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How can you achieve success in this upper-division linguistics course?
How can you achieve success in this upper-division linguistics course?
It's important to ask ourselves what success looks like.
Tips for your success
Tips for your success
Successful students will use assignments and other assessments (e.g., projects, quizzes, tests) as opportunities to:
Reflect on our class discussions and come up with their own questions.
Draw upon personal experiences and insights to suggest alternative ways of approaching course materials, and/or interpreting key data, that help us analyze and understand.
Assignments and other assessments are designed to build your ability to creatively connect, explain, and apply core concepts. These goals are also described by our specific Course Goals and Student Learning Outcomes.
Let's work together to build your confidence!
Click the image above to discover the story of Kiana Gonzalez '17, a linguistics major at the University of Vermont.
The hearing daughter of two Deaf parents, Kiana grew up in Puerto Rico as a speaker of Spanish Sign Language, before moving with her family to New York at the age of 6.
She will use her linguistics training to become a UN interpreter.
Click the image above to discover the story of Hayden Stinson '21, a linguistics and Spanish major at the University of New Hampshire.
He conducted research on linguistic diversity and sexuality.
What are our Specific Course Goals?
What are our Specific Course Goals?
1. Approach the systematic study of language through a discourse-functional perspective.
1. Approach the systematic study of language through a discourse-functional perspective.
Creatively center the communicative functions of language.
2. Become familiar with styles of writing & methods of research employed by linguists.
2. Become familiar with styles of writing & methods of research employed by linguists.
Gain experience with research articles, popular prose, & investigative techniques.
3. Appreciate the linguistic diversity of our campus community.
3. Appreciate the linguistic diversity of our campus community.
Value a variety of communicative styles & purposes in use at Cal State Dominguez Hills (CSUDH).
Have fun expanding curiosity with multilingualism, language learning, & new media.
4. Understand the role of language and linguistics in the cultivation of identity.
4. Understand the role of language and linguistics in the cultivation of identity.
Appreciate the interplay between language and identity.
Explore connections to other fields of study, professions, & everyday concerns.
You may or may not become a professional linguist, but this course will help you critically evaluate your own uses of language, and the importance of language in other arenas of interest.
What's a Student Learning Outcome?
What's a Student Learning Outcome?
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) describe the knowledge, skills, and understanding we hope you will gain through this course. These are established through our work together in learning, and guide our activity, assignments, and discussion.
Upon completing this course successfully, the Student Learning Outcomes state that you should be able to:
Upon completing this course successfully, the Student Learning Outcomes state that you should be able to:
1. ...Exhibit strong academic behaviors: regular attendance, timeliness, participation in class activities, perseverance, and adherence to CSUDH's Academic Integrity Policy.
2. ...Demonstrate an understanding of the discipline of linguistics and its role in various fields, e.g., education, criminology, anthropology, history, political science, and communications technology.
3. ...Identify and define the three dimensions of language structure: phonetics/phonology, morphology, and syntax and analyze their role in semantics.
4. ...Demonstrate knowledge of the role of language and its interconnectedness with peoples, societies, and cultures and explain the importance of language in global citizenship.
5. ...Engage with the current literature in applied linguistics through in-class conversations, where they will express opinions through critical argumentation and presentation.
When I submit grades at the end of the semester, I will also be evaluating whether you have adequately achieved each of our Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). I look forward to supporting your successes and achievements!
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