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Central Arizona College 8470 N. Overfield Road Coolidge, AZ 85228 Phone: (520) 494-5206 Fax: (520) 494-
Prefix/Number: ENG
Course Title: Introduction to the Study of Language
Course Description :
A study of language, including such topics as code, phonology, morphology, lexicon, language acquisition, and language behavior.
Semester Hours : 3 Times for Credit: 1
Lecture/Lab Ratio : 3 Lectures
Pre-requisites: RDG100A or RDG100B
Co-requisites: None
Cross Listed: EDU
Grading Options: A/F
Approved Modalities: F2F, Hybrid, IITV, Online
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Learning Outcome Statements:
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Identify the basic sentence patterns of English.
- Utilize common sentence expansion of English.
- Identify common parts of speech by structure and function in a variety of languages.
- Transcribe conventional spelling into phonetic spelling.
- Display and explain how the sounds of English are made.
- Synthesize information regarding similarities and differences across languages and dialects, including gender differences.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the basic tenets of first and second language acquisition.
- Recognize cross-linguistic language influences.
- Recognize ethnic/race/gender issues embedded in language usage.
Standards:
The student will meet the learning outcomes at the following level, degree or measurement:
- Identify and correct faulty grammar usage in English sentences, applying linguistic rules.
- Using phrase structure rules (PSRs), produce variations on sentence structure trees(SSTs) and demonstrate an awareness of the relationship between PSRs and SSTs.
- Contrast grammatical functions/categories (i.e., subject, object, etc.) with parts of speech (noun, verb, etc.) and apply these constructs to sample sentences in various languages.
- Apply knowledge of the phonetic alphabet and phonemic distinctions to translate a given sample from conventional spelling to phonetic spelling, and vice versa.
- Describe the significance of phonetic rules and properties, explaining the similarities and differences of these rules and properties across specific languages and cultures.
- Given a list of languages and dialects, including gender differences, organize them according to linguistic typology.
- Apply theories of language acquisition of both first and second language to sets of linguistic data.
- Describe a minimum of three challenges faced by second language learners in each of the following settings: an educational setting, a workplace setting, and a social setting.
