Transition Year (TY) Linguistics Module

– Properties of human language / What is language?
– What do linguists do?
– Introduction to the types of linguistics and computational linguistics
– What is linguistic problem-solving strategy and how to apply it in this course.

Materials:

• Topic 1 Introduction to Linguistics (PDF)
• Topic 1 Introduction Slides (PPT)
• 1.1 Areas of Linguistics Worksheet and Solution (PDF)

– Language families
– Historical language development/change
– Computational techniques in historical linguistics

Materials

• Topic 2 Overview Historical Linguistics (PDF)
• Topic 2 Historical Linguistics (PPT)
• Worksheet 2.1.1 Indo European Family and Solution (PDF)
• Worksheet 2.1 Common words in PIE languages and Solution (PDF)
• Worksheet 2.2 The Lords Prayer in old middle and modern English Worksheet (PDF)

– Articulation: the sounds of speech (consonants, vowels, others)
– Phonology: speech sounds in contact
– Speech perception

Materials:

• Topic 3 Overview Phonetics (PDF)
• Topic 3 Phonetics Slides (PPT)
• 3.1 Place of articulation Worksheet and Solution (PDF)
• 3.2 Phonetic Symbols Worksheet (PDF)

– Language varieties (levels of politeness, formality)
– Dialects/pidgins/creoles (mention bilingualism, but see later)
– Minority languages and languages of these islands

Materials:

• Topic 4 Overview Sociolinguistics (PDF)
• Topic 4 Sociolinguistics Slides (PPT)
• Worksheet 4.1 Sociolinguistics 1 Introduction (PDF)
• Worksheet 4.2 Sociolinguistics (PDF)

– History of writing
– Types of writing system
– Types of counting system

Materials:

• Topic 5 Overview Writing Systems (PDF)
• Topic 5 Writing Systems Slides (PPT)
• Worksheet 5.2 Ogham Writing System (PDF)

– First language acquisition with pointers to resources
– Bilingualism
– Comparison / Cognitive differences with Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Materials:

• Topic 6 Overview Language Acquisition (PDF)
• Topic 6 Language Acquisition Slides (PPT)
• Worksheet 6.1 (PDF)
• Worksheet 6.2 (PDF)
• Worksheet 6.3 (PDF)

Links into language class.

Materials:

• Topic 7 Overview Morphology (PDF)
• Topic 7 Morphology Slides (PPT)
• 7.1 Identifying Morphemes Worksheet (PDF)
• 7.2 Stages of children’s language production Worksheet (PDF)

Links into language class.

Materials:

• Topic 8 Overview Syntax (PDF)
• Topic 8 Syntax Slides (PPT)
• Worksheet 8.1 (PDF)
• Worksheet 8.2 (PDF)
• Worksheet 8.3 (PDF)

– Language and the brain (Pinker, Chomsky)
– Language “disorders” (stammering, stuttering, dyslexia, as well as acute disorders)

Materials:

• Topic 9 Overview Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics (PDF)
• Topic 9 Psycholinguistics and Neurolinguistics Slides (PPT)
• Worksheet 9.1 (PDF)
• Worksheet 9.2 (PDF)
• Worksheet 9.3 (PDF)

– Overview of Machine Translation (MT)
– Comparing human and machine translation

Materials:

• Topic 10 Overview Machine Translation (PDF)
• Topic 10 MT Slides (PPT)
• Worksheet 10.1 Parallel Texts (PDF)

If your students have taken part in this module, we will provide a PDF Certificate. Teachers who attended training can also get a cert for CPD.

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