KHAZAR UNIVERSITY
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE DEPARTMENT
COURSE SYLLABUS
Introduction to Linguistics
Jamala I. Mammadova
Course information
-Title: Introduction to Linguistics
-Number (code):
-Credit hours: 3
-Semestr/ term: Fall 2013
-Prerequisites :
Information about instructor
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Full name: Jamala Mammadova
Title: Master na Master
Office location: English language and Literature department
Materials:
-An Introduction to Language and Linguistics. Fasold, F. & Connor-Linton, J. 2006.
-Language and Mind. Noam Chomsky, 1968
-Second Language Acquisition, Rod, Ellis. 1997.
-The Critical Period Hypothesis, Lenneberg, 1969.
-Introducing Linguistics. David Crystal, 1991.
- Linguistics. David Crystal. 1990.
- Task-based language learning and teaching. Rod Ellis. 2003.
-Internet sources.
Course description
Introduction to Linguistics couse is aimed to introduce students the details of linguistics, its characteristics
and issues concerning linguistics that are more debatable over the world nowadays. The course mainly deals
with the English language. From this standpoint, the language of instruction is English. The course will apply
to the great works and ideas of famous linguistics as- Stephen Krashen’s, Noam Chomsky’s, Douglas
Brown’s, Lightbown Spada’s ideas and thoughts concerning to linguistics. The materials will be offerred in
one copy by the instructor. All the students are expected to make the copy of them. Other recommendary
readings will be oferred by the instructor to read from Khazar University library.
During the course, the students are expexted to particiapate actively and to make group presentations on
the isssues that we discussed.
Course Policies and Requirements;
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Regular attendance
Completion of all assignments;
Participation in class discussion
Essential Policies;
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Absence is not excuse for not being prepared for the next lesson
Academic dishonesty:Using the words and ideas of others as if they were your own is plagiarism
and cannot be condoned. To perfom such a behavior may result in getting (0) mark and failure in
the course.
Class participation is essential. I welcome all the students to participate actively during our classes.
Evaluation
Grading scale: Attendance - 10
Class Participation-15
Midterm -30
Final- 30
Group activity-15
Total: 100 points
Course schedule
Week 1
Introduction to the course. What is Linguistics?
Week 2
Linguistics and Society
Week 3
Applied Linguistics/Language and age
Week 4
Issues in Linguistics / Contradictory/
Week 5
Language acquisition/ Linguis Lenneberg’s ideas
Week 6
Second language acquisition/Worldwide linguists- Krashen, Ellis, Brown and their way of
thinking
Week 7
Week 8
STUDENTS’ PAPERS/presentations
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Week 9
Brain and language. Linguist Chomsky
Week 10
Neurolinguistics
Week 11
Language in the family and language in the society.
Week 12
Language ego
Week 13
Krashen’s ideas in Linguistics
Lightbown Spada
Week 14
STUDENTS’ PAPERS/presentations
Week 15
FINAL EXAMINATION