INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
      2009 FALL & 2010 SPRING
      DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
      FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 
　

GUIDELINES FOR REPORTS  Introduction to Linguistics

Note 1: For a score of 80 or above, a report must follow all guidelines. (Merely following all guidelines does not guarantee such a grade, however. The report in itself must be good.)

Note 2: Late reports will not be accepted, unless you explain your legitimate reason in person to the professor on or before the due date.

*No library sources (including internet sources)

*MLA format (see especially page numbers 4.6; heading and title 4.5; parenthetical documentation 6.1-6.4; Works Cited format 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5; labeling of figures 4.7; format and punctuation of quotations 3.71, 3.72; ellipsis 3.7.5)

*See Chapter 1 of the textbook on the presentation of linguistic examples.

*The textbook must be cited, in MLA format. (Be careful about plagiarism; see MLA Chapter 2.)

*Include the following sections, with headings, in your report:

        Introduction

                What is the topic or question that was investigated?    Brief summary of background information on the topic

        Design

    Explain carefully and clearly how you collected data; include all materials (such as questionnaires, tests, instructions to participants).  *Do not give the real names of participants.

        Findings

                Complete and explicit findings/results.  Be sure to tabulate questionnaire,  test, or other data collection results, and to include this information in your  report.    Any figures (tables or graphs; see MLA for format). Tell the reader when    to refer to a certain figure or table (e.g., “see Fig. 3”).

        Discussion (of findings/results)

                Interpretation (in relation to what we have studied, and to the introduction);    alternative interpretations   Problems you met in your investigation

        Conclusion

        Works Cited—for Discovering Language.    (See the citation requirement

        above.)

[Appendixes]—some material from Design or from Findings may be too long to

include in the text of the report. Give each appendix a letter designation (e.g.,

Appendix A, Appendix B) and a title (e.g., Interview Questions), and in the

report tell the reader when to refer to an appendix (e.g., “see Appendix A”).

        Group member work distribution—a brief description of the work each group

        member did for the report.