PBET 1101: LINGUISTICS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS

PBET 1101: LINGUISTICS FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS
PLACE: BSB 303
TIME: 9:30 TO 11:00 AM
DAYS: TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
LECTURER: DR. MOHD RASHID BIN MOHD SAAD
CONTACT: 03-79675087
E-MAIL: mrmsaad2008@gmail.com


Week 1- Introduction:
8th and 10th of July, 2008
Topics
1. 8th of July 2008: Introduction to the course.
2. 10th of July 2008: Handouts. What is linguistics?

Weeks 2 - What is Language?
Fromkin, V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 1
15th and 17th of July, 2008
Topics
1. 15th of July 2008: Linguistics Knowledge and Performance, What is Grammar?
2. 17th of July 2008: Language Universals and Animal Languages

Week 3- Brain and Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 2
22nd and 24th of July, 2008
Topics
1. 22nd of July 2008: Human Brain and Autonomy of Language
2. 24th of July 2008: Language and Brain Development and The Evolution of Language

Week 4- Morphology: The Word of Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 3
29th and 31st of July, 2008
Topics
1. 29th of July 2008: Morphemes and Rules of Word Formations
2. 31st of July 2008: Word Coinage and Grammatical Morphemes

Week 5- The Sentence Patterns of Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 4
5th and 7th of August, 2008
Topics
1. 5th of July 2008: Grammaticality or Ungrammaticality and Sentence Structure
2. 7th of July 2008: Phrase Structure Rules and Sentence Relatedness
Week 6- The Meanings of Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 5
12th and 14th of August, 2008
Topics
1. 12th of August 2008: Lexical Semantics and Phrase and Sentence Meaning
2. 14th of August 2008: To Mean or Not to Mean and Pragmatics

Week 7- Phonetics: The Sounds of Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 6
19th and 21st of August, 2008
Topics
1. 19th of August 2008: Sound Segments, Spelling and Speech
2. 21st of August 2008: Articulatory Phonetics

Week 8- Phonology: The Patterns of Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 7
26th and 28th of August, 2008
Topics
1. 26th of August 2008: The Pronunciation of Morphemes and The Phonological Units of Language
2. 28th of August 2008: Distinctive Features and The Rules of Phonology

Week 9- Language Acquisition
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 8
2nd and 4th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 2nd of September 2008: Mechanisms of Language Acquisition and Children Construct Grammars
2. 4th of September 2008: Knowing More than One Language and Second Language Teaching Methods

Week 10- Language Processing: Human and Computer
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 9
9th and 11th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 9th of September 2008: Human Language Processing and
2. 11th of September 2008: Computer Processing of Human Language

Week 11- Language in Society
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 10
16th and 18th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 16th of September 2008: Dialects, Dialects in English and the ‘Standard’ Issues
2. 18th of September 2008: Styles, Slang and Jargon and Language, Sex and Gender

Week 12- Language Change
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 11
23rd and 25th of September, 2008
Topics
1. 23rd of September 2008: Sound Changes and Phonological and Morphological
2. 25th of September 2008: Syntactic and Lexical Changes

Week 13- Writing: The ABCs of Language
Fromkin,V., Rodman, R., and Hyams, N (2003). Chapter 12
30th of September and 2nd of October, 2008
Topics
1. 30th of September 2008: The History of Writing and Modern Writing System
2. 2nd of October 2008: Reading, Writing and Speech

Week 14- Linguistics and Language Teaching
Handouts
7th and 9th of October, 2008
Topics
1. 7th of October 2008: The Importance of Linguistics in Language Teaching
2. 9th of October 2008: How do Apply Linguistics in Language Teaching?