Program: Undergraduate Program in English Language

Course: Theoretical Linguistics 1

Unit # II Unit Title: Characteristics of Language 1
1. Time Distribution for the Unit
Virtual Tutorship: 20 Independent Work: 100 Total of hours: 120
2. Unit Description
The second unit of this course on Theoretical Linguistics is focused on the minimal components of language; in this case phonemes, morphemes and
phrases. Along this unit, students will be aware of important characteristics that will help them to be more effective in their English classes.
3. Competences related to the Unit
Cognitive Competencies:
• Identify the segmental and suprasegmental features of English phonetics.
• Recognizes word patterns and their function.
• Distinguish the different grammatical categories and their function in a sentence.
Procedural Competencies:
• Employs suprasegmental features within its discourse.
• Employs the rules of morphology for the formation of derived and inflected words.
• Organize the words within the sentence as its syntactic function within it.
• Use strategies analyzing information such as concept maps, flowcharts, etc., to facilitate understanding and analysis of the issues addressed.
• Effectively uses various strategies of collaborative learning.
 Apply various strategies that significantly contribute to learning content.
Attitudinal Competencies:
• Accept the corrections given by the teacher and / or peers and learn from them.
• Demonstrate responsibility and commitment to learning.
• Predisposes time for conducting class activities and other academic assignments.
Methodological Competencies:

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• Use time and resources properly to develop each task proposed, considering that being a virtual learning depends on itself.
Technological Competencies:
• It makes use of technological tools provided by the virtual classroom and other identified by the tutor in the learning process and to build
knowledge with others.
Communicative Competencies:
Reading:
• Collect the key concepts extracted from the reading of texts. .
• Prepares arguments from the consultation of information sources in the context of a particular situation.
• Develops conceptual and mind maps to show in academic forums interpretation of the text.
Writing:
• Make proper use of syntactic and morphological structures within texts.
• Develops reviews on texts consulting and communicating peers.
• Build argumentative and purposeful type tests related to the topics covered.
• Use standard writing and style of video-conferencing, virtual forum, chat, email, video conferencing and other ICT applications used in the course.
• Writes coherent paragraphs with topic or course sessions.
In listening:
• Identifies key points in a conversation and give answers in accordance with these.
Serving others critically and analytically and provides academic dialogues.
4. Unit Activities
# Activity Name Product Upload Format Due date Highest %
score
1 Activity 2.1.  Evaluation about vowels Lesson in September 15 th
50 6%
Lesson 2: Phonetics: vowels and consonants and consonants platform
2 Activity 2.2.  Evaluation about parts of Lesson in September 15th 50 6%
Lesson 3: Syntax parts of speech speech platform
3 Activity 2.3.  Evaluation about Quiz on September 15th 50 8%
Lesson 4: Morphology: Free and Bound morphemes. Platform
morphemes
Unit Percentage 20%

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Activity # 1 Activity name: Activity 2.1. Presentation: Individual
Lesson 2: Phonetics: vowels and consonants
 Enter to the lesson title “Phonetics: vowels and consonants”
 Read carefully each one of the explanations and watch the suggested videos.
 Develop each one of the exercises and check your understanding frequently. In case you have
questions, take notes and ask the teacher during the weekly virtual encounter.
 Look for more examples that explain the each aspect, take notes of them and revise if the theory is
clear for you.
 Once you have everything clear, take the evaluation.

There is nothing to upload in this activity

Evaluation
This activity does not have rubric. Evaluation depends on the answers you give in the evaluation section.
Bibliography and Webliography
Basic Materials:

Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2002). An introduction to English Morphology: Words and their Structure. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press.
Recuperado: 21 de enero de 2014. http://logic.sysu.edu.cn/ebookfull/UploadFiles_7160/200905/2009050617095579.pdf

Forel, C. y Puskas, G. (2005). Phonetics and Phonology. Olderburg: University of Olderburg. Recuperado: 20 de enero de 2012.

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http://www.staff.uni-oldenburg.de/cornelia.hamann/download/Phonology.pdf

Newson, M. (2006). Basic English Syntax with Exercises. Grecia: Bölcsész Konsorcium. Recuperado: 4 de diciembre de 2012.
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/27261/english%20learning%20software/basic%20english%20syntax.pdf
Activity # 2 Activity name: Activity 2.2. Presentation: Individual
Lesson 3: Syntax: parts of speech
 Enter to the lesson title “Syntax: parts of speech”
 Read carefully each one of the explanations and watch the suggested videos.
 Develop each one of the exercises and check your understanding frequently. In case you have
questions, take notes and ask the teacher during the weekly virtual encounter.
 Look for more examples that explain the each aspect, take notes of them and revise if the theory is
clear for you.
 Once you have everything clear, take the evaluation.
There is nothing to upload in this activity.

Evaluation
This activity does not have rubric. Evaluation depends on the answers you give in the evaluation section.
Bibliography and Webliography
Basic Materials:

Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2002). An introduction to English Morphology: Words and their Structure. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press.
Recuperado: 21 de enero de 2014. http://logic.sysu.edu.cn/ebookfull/UploadFiles_7160/200905/2009050617095579.pdf

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 Forel, C. y Puskas, G. (2005). Phonetics and Phonology. Olderburg: University of Olderburg. Recuperado: 20 de enero de 2012.
http://www.staff.uni-oldenburg.de/cornelia.hamann/download/Phonology.pdf

Newson, M. (2006). Basic English Syntax with Exercises. Grecia: Bölcsész Konsorcium. Recuperado: 4 de diciembre de 2012.
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/27261/english%20learning%20software/basic%20english%20syntax.pdf
Activity # 3 Activity name: Activity 2.3. Presentation: Individual
Lesson 4: Morphology: Free and Bound morphemes
 Enter to the lesson title “ Morphology: Free and Bound morphemes ”
 Read carefully each one of the explanations and watch the suggested videos.
 Develop each one of the exercises and check your understanding frequently. In case you have
questions, take notes and ask the teacher during the weekly virtual encounter.
 Look for more examples that explain the each aspect, take notes of them and revise if the theory is
clear for you.
 Once you have everything clear, take the evaluation.
There is nothing to upload in this activity.

Evaluation
This activity does not have rubric. Evaluation depends on the answers you give in the evaluation section.
Bibliography and Webliography
Basic Materials:

Carstairs-McCarthy, A. (2002). An introduction to English Morphology: Words and their Structure. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press.
Recuperado: 21 de enero de 2014. http://logic.sysu.edu.cn/ebookfull/UploadFiles_7160/200905/2009050617095579.pdf

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 Forel, C. y Puskas, G. (2005). Phonetics and Phonology. Olderburg: University of Olderburg. Recuperado: 20 de enero de 2012.
http://www.staff.uni-oldenburg.de/cornelia.hamann/download/Phonology.pdf

Newson, M. (2006). Basic English Syntax with Exercises. Grecia: Bölcsész Konsorcium. Recuperado: 4 de diciembre de 2012.
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/27261/english%20learning%20software/basic%20english%20syntax.pdf