Language Instruction
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 238 289 FL 014 154 AUTHOR Collier, Catherine TITLE Introduction to Language. Linguistics 101. INSTITUTION Kuskokwim Community Coll., Bethel, Alaska. SPONS AGENCY Department of Education, Washington, DC. PUB DATE 79 NOTE 133p.; Best copy available. PUB TYPE Guides - Classroom Use Materials (For Learner) .(051) EDRS PR/CE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. - DESCRIPTORS Assignments; *Bilingual Education Programs; *English; *Eskimo Aleut Languages; Grading; Higher Education; Introductory Courses; *Language Teachers; *Linguistics; Multicultural Education; Second Language Instruction; *Teacher Education; Testing IDENTIFIERS *Yupik ABSTRACT The syllabus of an introductory course in linguistics intended as a foundation for studies in bilingual/bicultural education, Alaskan native languages, and anthropology is presented. The course was designed for a program for teachers of Yupik as a second language. The course objectives are to introduce students to the internal structure of language and the relationship between language and culture. Analyses of English, Yupik, and some other languages are included. The course consists of six units of readings and assignments: (1) introduction to language (linguistics and related disciplines, communication); (2) language, culture, and change (including dialects); (3) introduction to phonemes and phonetics (including the international phonetic alphabet); (4) articulatory phonetics (articulation, contoids, vocoids, stress, pitch, intonation); (5) introduction to morphemes and morphology (including.some semantics); and (6) language analysis. Each unit has questions and/or activity assignments in addition to readings, and the final examination is included in the course materials for student preview. Illustrations and a glossary are included. (MSE) *************************************4********************************* * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * . from the original document. ******1,c********1,c*******1,c*****************1,c****1,c************1,c*********** rtf.
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