Final Grades

Final Grades for the semester have been uploaded to the ADACAD System of the School of Arts and Science.

1. Check your grades and make sure you have all the grades for the semester. (if you have a question regarding one or more of your grades, please send me an e-mail ASAP informing me what the situation is. If it requires you to talk to me, you may come on Monday, July 4).

2. According to a disposition from the head of the department, final grades will not be posted in the hall of the department, just go ahead to the ADACAD system.

3. "Examen de Suficiencia" will take place on Monday, July 4, room IF-3, at 8:00AM.

a. according to the law, you must have 5.0 to 5.9 to take the exam

b. if you qualify for this, please send me an e-mail letting me know you will come and I will make the copy of the exam for you. If you do not inform me about you coming, I will not make a copy and you have to make the copy yourself the day of the exam.

4. Exam papers and essays will no be handed back until Monday, July 18. If you want to come and take a look at it, please send me an e-mail and I will wait for you.

Examen de Suficiencia News (All Groups)

Groups: 01, 04 and 05

The "Examen de Suficiencia" will take place on Monday, July 4, at 8:00AM, in classroom IF-3.

Last Presentations

First Language Acquisition

http://www.4shared.com/file/cRqIciOAba/Unit_4A_First_Language_Acquisi.html


Second Language Learning

http://www.4shared.com/file/dwkX2ZRxba/Unit_4B_Second_Language_Learni.html

Language and Culture

 http://www.4shared.com/file/VjiuWHe2ce/Unit_3C_Language_and_Culture__.html

about the essay

1. One word of caution about "freeloaders"

We know who they are. We know how they work (if ever). We know what they expect. We know how they extort their classmates to include them in homework they have not done anything to help. NOT A BIG SECRET ! So, if you are tired of carrying people like this over (you are not helping them, so don´t feel bad about it) .......

if you by chance happen to have someone like this in your group, just leave this person out of the essay assignment and refer them to me.

free·load·er

ˈfrēˌlōdər/

noun

informal

plural noun: freeloaders

a person who takes advantage of others' generosity without giving anything in return.

check this:  http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=freeloader

2. I am asking for your help because all the quizzes and exams I had to pay from my own pocket. I have done this because some security concern reasons. So if you can pitch in with a quarter ( 25¢) , please bring it the day of the exam. Thank you

End of the Semester Activities

1. Last day of class

Group 01 Thursday, June 16

Group 04 Wednesday, June 15

Group 05---Tuesday, June 21

2. Final Exam

Groups 01 and 04---Monday, June 27

Group 05---Tuesday, June 28

(bring your own liquid paper and pen. NO BORROWING IS ALLOWED).

3. Final Grades

Final grades will be ready on Monday, July 4

4. Extra-credit Exam

Tuesday, July 5 at 8:00AM

5. Research Paper

Guidelines:

a. Make groups of 3 members each.

b. Paper will be hand written (legible penmanship is required).

c. Due date: Monday, June 27

d. Avoid plagiarism (suspected actions will disqualify entire paper and members of the group).

e. paper includes a folder, title page and fastener.

f. Topic: one of the contents covered during the semester on Linguistics.

INTRODUCTION

• State the research question you are trying to answer
• State why the question is important
• State the issues involved
• State why we should be concerned with resolving whatever issues are involved
• State how answering the question will help us
• State the implications and consequences of dealing with or resolving the issues involved

REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

• Identify who has tried to answer the question before by doing the following:
• Summarize how each of the sources presents and deals with the subject
• Explain how each source presents and deals with its findings or results
• Explain the relevancy of each source to your research question
• State what you learned from each of your sources
• State in what way(s) each source contributes to answering your research question

DISCUSSION

• State your answer to your research question
• State how and elaborate on how, explain how, illustrate how each of the sources you previously reviewed help you answer your research question
• State what questions about your topic you still have that your sources may not have answered

CONCLUSIONS*

• State the conclusions regarding your topic you have reached from having surveyed, interpreted, evaluated the literature
• Indicate how each of the sources have contributed to your conclusions (and clearly, accurately, correctly document those sources within your text)
• State the implications of your conclusions
• State what might be the possible consequences of your conclusions
• State the social significance these implications and consequences might have

DOCUMENTATION*

• On a separate page, include a section labeled References which provides the full publication information for all the sources you used in your paper
• You should have a MINIMUM of three (3) sources for your paper
• Not meeting this minimum requirement of three (3) sources will lead to a lower evaluation of your paper for each missing source
• Use APA format for documenting your sources

Activities Week May 30, 31 and June 1 , 2

1. The Midterm Exam will take place on:

Groups 01 and 04  Monday 30

Group 05 Tuesday 31

* Please bring your own liquid paper and pen for the exam. "NO BORROWING WILL BE ALLOWED"

2. Language and Regional Variation
Link: http://www.4shared.com/file/3V1__hlDba/Unit_3A_Language_and_Regional_.html

3. Language and Social Variation
Link: http://www.4shared.com/file/eRf7X2Pjce/Unit_3B_Language_and_Social_Va.html

4. Language and Culture

Link: pending

Mid Term news

Due to recent finding related to the Mid-term, I regret to inform that  it has been nullified and a new exam will be rescheduled.



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r5HIgnSyyEJMVj553cEgeEuF7Mv17BQt80m4Qqcus1U/mobilebasic

Activities Week May 2 - 5

1. Mid-term Exam

May 16: Groups 01 and 04
May 17: Group 05


2. Mind Maps, Units  4 (Grammar and Syntax), 5 (Semantics), 6 (Pragmatics)

Due date. May 17

3. Unit 5 "Semantics"

link: http://www.4shared.com/office/td3mAWKYba/Unit_2F_Pragmatics.html

4. Unit 6 "Pragmatics"

link: http://www.4shared.com/office/zOHa6WHTba/Unit_2F_Pragmatics_B.html

Activities Week April 18 - 21

1. Mind maps

Due date: Tuesday, April 19

Please, leave them on my desk and add your group number for easy reference to your title page.

The idea of a mind map is for you to analyze the contents and the explanation and then to create your mind map from what you have learned. Please do not include the information as it is presented in the material.

(you can pick up your previous mind maps, they will be on my desk. Take yours and leave the rest on an orderly manner, please)

2. Unit 2D "Grammar and Syntax"

link: http://www.4shared.com/postDownload/yW9nKV7yba/Unit_2D_Grammar_and_Syntax__1_.html

Activities Week April 11 to 14

1. Unit 2C "Word Formation Processes"

link: http://www.4shared.com/office/bjjPuQ_gba/Unit_2C_Morphology_and_Word_fo.html

2. Unit 2C "Morphology"

link: http://www.4shared.com/office/JFtt6T3_ce/Unit_2C_Morphology__1_.html

3. Reading Check up (this week) "Phonetics and Phonology"

4. Mind maps

Due date: Tuesday, April 19

Phonetics, Phonology, Word Formation Processes and Morphology

Activities Week Aprol 4 to 8

Information about the TEFL Workshop

THERE WILL BE A DIPLOMA

PLACE.: SALA DE CONFERENCIAS DEL EDIFICIO DAGABOERTO MARROQUIN

TIME: FRIDAY FROM 1:00 TO 5:00 pm 5 SESSIONS APRIL 8,15,22,29, MAY 6

The Sound Pattern of Language

Link: http://www.4shared.com/office/TKDOgumKce/Copia_de_Unit_2B_The_Sound_Pat.html

Read "Morphology - Word Formation" 

Reading Check and Mind maps date for activities still pending

 

Invitation to a TEFL Workshop

Invitation to a Workshop

Carolina Peña:

I would like to ask you if you could help me to share this information with your students

PRE - REGISTRATION TO THE WORKSHOP " Lesson planning and curriculum design" by PhD. Helen Carpenter.

CONTENTS:
1. Writing objectives based on competences
2. How to evaluate language skills in the EFL classroom
3. Difference between children and adult.
4. Syllabus design.
5. Instructional technology in the classroom.

IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE SEND YOUR INFORMATION TO propuestacoecsues@gmail.com
1. FULL NAME .
2. MAJOR .
3 YEAR
4. DUE
5. PLEASE IDENTIFY AS " WORKSHOP - Lesson planning and curriculum design.

THE INSCRIPTION´S DAY YOU HAVE TO BRING THESE DOCUMENTS:
DUE COPY
COMMITMENT LETTER
DOCUMENT THAT PROVES YOU HAVE APPROVED AT LEAST ONE OF THE DIDACTIC´S COURSES (Modern languages)

The contribution $ 1.50 is going to be used to buy each session´s meal.

Important / Read Group 01

Group 01 Only

Class will start at 8:45AM tomorrow, Thursday, March 10.

Take advantage of the time to study for the the quiz.

Week March 7 - 10

1. Unit 2 "Linguistics's´subfields and branches.

Link: http://www.4shared.com/office/PR4tBeHRce/Unit_2A_The_Sounds_of_Language.html

2. Quiz Unit 1 (quiz takes an hour class, the rest will be regular class).

Group 04: Wednesday 9
Group 01: Thursday 10
Group 05: Thursday 10

3. Mind maps:

1. Mind maps for Unit 1due date is Wednesday, March 9.
(you can drop it off on my desk anytime, that day ONLY)

Unit 2 "Animal and Human Language"

Unit 2 "Animal and Human Language"

Read the material.

link: http://www.4shared.com/office/jlxHqbE5ce/Unit_1B_Animal_Human_and_Langu.html

Notice: Class Suspension on Thursday morning / Read

Hola,

   He recibido la siguiente info enviada por el Lic. Cuchillas:

Saludos compañeros/as

Les informo la notificación  de suspensión SOLO LAS CLASES el pròximo Jueves 25 en el turno de la mañana. o sea hasta las 12:00 m. durante este horario se restringirà el ingreso a los estudiantes.

Ese dìa a partir del medio dìa y la tarde se atenderà de manera normal.

Esta situación se plantea debido a que ese dia la Asamblea Legislativa sesionará en nuestro campus.

Vicente Cuchillas

Classrooms for the semester

This will be the distribution of the classrooms for the semester.

Group 01             Monday / IF-3
8:00-10:00AM    Thursday / IF-9

Group 04            Monday / H-3
10:00-12:00PM   Wednesday  / DM-6

Group 05            Tuesday  /  DM-4
1:00-3:00PM       Thursday / DM-3

The material for the course will be a requirement to attend class. Please buy the material and read Unit 1.

Beginning of Semester I, 2016

Information "Introduction to English Linguistics, Semester I, 2016"

Material for the course: $ 6.35

1. Class will start next week:
     Group 01: Monday at  8:00AM (IF-3) / Thursday (IF-9)
     Group 04: Monday at 10:00AM (H-3) / Wednesday (no classroom yet)
     Group 05: Tuesday  at 1:00PM (no classroom yet) / Thursday (no classroom yet)

2. Read "Unit 1. Language origins" Time: 3 weeks (Feb 15^th – March 4^th)

The origins of language: different perspectives.

3. Power Point presentation 

link to presentation:  http://www.4shared.com/file/X8Cvg2nhba/Unit_1AThe_Origins_of_Language.html

4. Register at www.4shared.com for downloading material (presentations)

     a. create an account (free of charge, you only need an e-mail address)

     b. create a password

5. We will have class on the very first day. Roster will be called.

6. You can buy the course material at don Moises´ copy stand. The program is included and please bring it on the first day. Some aspects will be read and discussed for approval.

7. Any questions, you can visit me or write to my e-mail: fnm34@hotmail.com

8. Groups 04 and 05, you are responsible for reading the material even though we do not have a classroom yet.

9. Sample of a Mind map (you can design your own mind maps)

Welcome Students

Welcome Students to Introduction to English Linguistics, Semester I, 2016.