts of language are interrelated and how
they work in language, especially English language teaching and learning process.

C. Teaching Format

The students will be taught in approximately sixteen meetings of about 100 minutes each,
explaining about the theory and practice. The teaching and learning process will be
conducted by doing presentations and discussions both by the lecturer as well as the
students. Students will be evaluated based on their understanding of the concepts and the
application of the theories.

D. Assessment

Mid-test score will be taken from the quiz given after approximately the eighth meeting.
Scores are also taken from the final test and assignments. There will be at least two
assignments each semester. Students’ attendance is also calculated and is used for
consideration. The students are expected to attend classes of at least about 75% of the
meeting in each semester and actively participate.

Assessment will comprise 20% of attendance, 30% of assignments, 20% of mid-term test
and 30% of final test. Grades will be based on the following criteria:,
91-100=A, 81-90=B+, 71-80=B, 61-70=C+, 56-60=C, 40-55=D, 0-39=E

E. Course Meetings

No Topics Activities Assignments Meetings Reference

1 General overview of Presentation, 1 1,2,3,4,5,6,
the course discussion 7,8
2 Language and Presentation, 2,3 1,2,4,7
Linguistics discussion
3 Phonetics Presentation, 4 3,4,5,7,8
discussion
4 Phonemics Presentation, Structured Task 1 5,6 3,4,5,7,8
discussion
5 Morph, Morphemes Presentation, 7,8 3,4,5,7,8
and Allomorph discussion
6 Inflectional Presentation, 9 3,4,5,7,8
Morphemes of discussion
English
7 Mid-Term Test 10
8 Derivations 11 3,4,5,7,8
9 Word Classes Presentation, Structured Task 2 12 3,4,5,7,8
discussion
10 Immediate Presentation, 13 3,4,5,7,8
Constituent Analysis discussion
11 Five Types of Presentation, 14 3,4,5,7
Structural Signals discussion
12 Sentence Presentation, 15 3,4,5,7,8
Classification discussion
13 T-G Grammar Presentation, Structured Task 3 16 4,5,6,7
discussion

F. Bibliography

1. Crystal, David. A First Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. Boulder: Westview Press,
1980.

2. Elgin, Suzette Haden. What is Linguistics? Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall Inc, 1973.

3. Francis, W. Nelson. The Structure of American English. New York: The Ronald Press
Company, 1958.

4. Fromkin, Victoria and Robert Rodman. An Introduction to Language. New York: Holt,
Rinehart and Winston, 1978.

5. Gleason, H.A.An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics. New York: Holt, Rinehart and
Winston, 1955.

6. Jacobs, Roderick A. and Peter S. Rosenbaum. English Transformational Grammar.

Massachutes: Xerox College Publishing, 1968.

7. Nasr, Raja T. The Essentials of Linguistic Science. London: Longman, 1980.

8. Finegan, Edward. .Language Its Structure and Use. New York: Harcourt Brace &
Company. 1989

9. Yule,George. The Study of Language.USA: Cambridge University press. 2010.

10. O’Grady,William.Dobrovolsky, Micahel. Katamba, Francis. Contemporary Linguistics, an

introduction. United Kingdom. Pearson Education Limited. 1996.

Kediri, 6 Maret 2017

Lecturer,

Lina Mariana,S.S.,M.Pd