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Accreditation & Assessment
COURSE SPECIFICATION
Eng. 323
Linguistics II
Revised 2011
Course Specification
Institution: Majmaah University
College: Faculty of Science & Humanities
Department: English Department
A Course Identification and General Information
1. Course title and code: Eng. 323 - Linguistics II
2. Credit hours:2 hours
3. Program(s) in which the course is offered.
(If general elective available in many programs indicate this
rather than list programs)
B. A. in English
4. Name of faculty member responsible for the course
Dr. Samah Abdel-karim Ibrahim
5. Level/year at which this course is offered:
Level 4 / 2nd year
6. Pre-requisites for this course (if any)
Preferably, Eng. 323.
B. Objectives
1. Summary of the main learning outcomes for students enrolled in the
course.
Students will be able to:
1. Define the basic concepts of pragmatics
2. Apply the theoretical concepts of speech act theory, Grice’s maxims,
and politeness theory to linguistic situations.
3. Explain the role of context in interpreting utterances in relation to
speech acts, maxims, and politeness choices.
4. Define the basic concepts of psycholinguistics: language and the brain,
1st and second language acquisition.
5. Explain the relationship between language and the brain.
6. Explain basic issues related to first and second language acquisition.
7. Discuss the differences between first and second language acquisition
C. Course Description
This course, as a continuation to Eng. 320 (Linguistics I), constitutes part
II of the introduction of students to the discipline of linguistics. It
introduces the students to the areas of pragmatics, discourse analysis and
psycholinguistics
Topic
No of Weeks
Contact hours
I. Introduction: 1hour
II. Pragmatics:
Context; Presupposition; Speech Acts.2weeks
4 hours
Pragmatics: Politeness
III. Pragmatics & Discourse Analysis: Interpreting 1 week
2 hours
Discourse
Speech events; The Cooperative principle; 3weeks6hours
Hedges; Implicatures
1 week
2 hours
IV.Psycholinguistics:
Language and the brain
1st Language Acquisition
2nd Language Acquisition
2weeks
2weeks
1week
4hours
4hours
2hours
VI. Review Week
1 week2 hours
2. Course components (total contact hours per semester):
Lecture:25 hours
Practical/Fieldwork: 5 hours
a. Knowledge
(i) Description of the knowledge to be acquired
1. Basic concepts in the areas of pragmatics, psycholinguistics, and
sociolinguistics,
2. The nature of the discipline of linguistics, its branches, and its relations
to other disciplines, such as sociology, psychology, and philosophy.
3. How language is used in context in view of the most important
pragmatic theories: speech acts, Grice’s maxims, and politeness theory,
and of how shared knowledge plays a role in the linguistic choices we
make.
4. The relationship between language and the brain.
5. Introductory knowledge of basic issues related to language acquisition.
(ii) Teaching strategies to be used to develop that knowledge
1. Lectures
2. Class discussion
3. Presentation
(iii) Methods of assessment of knowledge acquired
1. Asking questions in the middle of lectures to see if students are
following
2. Quizzes
3. In-term exams
4. Final exam
b. Cognitive Skills
(i) Cognitive skills to be developed
1. Perform simple linguistic analysis at the pragmatic level.
2. The ability to answer applications assignments and make use of the
information from primary and secondary sources.
3. The ability to apply knowledge gained to examples from their native
language.
(ii) Teaching strategies to be used to develop these cognitive skills:
1- Lectures/teaching students how to think of language and deal with
it objectively and descriptively.
2- Class discussions/teaching students to think independently and
engage in group discussions.
3- Ask students in class to bring examples from languages other than
English, Arabic for example. This enables them to apply the
analytical tools on new data.
4- Give assignments where they have to solve problems based on
theoretical knowledge gained.
5- Ask students to perform simple analysis on the whiteboard and
guide them through.
(iii) Methods of assessment of students’ cognitive skills:
1. Class participation
2. Assignments/ presentation
3. Midterms and quizzes
4. Final Examination
c. Interpersonal Skills and Responsibility
(i) Description of the interpersonal skills and capacity to carry
responsibility to be developed:
1. Students can participate in class discussion and express their concern
2. Students can complete assignments in due time.
3. Students work in groups and act cooperatively.
(ii) Teaching strategies to be used to develop these skills and abilities:
1. Encourage the students to take responsibility for their own learning.
2. Encourage students to ask questions.
3. Give group assignments.
4. Encourage class participation.
5. Advise students about of the significance of time management.
Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester
Assessment task Week due Proportion of Final Assessment
Midterms
30%
Quizzes and assignments and/or 2nd midterm throughout
10%
Presentation
10%
Final Exam
50%
E. Learning Resources
1. Required Text(s)
* Yule, G. (2006). The Study of Language, 3rd Edition. Cambridge:
Cambridge University press.