Yeditepe University, Faculty of Education,
Department of English Language Teaching
EDEN 204, Structure of Modern English
Spring, 2013
Class days, times, and classrooms: / Wednesday, 16:00-18:00, Hukuk 323
Friday, 14:00-15:00, Hukuk 323
Class Website: / erkankarabacak.weebly.com
Office: / 501 (Güzel Sanatlar Building)
Phone: / 0216 578 00 00 / 3191
E-mail: /
Office hours: / Wednesdays 9:00 – 12:00 or by appointment
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to help ELT students understand the principles of modern English structure and be aware of the special syntactic characteristics of the English Language. The course will equip students with the necessary background on the related topic and a detailed knowledge of how sentences are constructed in English.
Course Goals/Objectives:
At the end of the 15th week students will have learned:
- How to recognize and use certain patterns-structures in English both in the oral and written forms with much ease and confidence
- Structure of speech sounds in English
- Structure of words
- Structure of sentences
- Meaning properties of words and sentences
- Organizational structures beyond sentence level
- Applying the structural information above to teaching English
Required Reading:
Brinton, L. J. and Brinton D. M.(2010).The linguistic structure of modern English.Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (and its workbook)
COURSE POLICIES:
1. Attendance:Regular attendance in this class is MANDATORY. Students who have valid reasons for absences may submit make-up work if they meet with the instructor within one week of their return to class. What constitutes an excusable emergency will be at the discretion of the instructor. At minimum, some form of official documentation must be provided (e.g., doctor’s note, obituary, etc.).
2. Grades:The students will be graded on the basis of 10% attendance, 10% participation, 20% quizzes, 10% presentation, 20% mid-term and 30% final examination.
Attendance means coming to class on time and staying there for the whole class hour. If you want to get the full score of 10/10 at the end of the semester, attend all class meetings, including the add-drop week. Being tardy three times equals one absence.
Participation means being active during the lecture. Active means doing the readings and asking and answering questions about the topics covered in the class. Chatting with your friends and causing distraction will bring your grade down.
Presentation. Find a partner and pick a topic from the book. Prepare a 10-minute presentation to inform your classmates about that topic. Your examples should be both from the textbook and outside (current newspaper articles, for example).
Attendance10%
Participation: 10%
2 Quizzes: 20%
Presentation10%
Midterm: 20%
Final: 30%
Overview Calendar
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February5th, 2013 / Introduction & SYLLABUS
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February8th / Introduction
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February12th / Chapter 1: The nature of language and linguistics / Read: Chapter 1 (1-13)
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February15th / Chapter 1: The nature of language and linguistics
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February20th / Chapter 2: Consonants and Vowels / Read: Chapter 2 (17-47)
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February22nd / Chapter 2: Consonants and Vowels
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February27th / Chapter 3: Phonology, phonotactics, and suprasegmentals / Read: Chapter 3 (51-74)
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March1st / Chapter 3: Phonology, phonotactics, and supra-segmentals / Quiz #1 (10 pts)
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March6th / Chapter 4: The internal structure of words and processes of word formation / Read: Chapter 4 (79-111)
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March 8th / Chapter 4: The internal structure of words and processes of word formation
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March 13th / Chapter 5: Grammatical categories and word classes / Read: Chapter 5 (113-140)
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March 15th / Chapter 5: Grammatical categories and word classes
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March20th / Chapter 6: Lexical semantics / Read: Chapter 6 (144-179)
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March 22nd / Chapter 6:Lexical semantics / Quiz #2 (10 pts)
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March 27th / Chapter 7:Phrasal structure and verb complementation / Read: Chapter 7 (184-215)
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March 29th / Chapter 7:Phrasal structure and verb complementation
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April3rd / Chapter 8: Adverbials, auxiliaries, and sentence types / Read: Chapter 8 (216-243)
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April5th / Chapter 8: Adverbials, auxiliaries, and sentence types
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April 10th / Chapter 9: Finite and nonfinite clauses / Read: Chapter 9 (244-294)
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April 12th / Chapter 9: Finite and nonfinite clauses
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April 17th / Chapter 10: Sentence semantics / Read: Chapter 10 (295-324)
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April 19th / Chapter 10: Sentence semantics / Mid-Term (20 pts)
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April 24th / Chapter 11: Information structuring and speech acts
•Sign-up for group presentations / Read Chapter 11 (324-356)
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April 26th / Chapter 11: Information structuring and speech acts
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May1st / HOLIDAY
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May 3rd / Chapter 11: Information structuring and speech acts
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May 8th / Chapter 12: Linguistics in language teaching / Read Chapter 12 (356-384)
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May 10th / Chapter 12: Linguistics in language teaching
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May 15th / Presentation / Presentations (10 pts)
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May 17th / Presentation
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May 22nd, 2013
Wednesday / FINAL EXAM
Building: Hukuk
Room: Z - 02
Time:13:00-15:00 / Final Exam (30 pts)
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May 24th
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May 29th
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May 31st
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