Course Desc<x>ription and ob<x>jectives:
<br>This course is intended to provide M.A. students with a broader context on 
<br>linguistics and help them synthesize their linguistic knowledge. It will be 
<br>strategically directed to the main areas of research in the field of 
<br>TESOL/Applied Linguistics. In other words, students in this course will be 
<br>familiarized with the main trends of research through successive seminars. 
<br>Topics covered include phonetics, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax, 
<br>and language acquisition. 
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<br>Text Books:
<br>	Linguistics: An Introduction / Radford, A., Atkinson, M., Britain, D., 
<br>Clahsen, H., Spencer, A. Cambridge 2009  ISBN:9780521614788
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<br>*Relevant materials will be supplemented in class.
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<br>Teaching Method:
<br>Lecture, group discussion, oral presentation
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<br>Assessment:
<br>1.	Attendance and Class Participation	25%
<br>2.	In-class Oral Presentation		35%
<br>3.	Exam					40%
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<br>Tentative Schedule:
<br>Week 01 Language: A Preview
<br>Week 02 Sounds and Suprasegmentals
<br>Week 03 Teachers' Day (No class) 
<br>Week 04 Sound Variation
<br>Week 05 Phonemes, Syllables and Phonological Processes 
<br>Week 06 Child Phonology/Word Classes
<br>Week 07 Building Words/Word Meaning
<br>Week 08 Children and Words  
<br>Week 09 Lexical Variation and Change
<br>Week 10 Sports Day (No class)
<br>Week 11 Basic Terminology
<br>Week 12 Sentence Structure
<br>Week 13 Empty Categories
<br>Week 14 Movement
<br>Week 15 Exam
<br>Week 16 Wrap up
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