Seminar In Linguistics

King Abdulaziz University

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Department of European Languages and Literature

2010-2011

Course Title: Seminar In Linguistics– Course Code: (LANE 424)

Dr. Nuha Al-Shurafa

Class time: 09:30 - 11:00

Room: 826  (Bld. 8)                                                                               

Office: 137 (Jawhara Building #56) 

Office Extension: 63448

Email: nalshurafa@kau.edu.sa  

Office hours: Sun. & Tues. 11:00 – 12:30 noon

v  Course pre-requisites and Requirements:

1. All Linguistic courses prior to level 8
2. All the writing courses
3. The Research Methods course
4. Only graduating students in their final semester are allowed in this course.

v  Required textbooks for this section:

1. Burton-Roberts, Noel. (1999). Analysing Sentences: An Introduction to English Syntax. London: Longman.
2. Hussein Abdul-Raof. (1998). Subject, Theme and Agent in Modern Standard Arabic. Surry:  Curzon.

v  Course description:

1. This is a three hour credit course.
2. It teaches graduating students how to collect and analyse data.
3. English and other languages structure following the recently developed Linguistic theory is involved.
4. Arabic language is emphasized.
5. Arabic various dialects are counted for.
6. Another basic aim if this course is to answer the question of: "How to implement a research in Linguistics".

v  Course objectives:

By the end of this course the students will be able to:

1. Analyse sentence structure, constituents, functions, and categories.
2. Realyse the syntactic components of the verb phrase and group, adverbials, the noun phrase and sentences within sentences.
3. Apply Linguistic analysis on data from English and other languages.
4. Implement a research in Linguistics.

v  Course topics:

1. Introduction
   1. Sentence Structure: Constituents
   2. Sentence Structure: Function
   3. Sentence Structure: Categories
   4. The Verb Phrase/ Group
   5. Adverbials and Other Matters
   6. More on Noun Phrases
   7. Sentences within Sentences

v  Attendance and class policies:

Students are expected to:

1. be punctual and attend all classes. Being absent for more than 20% of allocated course time means that she will receive a DN (denied from final exam) grade which is equivalent to an F.
2. work cooperatively with classmates and instructor
3. listen and ask for clarification

v  Course evaluation:

       1. Quiz (1):                          10%        (WEEK 4)
        2. Quiz (2)                       10%     (WEEK  6 ) 
      3. Quiz (3)                       10%     (WEEK  8 )
       4. Project &class work     20%     (WEEK 9 )
       5. Presentation                 10%     (WEEK 10 )
       6. Final Exam                  40%

v  Attendance policy:

1. Students are expected to be punctual and attend all classes
2. If a student arrives after the scheduled beginning time for class, it will be put down in the attendance sheet as Late (3 times Late = 1 absence)
3. Being absent for more than 20% of allocated course time means that the student will receive a DN (denied from final exam) grade which is equivalent to an F

v  General Policies:

1. There will be NO make-up exams
2. Medical reports cannot be received in class. To present a medical report, come to the instructor’s office during office hours
3. During classes and exams, mobile phones should be turned off or set to silent mode
4. Students are expected to know and abide by university policies governing student conduct
5. Students are expected to exhibit a high level of personal and academic integrity and honesty

Course Specification


Sample Qauiz of Seminar