Student Learning Objectives

 

Course Level Objectives

A.     Describe and categorize the sound segments of English using phonetic features.

B.     Read and write broad transcription.

C.     Predict the vowel quality of simple words using spelling patterns.

D.     Apply the correct stress and intonation patterns to words, phrases and clauses.

E.     Explain the differences between human language and animal communication.

F.     Identify and discuss important concepts in linguistics, phonetics, and phonology.

G.     Identify and categorize the different types of morphemes in English by their function.

H.     Use affixes to identify the word category of roots and stems.

I.      Categorize form classes and their sub-categories using appropriate morphological and syntactic tests.

J.      Categorize structure classes using appropriate syntactic tests.

K.     Discriminate among all word classes using appropriate morphological and syntactic tests.

L.     Identify and discuss important concepts in morphology.

M.    Distinguish the different types of phrases from one another.

N.     Distinguish the different types of clauses from one another.

O.     Apply diagnostic tests to determine the grammatical functions of constituents in a sentence.

P.     Identify and discuss important concepts in syntax.

Q.     Write paraphrases for ambiguous statements.

R.     Identify the semantic relationships between pairs of words.

S.     Explain the differences between first and second language acquisition.

T.     Identify and discuss important concepts in semantics and language acquisition.

Module Level Objectives

Module I

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Distinguish prescriptive grammar from descriptive grammar.  (Aligns with CLO F)
  2. Match important concepts involving language and linguistics with their definitions.  (Aligns with CLO F)
  3. Discuss the differences between human language and animal communication.  (Aligns with CLO E and F)

Module II

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Describe consonants according to their phonetic features. (Aligns with CLO A)
  2. Distinguish consonants from one another according to their phonetic features. (Aligns with CLO A)
  3. Describe vowels according to their phonetic features. (Aligns with CLO A)
  4. Distinguish vowels from one another according to their phonetic features. (Aligns with CLO A)
  5. Distinguish between contrastive and non-contrastive features in English. (Aligns with CLO A)
  6. Read broad transcription. (Aligns with CLO B)
  7. Write words in broad transcription. (Aligns with CLO B)

Module III

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Distinguish minimal pairs from non-minimal pairs. (Aligns with CLO F)
  2. Group sounds into natural classes.  (Aligns with CLO A and F)
  3. Apply the correct stress pattern to different types of phrases in English.  (Aligns with CLO D)
  4. Match types of simple clauses with their normal intonation patterns.  (Aligns with CLO D)
  5. Apply spelling patterns to identify the vowel quality of printed vowels in simple words.  (Aligns with CLO C)

Module IV

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Determine the functions of derivational morphemes.  (Aligns with CLO G and L)
  2. Test for the word class of roots by using affixes.   (Aligns with CLO H, I and L)
  3. Identify the word class of derived words.  (Aligns with CLO H, I and L)
  4. Parse words into morphemes.  (Aligns with CLO G and I)

Module V

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Categorize nouns into their appropriate sub-classes.  (Aligns with CLO I and L)
  2. Punctuate for possession with apostrophes.  (Aligns with CLO I)
  3. Distinguish main verbs from auxiliaries.  (Aligns with CLO I and K)
  4. Identify a verb group in a clause.  (Aligns with CLO I and K)
  5. Distinguish regular from irregular verbs using morphological characteristics.  (Aligns with CLO I)
  6. Distinguish the forms classes from one another.  (Aligns with CLO I and L)
  7. Find the first auxiliary of a verb using ‘not’ and inversion.  (Aligns with CLO J)
  8. Identify adjectives using an adjective frame.  (Aligns with CLO I)
  9. Distinguish the different structure classes from one another.  (Aligns with CLO J and L)
  10. Distinguish all word classes from one another.  (Aligns with CLO K and L)

Module VI

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Discriminate among different types of phrases. (Aligns with CLO M and P)
  2. Find subjects and predicates in declarative sentences, yes/no questions, and content questions. (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  3. Find indirect objects by using movement. (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  4. Rewrite ditransitive sentences using movement. (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  5. Transform active sentences into passives and passives into active sentences. (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  6. Classify types of sentences bases on their main verb and complement structure.   (Aligns with CLO P)
  7. Identify and define the different types of phrases. (Aligns with CLO M and P)
  8. Identify and define the different types of independent clauses: intransitive, intensive, monotransitive, ditransitive, and complex transitive.  (Aligns with CLO N and P)
  9. Distinguish between active and passive sentences.  (Aligns with CLO N and P)

Module VII

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Discriminate among different types of clauses using movement, deletion, and substitution.  (Aligns with CLO N, O, and P)
  2. Determine the grammatical functions of noun phrases. (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  3. Determine the grammatical functions of prepositional phrases. (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  4. Discriminate among different types of finite subordinate clauses.  (Aligns with CLO O and P)
  5. Test for the grammatical function of constituents in a sentence using movement, deletion, and substitution.  (Aligns with CLO O and P).

Module VIII

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Match important concepts in semantics with their definitions.  (Aligns with CLO T)
  2. Write two appropriate paraphrases for ambiguous statements.  (Aligns with CLO Q)
  3. Identify the semantic relationships between pairs of words.  (Aligns with CLO R and T)
  4. Determine the theta roles of NPs in a sentence.  (Aligns with CLO T)

Module IX

Upon completing this module, students will be able to:

  1. Match important concepts in language acquisition with their definitions. (Aligns with CLO T)
  2. Discuss the critical period hypothesis.  (Aligns with CLO S )
  3. Analyze the differences between first and second language acquisition.  (Aligns with CLO S and T)

Syllabus for English 3620