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In the following, three sample syllabuses or syllabi implemented by PBI or the English Education Programme of Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta will be presented. 

WRITING IV – Business Writing

KPE 219 (2 Credits/2 Contact Hours)

A. Course Aims

Upon the completion of the course, the students are expected to have basic understanding of the natures, functions, and types of business correspondence. They should be able to produce various types of business correspondence.

B. General Course Outline*

*The arrangement of these topics is subject to change.

C. Learning Strategies

Discussions, Displays, Modeling, Practice, Feedback.

D. Assessments

          The final grade is determined by the students’ performance in all areas of work: assignments, attendance, first test, second test, and final test.

E. Grading and Scoring (Tentative)

          A: 80–100, B: 70–79, C: 60–69, D: 50–59, E: #49

F. References

Ashley, A. 2003. Oxford Handbook of Commercial Correspondence. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Blundel, Richard. 1998. Effective Business Communication: Principles and Practice for the Information Age. Hertfordshire:Prentice Hall.

Naterop, Bertha J., Erichweis and Eva Haberfellner. 1994. Business Letters for All. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Wilson, Martin. 1987. Writing for Business. Hong Kong: Thomas Nelson Ltd.

COMPREHENSIVE DICTIONARIES and Other Assorted Materials

This writing syllabus was prepared by Wiwik.

KPE-234 Introduction to Linguistics  

(2 Credits/2 Contact Hours)

Study Programme: English Education

 Faculty: Teachers Training and Education

 Lecturers: Ouda Teda Ena, Made Frida Yulia, and Barli Bram

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course deals with fundamental aspects of linguistics. It covers major branches of linguistics such as semantics and psycholinguistics.

B. TARGET COMPETENCIES

At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:

1. understand the concepts of language and primary issues in linguistics

2. apply the knowledge and theories in teaching English

3. use the knowledge to analyze the linguistic aspects

C. MATERIALS )*

)* This syllabus is subject to change.

D. TEACHING-LEARNING STRATEGIES

Group assignments, individual work, class discussions and lectures

ATTENDANCE:  No less than 75% (Otherwise, students are considered FAIL)

E. EVALUATION

Progress Test 1                                        =  25 %

Progress Test 2                                         =  25 %

Final Test                                                  =  30 %

Assignments and Class Performance      =  20 %

F. REFERENCES

Aitchison, Jean. 1992. Linguistics. London: Hodder and Stoughton.

Bissantz, Annette S. et al. (Eds.) 1987. Language Files. Reynoldsburg, Ohio: Advocate Publishing Group.

Emmitt, M. and J. Pollock. 2002. Language and Language Learning an Introduction for Teaching. 2nd ed. Victoria: Oxford University Press.  

Fromkin, Victoria and Robert Rodman. 1988. An Introduction to Language. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 

Parker, Frank. 1986. Linguistics for Non-Linguists. Massachusetts, Boston: College Hill Press.

Poole, Stuart C. 1999. An Introduction to Linguistics. New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Widdowson, H.E. 1997. Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Yule, George. 1985. The Study of Language an Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Updated: August 11, 2005

English Semantics

English Education Programme (PBI)

Sanata Dharma University

Barli Bram, August 2005 

A. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course deals with a number of fundamental, significant aspects of semantics such as propositions, reference, sense, and meaning postulates. 

B. TARGET COMPETENCIES

At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to:

1. master the basic concepts of semantics

2. apply the knowledge and theories in tackling semantic issues in English.

C. MATERIALS

Note: This syllabus is subject to change.

D. LEARNING STRATEGIES

Lectures, question and answer, discussions, exercises

E. EVALUATION

Progress Test 1: 25%

Progress Test 2: 25%

Final Test          : 35%

Exercises and Participation: 15%

The range of the score: A: 80-100, B: 66-79, C: 56-65, D: 46-55, E: 0-45

F. REFERENCES

(Basic) Hurford, R. James and Brenda Heasley. 1996. Semantics: A Coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 Allwood, Jens, Lars-Gunnar Andersson, and Osten Dahl. 1997. Logic in Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Cruse, Alan. 2000. Meaning in Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Cruse, D.A. 1995. Lexical Semantics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Goddard, Cliff. 1998. Semantic Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Swart, Henriette de. 1998. Introduction to Natural Language Semantics. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publication. 

IMPORTANT: EVERY STUDENT TAKING THIS COURSE IS REQUIRED

TO HAVE A COPY OF THE READER (COMPILATION). 

Updated on 12 August 2005

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