Elements of Assessment:
The following assignments will be factored into your course grade. In addition, these will also help assess your progress in mastering the outcomes noted above.
(1) Class Participation and Exercises: The nature of this class demands that all students contribute regularly to the discussions. Both quality and quantity will be considered, with an emphasis on the former. In addition, students will complete a number of individual and small group exercises in class and post in the on-line Forums on MyHeritage. Altogether, 30 points may be earned for participation and exercises (including 5 for the "Check-In Test" and "Check-In Tasks." Due: Day-to-day. Final date for all Forums = July 26.
(2) Article Review: Students will write a short paper (approximately 500 words—1/5-2 typed/wordprocessed pages) summarizing and commenting on a journal article in applied linguistics related to your real-life needs or interests or to other ELLI assignments. Possible topics for this paper will be discussed in class. The review will be worth 30 points. Due: July 19.
(3) Field Research Project: Students will conduct an individual or team field research project in linguistics (observation and/or experiment). Each team will then report the results of their field research to the class. Afterwards, each individual member will write a paper of 750-1000 words (3-4 pages) detailing related research (culled from academic journals), positing a research hypothesis, explaining the research methodology employed, outlining their results, and then discussing the theoretical and practical issues in linguistics connected with their research project. Teams are encouraged to share sources and ideas but submit individually-written conclusions (methods and results sections can be identical, of course!). The project paper and presentation will be worth 60 points total. Due: July 26.
(4) Technical Exercises: After practicing with out-of-class and group in-class exercises, students will demonstrate mastery of performance skills in phonetics/phonology, morphology, and syntax in class using appropriate tools (phonetics charts, the Oxford English Dictionary online, etc.). Each of these exercises will be worth 20 points (60 points total). Due: TE #1 & #2 during ELLI, TE #3 July 19.
(5) Linguistics Journal: During the course, students will keep a reflective journal discussing ideas, feelings, occurrences, etc., related to language. Some of these will be guided; others will be open. Keeping the journal will be worth 20 points. Due: Day-to-day. Final date for all Forums = July 26.
(6) Figuring Course Grades:
Check-In Test/Tasks 5 Participation & Exercises 25 Article Review 30 Project 60 Technical Exercise #1 20 Technical Exercise #2 20 Technical Exercise #3 20 Journal 20 Total Possible: 200 (196+ = A+; 184+ = A; 180+ = A-; 176+ = B+; 164+ = B; 160+ = B-; 156+ = C+; 144+ = C; 140+ = C-; 136+ = D+; 124+ = D; 120+ = D-; 119- = F)