Specjalization classes: applied linguistics 1 340-AS2-1JCS1

Course profile: General Academic
Mode of study: Full-time
Second cycle / 1st year
Specialisation (Linguistics/Applied Linguistics)
ECTS credits: 3 points
Language of instruction: English
Type of course: Elective
Number of course hours: 30h in winter term
Course type: Seminar
Balanced student workload:
- Participation in exercises: 30h
- Independent study of course topics and preparation for lectures - 30h
Teaching methods:
- Work in pairs
- Work in small groups
- Work with the whole group
- mini-lectures
- Student presentations
Topics:

1. Phonetics as a linguistic discipline (acoustic phonetics, auditory phonetics, organs of speech etc.)
2. Phonetic processes (stress, accommodation, assimilation, palatalization, metathesis, phonemes etc.)
3. Morphology (morphemes, free and bound morphemes, morphs and allomorphs, etc.)
4. Classification of languages (synthetic, analytic etc.)
5. Structural types of words (simple, affixal, compound, compound-affixal etc.)
6. Words and word-formation processes (affixation, suffixation, prefixation, composition, conversion, etc.)
7. Words and word-formation processes (ellipses, abbreviation…)
8. Words and word-formation processes (borrowing, compounding, etc.)
9. Semantics (polysemy, homonymy, synonymy, antonymy, etc.)
10. Semantics (specialization, generalization, metaphor, metonymy, collocation, etc..)
11. Language society and culture
12. Language history and change

Term 2024:

Course profile: general academic
Form of study: full-time
Course type: compulsory elective (M_3)
Field and discipline: humanities / linguistics
Year of study: I, semesters I and II, year of study: II, semesters III and IV
Prerequisites:
- basic knowledge of linguistics
- knowledge of the main branches of linguistics, the history of this discipline and selected theories of language
- skills in collecting and analysing linguistic data (surveys, interviews, corpus research, etc.)
- scientific competence to analyse the characteristics of language.
Number of teaching hours: 120 (seminar)
Didactic methods: presentations, analysis of language examples, discussions, conversation lectures, project work in groups and individually.
ECTS credits: 8
Balance of student workload:
- attendance in classes: 120 hrs.
- participation in consultations: 30 hrs.
- preparation for classes and credit: 56 hrs.
Total: 206 hrs (corresponds to 8 ECTS credits)
Quantitative indices:
- Student workload related to activities requiring direct participation of the teacher 120 hrs +30 hrs = 150 hrs). - equals 6 ECTS credits
- student workload not involving direct participation of the teacher - 56 hours = 2 ECTS credits)

Prerequisites (description)

General assumptions of the course: (1) broadening students' knowledge about the psycholinguistic processes taking place in a mono-, bi- and multilingual mind; (2) enriching their didactic skills, in particular with reference to teaching English as a foreign language (L2, L3).

Course coordinators

Ewa Ligocka

Type of course

(in Polish) fakultatywne specjalnościowe
obligatory courses

Mode

(in Polish) w sali

Learning outcomes

KNOWLEDGE
1.The graduate knows and understands complex issues in linguistics, and explains general terms and definitions related to linguistics and theories of language learning and acquisition.
2. the graduate applies knowledge of methodology, analysis, interpretation, evaluation and problematisation of issues in linguistics
3. the graduate relates knowledge of applied linguistics to other fields of study and understands its pedagogical implications.
4.The graduate applies knowledge of contemporary developments in linguistics and theories of language learning and teaching.
KA7_WG2, KA7_WG4
SKILLS
1 The graduate independently acquires knowledge in the field of linguistics and critically analyses it.
2. present the results of his/her research/activities.
3. use the research tools of applied linguistics
4. the graduate has the ability to analyse, synthesise and evaluate the basic content of applied linguistics.
5. Translate general and specialised texts.
KA7_UW1, KA7_UW2, KA7_UW6, KA7_UK1, KA7_UK2, KA7_UK4, KA7_UK5, KA7_UO1, KA7_UU1
SOCIAL COMPETENCES
1.The graduate cooperates with others in carrying out tasks.
2. The graduate co-creates the conditions of cooperation in the conditions of a culturally diverse society.
3. The graduate accepts the necessity of continuous education.
KA7_KK2, KA7_KO4

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods and criteria
Credit points after the winter semester.
Teaching methods: Lecture, discussion, presentation.
Conditions: Attendance (max. two absences per semester), class participation, completion of assignments.

Bibliography

Bough, AC & Cable, T 2002, A history of the English Language, 5th edn, Routledge.
Brinton, L 2000, The structure of modern English: a linguistic introduction. Edition illustrated, Amsterdam.
Crystal, D 1995, The English Language, Harmondsworth.
Cybuch, M, 2004, ‘The fundamental considerations in the concept of meaning and meaning relations’ in , Griniewicz, S, Raube SM, Thomas P (ed) Language and Culture: Establishing Foundations for Anthropological Linguistics, Bialystok, pp. 249-256.
Fromkin, V, Rodman, R, Hyams N 2003, An introduction to language, 9th edn, Wadsworth.
Fromkin, V, Rodman, R 1994, An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 6th edn, Ohio State University Press.
Griniewicz, S, Dubieniec, E 2001, Introduction to linguistics, Bialystok.
Lyons, J 1971, Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP.
Lyons, J 1977, Semantics. (1 vol.), Cambridge.
Ottenheimer, H 2006, The Anthropology of language: An introduction to linguistic anthropology, Belmont.
Yule, G, 2006, The Study of Language, Cambridge.
Yule, G 2010, The Study of Language: An Introduction, Cambridge.
Yule, G 1996, The Study of Language 2nd edn, Cambridge.

Term 2024:

Literature:
Bough, AC & Cable, T 2002, A history of the English Language, 5th edn, Routledge.
Brinton, L 2000, The structure of modern English: a linguistic introduction. Edition illustrated, Amsterdam.
Crystal, D 1995, The English Language, Harmondsworth.
Cybuch, M, 2004, ‘The fundamental considerations in the concept of meaning and meaning relations’ in , Griniewicz, S, Raube SM, Thomas P (ed) Language and Culture: Establishing Foundations for Anthropological Linguistics, Bialystok, pp. 249-256.
Fromkin, V, Rodman, R, Hyams N 2003, An introduction to language, 9th edn, Wadsworth.
Fromkin, V, Rodman, R 1994, An Introduction to Language and Linguistics, 6th edn, Ohio State University Press.
Griniewicz, S, Dubieniec, E 2001, Introduction to linguistics, Bialystok.
Lyons, J 1971, Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics. Cambridge: CUP.
Lyons, J 1977, Semantics. (1 vol.), Cambridge.
Ottenheimer, H 2006, The Anthropology of language: An introduction to linguistic anthropology, Belmont.
Yule, G, 2006, The Study of Language, Cambridge.
Yule, G 2010, The Study of Language: An Introduction, Cambridge.
Yule, G 1996, The Study of Language 2nd edn, Cambridge.

Notes

Term 2024:

Assessment credit.
The final mark consists of the following components:
• partial marks for individual translation projects and assignments
• ongoing observation of student activity and involvement
• 4 unexcused absences are allowed during the whole semester);
• the student must obtain at least 51% of the course grade.
• grading scale ‘according to the Rules and Regulations for Studies’.
5= 91%-100%
4+=81%-90%
4= 71%- 80%
3+=61%-70%
3= 51%-60%
2= 0%-50%

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