ОБ ОБУЧЕНИИ В ДИСТАНЦИОННОМ РЕЖИМЕ

 

СТУДЕНТ СЧИТАЕТСЯ ПРИСУТСТВУЮЩИМ НА ЗАНЯТИИ, ЕСЛИ У НЕГО ВКЛЮЧЕНЫ КАМЕРА И МИКРОФОН, И ПРИ ЭТОМ СТУДЕНТ АКТИВНО ВКЛЮЧАЕТСЯ В РАБОТУ.

 

'Introduction to English Language aims to give students a broad overview of some of the main areas of study involved in the discipline of linguistics: the study of language, i.e. ...

"- a solid basis in language analysis from which to proceed". '

 

 Satori Soden, EN1023, 2012, p.1

The Key Competences Demands

By the end of the course you should:

Ø  have good knowledge of the basic structure of the English language;

Ø  have sound understanding of the basic terminology and concepts relevant to the study of languages;

Ø  develop a basic critical understanding of the range and variety of traditions and approaches to the study of languages;

 Ø  have improved basic skills in written expression and critical analysis.

The Key Assessment Criteria

One will be assessed according to your ability to:

ü use basic linguistic terminology;
ü demonstrate solid understanding of linguistic theory and research;
ü apply techniques of linguistic analysis to appropriate data sets and discuss them critically;
ü demonstrate good knowledge of the basic structure of the English language.

LOOKING CLOSELY AT LANGUAGE

According to Annabelle Mooney and Betsy Evans

 "LOOKING CLOSELY AT LANGUAGE CAN TELL US ABOUT:

 

■  HOW OUR BRAINS UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS LANGUAGE (PSYCHOLINGUISTICS)

■  HOW WE LEARN LANGUAGES, AND SO HOW BEST TO TEACH THEM (APPLIED LINGUISTICS)

■  HOW SOCIAL FACTORS (AGE, GENDER, CLASS, ETHNICITY, ETC.) AFFECT THE WAY PEOPLE USE LANGUAGE (SOCIOLINGUISTICS)

■  HOW IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A REALISTIC CONVERSATION WITH A COMPUTER 

(ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)

■  WHAT IS DISTINCTIVE ABOUT LITERATURE AND POETRY (STYLISTICS)

■  HOW PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CULTURES USE LANGUAGE TO DO THINGS (ANTHROPOLOGY)

■  THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORDS AND MEANING AND THE ‘REAL’ WORLD  (PHILOSOPHY)

■  WHETHER SOMEONE IS GUILTY OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE (FORENSIC LINGUISTICS)"

■  THE STRUCTURE OF NON-VERBAL LANGUAGES (E.G. SIGN LANGUAGES).

 

The source of the quote:

Annabelle Mooney and Betsy Evans

Language, Society and Power: An Introduction.

Fourth edition, 2015, p. 3.

OBSERVE THE RULES

 

1. Contacting by Zoom and suchlike messengers or platforms 

1.1. Try to come on time. Don't be too nervous if it might take you a few minutes to wait for broadcasting or to install update. Normally the teacher would start every topic in a rather slow and paced manner.  

1.2. If you join a lecture a bit too late, don't say aloud 'Hello, bro!'. Switch off your microphone and send your best greeting to your group monitor in the chatroom

1.3. Be present, concentrated and following the discourse.You may be asked almost any time by teacher to say something aloud, using your microphone, or express yourself by using chat.

1.4. Don't forget to specify correctly your true name and your group number. 1.4.2. Otherwise, if you present yourself (for instance) as Pirate of Caribbean or Selina Kyle (or something) your demand to join the meeting will be mercilessly ignored or expelled. No sympathy or condolatory! 

1.5. You need to be present in camera for at least 95% of the lecture.

1.5.1. You can use your avatars moderately (i.e.5% of the meeting). You can use your face photographs only in that case.

Your true name and your actual group number must be present there. No Jolly Roger, no bunnies, please! Jolly Roger See point 1.4.2.  

1.6. Don't forget to say your name and group number when asking or answering teachers questions. It will help the teacher and your Group monitor to appreciate your contribution to the lesson. Be polite, constructive and well-organized.  

1.7. Don't forget that constructive interaction in the lesson is evaluated (e.g. you can get extra scores for witty questions, good reasoning, well-preparedness, informative reports and presentations). 

1.8. You need to master your networking skills and personal time-management strategy at the classes. Don't say "I was so shy", if you didn't take part in discussion, reports, presentations, solving tasks, doing exercises, asking and answering questions in the lesson, writing essays etc.

1.9. It is taken for granted that learners acquire new learning skills both in the lesson and by doing home assignment.     

1.10. You can record lectures for your own personal use only. You cannot use them to inflict harm to anyone. You cannot distribute them or any part of them without written permission of the proprietors. If the authors and proprietors will want to make it public, they will make it public, unless the rights of other parties are violated. 

2. Contacting by e-mail

2.1. Use only corporate e-mail both for the sender and the addressee of your letter (aa.bogatyrev@mpgu.edu).

2.2. Don't forget to specify your name, if you are writing on behalf of the academic group. Anonymous letters will receive invisible answers.

2.3. Don't forget to specify the purpose of your letter and what exactly you want to know or get.

2.4. Don't forget to ask the monitor first. Many questions may be caused simply by banal [bə'nɑːl] absent-mindedness. 

2.5. The monitor should consult the teacher. This would be more productive for answers to reach concern of every student in the group. 

2.6. Make a list of questions first.

Then organize them hierarchically, starting from most urgent. Number your questions in order to check answers. 

2.7. Never expect teachers to send you any learning materials to your non-corporate e-mail box.

2.8. It is not a good idea to ask questions on the eve of the meeting. These are likely not to be answered due to many reasons. This is also a direct signal to the teacher that you have not been preparing thoroughly to classes. The best time for correspondence is Thursday evening (till Saturday morning).

Try to be patient. Don't forget that it may take time to read and answer all coming letters. 

2.9. You can send your teacher some critical remarks concerning exercises, whenever necessary. If these are just and helpful, the teacher will certainly appreciate them.  

3. A few scoring policy remarks

3.1. Normally the scoring policy is discussed in detail on the first day of the lesson of the starting module. If you still have some doubts,ask your monitor to pose a question. Don't forget to use corporate e-mail both for the sender and the addressee of your letter (aa.bogatyrev@mpgu.edu).

3.2. The monitor traces and records the activity of every group member both at the seminars and at the lectures.

3.3. There are numerous and various forms of accountable learning activities to be assessed by scores: from participating in discussion, making reports, presentations, solving tasks, doing exercises, testing, asking and answering questions in the lesson, writing essays, precis ['preɪsiː], working on individual or group projects etc.

3.4.1. The scores one gets depend not only on quantity, but also on the quality of the job done. For example, students' personal presentations in the first module are judged by criteria.

A Short List of Minimum Requirements for your PPT Presentations

a. Relevance, Purposefulness, Structuredness and Informativity [0/0,5/1];
b. Legibility [0/0,5/1];
c. Good English [0/0,5/1];
d. Readability, clarity and intelligibly of the message[0/0,5/1];
e. Checkpoints provided [0/0,5/1];

3.4.2. Education means development. The criteria of assessment may vary from one module to another, not within one module.

3.4.3. Taking part in Group presentation is a must for each student; preparing micro-group or individual presentations may be optional. However, the options you choose would influence your amount of knowledges and skills and your scores. 

3.4.4. All the tests are absolutely obligatory. Normally no ther chance.

3.5. We are striving for high transparency. Normally there is no way and no reason whatever for revising scores. So you can't do a lot in the second module to compensate low performance in the first module, when it is already over.   

4. A few tips on preparing to exam and doing your home assignment  

4.1. First, you have a list of questions for the term. Consequently, you could use it productively to trace your progress in learning from the very first day. You could use electronic data collection of useful materials and organize it in the best way you like. Try many and decide on the most suitable personally for you. You can measure your progress by doing exercises and testing. So don't neglect revising your progress.

4.2. It could be a good idea to start with working on your Glossary of useful terms not to beat about the bush at the exam. 

4.3. Be proactive in the lesson. Pose questions. Try to answer teacher's questions. Be the first to solve the task and explain the solution. 

4.4. To do things on time you may need to think well and plan your job well ahead of time.

4.5. Critical Reading maybe the only thing that can tell an educated and  subtle person from layman.

4.6. Don't make presentations and reports on what you already know very well. Take the topics you want to shed some light on.

4.7. The direct way to learn something is teach it. Try to tell people at home what you have been learning today. Imagine yourself a teacher and show your talent in things like presentations, reports, essays. Prepare some helpful tasks or tests for your peers in Linguistics.

4.8. Always draw a structure of your message before saying it.

Always explain the algorism of you actions in doing tasks and exercises. Use diagrams and tables whenever possible. 

4.9. If you can't solve the task at the third go, don't give up. Consult others after your tenth try. 

4.10. Never give in.

 

5. Tips for making a presentation / report.

1. A good presenter is expected to introduce oneself and the topic of presentation effectively, keeping in touch with the audience and stipulating involvement of the listeners.

2. A good presenter is expected to speak good English and stick to the point and avoid making far-fetched digressions in explanation.

3. A good presenter is expected to guide the audience through the structure of the report. A good presenter is expected to state and fulfil(l) the tasks of one's own presentation and provide clues for understanding the method, allowing to arrive at conclusions. 

4. A good presenter is expected to make comments on the text - not just read what's written on the slides. (All the comments must be informative and stipulating deeper understanding.). A good presenter is expected to deal with visuals effectively.

 5. A good presenter is expected to maintain good control over the audience's understanding of the message, which may be provided in form of a dialogue or control questions or test.

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THE SYLLABUS OF THE COURSE

PART ONE

The third term

 

 

 

Lecture 01

Introduction

Course poliicies

2hrs

Introductory readings on language; how linguists study language; 

prescriptive and descriptive approaches

Lecture 02

Language acquisition

 

2hrs

Language as a property of humans; how language differs from other forms of communication; how humans acquire language;

Lecture 03

The nature of Language, What is language

2hrs

communication; how humans acquire language;

Lecture 04+

The origins of English

English as a world language, World Englishes

2hrs

The history of English and its spread around the world; English as a global language and new varieties of English; English as a first and as a second language;

Lecture 05

The sounds of English

2hrs

The sounds of language: phonetics, phonology, prosody;

Lecture 06-07

Sound and grammar

  4hrs

Lecture 08-9

The grammar of words

4hrs

Word structure: morphology;

 

Revision

2hrs

 Everything

 

Essential knowledges components

 

1.         Semiotics. Semiology. Linguistic Sign structure according to Ferdinand de Saussure The Arbitrariness of Linguistic Sign.

Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic relations.

Semiotics and its key branches. The Dynamic model of semiosis. Typology of Signs. ‘Three trichotomies of Signs’ by Charles Sanders Peirce (1902).

Ferdinand de Saussure (1857-1913). Language and Speech. Structural approach.

Synchronic and diachronic linguistics.

2.         Language and Speech. Language and a language. Language and languages. Language and dialect.

3.         Linguistics. The Key elements of Language System Ferdinand de Saussure:’s (1857-1913) trichotomy ‘La langue’. ‘La parole’; ‘Le langage’. Lev Shcherba / Scherba’s trichotomy (1880 – 1944). Other concepts.

4.         The subject and the object of Linguistics (Ferdinand de Saussure, 1857-1913; Sir J. Lyons (born 1932); L. Bloomfield, 1887 – 1949). Descriptive versus prescriptive linguistics.  

5.         General Linguistics and Applied Linguistics. Applied Linguistics versus Linguistics Applied.  Branches of Applied Linguistics. 

6.         Linguistic universals. Typology of linguistic universals.

7.         The difference between human language and just any code (Émile Benveniste (French: [bɛ̃venist]; 1902 –1976) and other authors. 

8.         The so-called Sapir – Whorf Hypothesis and Criticism.

9.         The Origin of Human Language. Language Origin hypotheses.

10.       Main Branches and Methods of Comparative linguistics.

August Schleicher (1821–1868). Comparativism. Naturalism. ‘Stammbaumtheorie’. Sanskrit. Monogenesis and polygenesis concepts of language origin. Indo-European language and Proto-Indo-European languages.

Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm (1785 – 1863). Regular sound correspondences. Grimm’s Law.

Karl Adolph Verner (1846–1896). Regular sound correspondences. Verner’s Law.

11.       Proto-language. Genealogical classification of languages. The Indo-European Languages: origin, history, linguistic features, branches, and demographic data. Romance and Germanic language families: origin, history, linguistic features, branches, and demographic data.-

12.       The five basic strategies of language acquisition.

13.       Periods of the history of the English language and their key features.

14.       Modern World language system. The predominant families of languages.

15.       Phonetics as a branch of linguistics. Methods of phonetic analysis (general review). Phonetics and Phonology. Key functions of phoneme. Phoneme and allophone.

16.       Patterns of phoneme distribution.

17.       Classification of phonological oppositions.

18.       Commutation test and minimal pairs test.

19.       Suprasegmental features. Intonation   and   prosody:   definition, functions, components, spheres   of application

20.       Linguistics and Poetics. Key Functions of Language in Action by K. Bühler (1879 – 1963), R. Jakobson (1896 – 1982), A.A Reformatsky. (1900 – 1978)

21.       Phonetics as a branch of linguistics. Phonetics and other disciplines. Applications of Phonetics. Branches of Phonetics. The articulatory classification of English consonants / vowels.

22.       Phonetic processes. Reduction, accommodation, assimilation and dissimilation. Elision. Weakening. Liaison [lɪ'eɪzən]. Epenthesis Intrusive R

23.       Morphology and its interface with phonology.

24.       Word – lexeme – morpheme.

25.       Morphotactics: prefix, postfix, infix, simulfix, interfix, circumfix.

26.       Morphological typology of languages. Greenberg’s indices.

27.       Derivation. Root and stem. Productive schemes of word-formation in English Word stem. Inflection. Suppletion.

 28.       Parts of speech. Cases.

and other important things to know 

Lectures

Home Assignment by 16-09-2021

Unit 01. / Weeks 01-02.

STEP 01a.

Study the following materials (below).

A set of sample questions for the 1st meeting

Get ready for discussion

a) What is Language?

b) What is a language?

c) What is a sign?

d) What is the difference between language and dialect?

e) How many languages are there on planet Earth?

f) Do they all have a future?

g) Is language an environment?

h) Is language a medium?

i) Is language a tool?

j) Is language an instrument?

k) Is language a weapon?

l) Is language objective or subjective?

m) Is language something like a tree?

n) Is language a living being? In what sense? (if so...)

o) Is language an individual or social possession? 

p) How can a language be extinct, dead or living?

q) How can a language be protected?

r) Can a language be revived?

s) How can one "know" the language?

t) What is language acquisition? What is language learning? What is the difference between these two? 

u) How many macro-families of languages are there on Earth?

v) What is the difference between language and speech?

w) What role does a language play in ethnic and cultural identity?

x) What is linguistics?

y) What is applied linguistics?

z) What is the difference between Linguistics Applied and Applied Linguistics? 

Try to be specific, not just exhaustive, answering the questions.    

 

STEP 01b.

Summarise and capitalise on your ideas of language. 

STEP 02a.

Study the following materials (below).

STEP 02b.

Summarise and capitalise on your ideas of modern linguistics. 

STEP 03a

Read the material (use the link below) and get ready to discuss it. 

STEP 03b.

Summarise and capitalise on your ideas of languages of the world. 

Unit 01. / Weeks 01-02.

Home Assignment by 29-09-2021

STEP 01a.

Read Chapters 1 & 2 (pp.11-21) of your Course book. 

STEP 01a1.

Get prepared to answer questions of Chapter 2 (pp.11-21)

Find extra information on the topic: use Essential Reading and other additional sources of expedient information. 

STEP 01b.

Find your essay topics in the presentation /15-09-2021/

Distribute the topics between students (no more than 2 students may take one topic) and write a comparative analytical essay by 30-09-2021.  

Supportive materials

Home assignment by 25-10-2021

ESSENTIAL READING

 

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PASS A TEST (all groups, logins and passwords needed) UNIT 03. 

Try and pass on language forms and varieties /by 25-10-2021/  

Short List of Terms for Dictation 

Branches of Phonetics 

Functions of Phoneme 

Minimal Pairs test  

Distributional Analysis 

phonological opposition 

neutralization of phonological oppositions 

Sandhi 

ablaut /ˈæblaʊt/ /Apophony 

umlaut ['umlaut] 

accumulative function 

alternation [ˌɔːltə'neɪʃ(ə)n] 

alternant [ɔːl'tɜːnənt] 

allophone I [ˈaləfəʊn] 

allomorph ['æləˌmɔːf 

anaptyxis /ˌænəpˈtɪksɪs/ 

apophony 

accommodation [əkɒ̱məde͟ɪʃ(ə)n]/adjustment 

assimilation [əˌsɪmɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n] 

dissimilation [ˌdɪsɪmɪ'leɪʃ(ə)n] 

palatalization (/ˌpælətəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/, also US: /-lɪˈzeɪʃən/ 

coalescence [ˈkəʊəlesənts] 

approximant   |əˈprɒksɪm(ə)nt| 

reduction [rɪ'dʌkʃ(ə)n] 

weak form 

diaeresis [daɪ'erəsɪs] 

excrescence [ɪks'kres(ə)n(t)s ], [eks-] 

vyanjanabhakti (/ˌvjɑːndʒənəˈbɑːkti/; 

स्वरभक्ति /sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/) svarabhakti स्वरभक्ति /sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/)/sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/) 

स्वरभक्ति /sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/)स्वरभक्ति /sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/)/sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/)/sʋəɾəbʱəkt̪i/) 

elision [ɪ'lɪʒən 

epenthesis [ɛˈpɛnθɪsɪs] 

prosthesis ['prɔsθɪsɪs] 

metathesis [me'tæθəsɪs] 

fusion ['fjuːʒən] 

agglutination 

haplology [hapˈlɒlədʒi] 

haplosemy [hapˈlɒsɪmɪ] 

polysemy [pə'lɪsɪmɪ] 

emphasis ['emfəsɪs] 

prosody ['prɔsədɪ] 

Orthoepy [ˈɔːθəʊɛpi, -iːpi, ɔːˈθəʊɪpi] 

Cacoepy [Kə'kəʊɪpɪ] 

onomatopoeia [ˌɔnəˌmætə'piːə] 

contraction 

inflection 

fusion ['fjuːʒən 

crasis [ˈkreɪsɪs] 

liaison [lɪ'eɪzɒn 

Vowelharmony  

Paralanguage ['pærəˌlæŋgwɪdʒ] 

diachronic [ˌdʌɪəˈkrɒnɪkphonology [fə'nɔləʤɪ] 

regular sound correspondences

«Дополнительное задание» (201 ) до 10-01-2022

 

201 REVISION EXERCISE 2021_(JAN_22)_Module 2

 

 

ВТОРОЙ СЕМЕСТР 2002 уч. года

 

The

Fourth

Term

THE SYLLABUS OF THE COURSE

PART TWO

Lecture 10-11

The grammar of sentences

4hrs

Sentence structure: constituency tests, phrases, different approaches to language analysis (theoretical grammars; descriptive grammars; systemic-functional grammar)

Lecture 12-13

The meaning of words

4hrs

Approaches to word meaning (sense and reference, prototype theory, componential analysis), lexical relations;

Lecture 14-15

The meaning of sentences

4hrs

Sentence meaning: truth-conditional semantics, structural ambiguity;

Lecture 16-17

Pragmatics and discourse

4hrs

Language use in context: pragmatics, Speech Act Theory, Grice’s Maxims, politeness theory;

 Lecture 18

Revision

2hrs

 Preparation for Exam and complex linguistic issues discussion

О проведении контроля успеваемости

студентов во 2 семестре 2021-2022 уч.г.

РАСПОРЯЖЕНИЕ №1 от  «20» января 2022 г

Сроки проведения срезов

45.03.02 - Английский язык и международная коммуникация

1-й срез

 

21.03.2022- 31.03.2022;

 

2-й срез

 

06.06.2022 –17.06.2022

 

Presenbtations

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Presenbtations

RECOMMENDED READING

REVISION TESTS