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

OBJECTIVES

To learn: ¡@
1 What linguistics is
2 Some basic knowledge in this field
3 To think about language as a thing, apart from its everyday uses and meanings, so that we can understand what those uses and meanings are, and how they are achieved
4 To examine our beliefs about language, languages, and speakers
5 To observe and to analyze, and to write and talk about our observations and analyses

¡@

¡@



GRADING


¡@

Midterm exam                  20%
Final exam                      22%
Report (pairs or trios)                25%       
Other assignments        5%
Exercises (4)                  18%

Participation                   

¡@

 10% [asking questions & commenting in class; participation in in-class activities; evidence of course preparation; completion of online course evaluation 12/18]
¡@

Copyright 2009
by Dr. Yun-Pi Yuan & Dr. Kentei Takaya;
Website maintained by Sam Jheng
All rights reserved and these materials may not be published without any permission.