KING’S COLLEGE OF MARBEL, INC.

CITY OF KORONADAL, SOUTH COTABATO

SYLLABUS IN ENGLISH 111

SY 2018-2019
COURSE NUMBER: ENGL 111
COURSE TITLE: INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
COURSE CREDIT: THREE UNITS
PREREQUISITE/S: ALL CONTENT COURSES
PLACEMENT IN CURRICULUM: (Degree Program/s where this course is offered): BSEd English
FACULTY: LOIDA ESOY-ALEGRE
Contact Numbers or Email Address: 09557917934
Consultation Time: Tuesday 10:30-11:30 AM; Thursday 10:30-11:30 AM
 I. VISION

King’s College of Marbel, Inc. aims to be a leading Christian school in Region XII committed to develop one’s total potentials promoting in person a
sense of national identity, cultural consciousness, moral integrity, and spiritual vigor for him to become gainful, and productive member of the society.

II. MISSION

Kings College of Marbel, Inc. intends to produce persons workers, professionals and missionaries who can be expected by the grace of God to perform
their assigned task or exercise their professions not only with the optimum efficiency but the highest dedication, integrity, honesty, responsibility and loyalty
because then, they shall have been impressed with the importance of Christ’s Lordship in all areas in their lives, an attitude that compels them to do anything
with a sincere desire of glorifying the Lord. With the same attitude, they are prepared to take whatever work they have as a trust not merely from man but
from God, Who not only sees them and to Whom they shall give account; but Who, too, will reward them accordingly.

III. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

King’s educational program has four directions: academic instruction, research, biblical studies and community extension service, each of which is integrated
with Christian principle and values. This institution seeks:

1. To accommodate every student who is sincerely interested to acquire quality Christian Education regardless of his financial standings, culture and tribe,
provided he is competent enough to pursue his choice at King’s College.

2. To confront every student with the person of and claims of Jesus Christ with a view affecting a personal relationship with him as His Lord and Savior.
3. To build up every student “believe” in the Christian faith by helping him perceive truth, through the study of the scripture, enabling him to relate all
scholarly endeavors to, and evaluate the same on the basis of Biblical Truths, thus helping him develop Biblically sound philosophy of life which can
motivate him to live according to Biblical Principles and standards.
4. To provide opportunities for Christian personality development and direction to a life of greatest fulfillment in a dedication to a life work be it in church,
society-at-large, through implementation of functional, personal vocational, educational and spiritual guidance programs.

5. To provide quality and relevant education by regularly updating instructional materials, teaching facilities, academic performance, through
implementation of workable and feasible faculty and staff development programs that are always responsive to a changing needs and conditions of the
evangelical community, its service area and the society-at-large.

6. To provide general education program which emphasizes the teaching of humanities, communication skills, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics
and basic Biblical studies, the knowledge and skills of which are essential elements for any specialized career.

7. To give every student an opportunity to concentrate and/or do research work in specific fields of learning in order to be proficient in his chosen
occupation, vocation, profession, or be fully prepared for graduate studies.

8. To enable the student to possess a well-conceived system of Biblically-based values and beliefs that can positively affect his life and his service to his
family, in the Christian community and the Philippine society in general; and to train for responsible use of his talent and freedom as an ordinary citizen or
leader, in the context of total commitment to the leadership of Christ in his life.

9. To teach and develop an appreciation of Philippine history, literature, and ethnic and cultural differences in order to promote love of country and
fellowmen, thereby achieve national unity and diversity in the context of a truly free and democratic Philippine society.

10. To provide opportunities for a student to achieve physical well-being and instill in him the love for fair play, true sportsmanship and wholesome games and
recreation.

11. To provide opportunities for students to participate in community-oriented spiritual, educational, technological and agricultural programs and research
projects geared towards the improvement of the community’s socio-economic and moral conditions consistent with the attainment of sustainable
development.

12. To provide for students unable to attend a regular four year college course, the college offers useful short term vocational, technical, and agricultural
courses and other courses that might be in demand.
IV. TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:

1. To produce teachers who will be deployed in the field of education who are expected by the grace of God to perform their assigned task or exercise their
profession not only with optimum efficiency but with dedication, integrity, honesty, responsibility and loyalty.
2. To help Filipino society produce young citizens who believe in their self-worth through demonstrating the noble role of teachers with deep commitment.
3. To provide opportunities for Christians’ development and direction to a life of greatest fulfillment in and dedication to a life in any form.
4. To produce graduates who will train the next generation for global competitiveness.

V. BEED/BSEd PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Graduates of the BEED and BSEd programs are teachers who:

1. Have a deep and principled understanding of a wide range of teaching process (including curriculum development, lesson planning, material development,
educational assessment, and teaching approaches) and the role of the teacher in facilitating these processes in their students. (COGNITIVE/KNOWLEDGE).

2. Have creativity and innovation in applying alternative teaching approaches, while demonstrating basic and higher level literacy, communication, numeracy,
critical thinking, learning skills needed for higher learning in diverse types of learning environment. (PSYCHOMOTOR SKILLS).

3. Can demonstrate and practice the professional and ethical requirements of the teaching profession. (AFFECTIVE/VALUES)

VI. COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course aims to provide an overview of linguistics as a discipline, its development, levels of structure, and its significance to English language teaching.
VII. COURSE TERMINAL ASSESSMENT

You are expected to submit and present a narrative report detailing your observation and analyses of said observation of a subject’s (child) acquisition of a
primary language.

VIII. INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the course, you should be able to:

1. Discuss the nature of human language, its components, uses, and the brain-mind-language relationship.;
2. Discuss the function of the brain in the acquisition of language;
3. Explain the causes and effects of brain damage in the damage in the use of language;
4. Differentiate descriptive linguistics, historical linguistics, and comparative linguistics;
5. Demonstrate mastery of the IPA symbols of the vowels and consonants and produce each vowel and consonant sounds correctly;
6. Explain the processes of word formation and uses of morphemes;
7. Classify words into simple, compound, and complex;
8. Analyze sentence structure of a language;
9. Use a tree diagram to demonstrate or reveal the syntactic category of each of the words in a sentence.

IX. LEARNING OUTLINES

I. A. The Nature of Human Language

a. What is language?
b. Linguistic knowledge
c. What is grammar?
d. Language universals

B. Brain and Language

a. The Human Brain
b. The Autonomy of Language
c. Language and Brain Development
 II. Morphology: the words of language
a. Content words and function words
b. Morphemes: the minimal units of meaning
c. Rules of word formation
d. Sign language morphology
e. Morphological Analysis: Identifying Morphemes

III. Syntax: The Sentence pattern of Language

a. What the syntax rules do?
b. Sentence structure
c. Sentence Relatedness

IV. Phonetics: The Sound of Language

a. Phonetic Symbols and Spelling Correspondence

V. Phonology: the Sound Pattern of a Language

a. The Pronunciation of Morphemes
b. Phonemes
c. Distinctive features of Phonemes

VI. Language Acquisition

a. Mechanics of Language Acquisition
b. Knowing more than one language
c. Language in society
d. Language in use

X. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1. At the end of Unit 1, you are expected to submit and present a research on the literature of the effects of brain damage on the use
of language, complete with reference sources.
2. At the end of Unit 2, you will prepare a poem, prose or a drama, for the oral interpretation.

3. At the end of Unit 3, you will present a Phase Structure Tree labeled with the information which shows explicit graphic
representation of a user’s knowledge of the structure of the sentences of his language.

4. At the end of Unit 4, you are to submit a comparative study on the sentence structure of two different languages you are at least
competent or literate. These studies should show the syntax and grammar difference between the two languages as well as their
commonalities.
XI. CLASSROOM POLICIES

1. All provisions of King’s College of Marbel, Inc. Student’s Handbook shall apply.
2. You need to actively participate in all class activities every meeting.
3. All major course requirements shall be submitted on specific time mutually agreed upon.

XII. REFERENCES

Gromkin, V. Rodman, R. & Hyans, N. (2010) Introduction to Linguistics

Dauer, R.M. (1993) Accurate English. New Jersey, Prentice Hall
Halliday, M.A.K. (2003) The Language of Early Childhood. Continuum, London, UK
 DESIRED LEARNING COURSE CONTENT/ SUBJECT TEACHING AND ASSESSMENT TASK TEXTBOOK/REFERENCES & NO. OF
OUTCOMES MATTER LEARNING ACTIVITIES RESOURCE MATERIALS HOURS
Define Language The Nature of Human Lecture and Classroom WRITTEN TEST Introduction to Linguistics, 6 hrs
 Discuss the Language. Discussion Fromlin, et. al., 2010
components and uses Language: its Components WRITTEN NARRATIVE
of language and its Uses. REPORT Accurate English, Dauer, R.M.
Linguistics: Discovery – Classroom 1993. New Jersey, Prentice Hall
 Identify the following: Descriptive, Historical and Observation Reporting
o Descriptive Comparative An Introductory English Grammar
Linguistics (3rd Ed.), Stageberg-Norman, C.
o Historical
Linguistics
o Comparative
Linguistics
 Master the symbols of Vowel: Sounds and Symbols Lecture and Classroom ORAL RECITATION LCD Projector 6 hrs
the vowel and Consonants: Sounds and Discussion Individual/Collaborative
consonant sounds Symbols Books/articles
correctly. Oral Recitation/ Translation and editing of Text
Drills/Production of Writing (Composition)
vowel and consonant Sample exercises and
sounds drills/worksheet

Composition
Review and Prelim 3 hrs
Examination
 Explain the formation Morphemes Lecture and Classroom WRITTEN 3 hrs
and uses of 1. Words Discussion TEST/EXCERCISES/DRILL
Morphemes 2. Processes of word
formation
 Discuss the following Lecture and Classroom WRITTEN TEST/ORAL
o The word of Morphology Discussion RECITATION
 Language Board work and seatwork
o The sentence Syntax
pattern of
Language
o The sound of Phonology
Language
 Identify the different Parts of Speech Lecture and Classroom WRITTEN TEST/ORAL 3 hrs
parts of speech in the Form, classes, and functions Discussion RECITATION
English language of words Board work and seatwork
 Master the basic Basic Sentence Pattern Lecture and Classroom DRILL /EXERCISE 3 hrs
sentence pattern Discussion WRITTEN TEST

 Review and Midterm 3 hrs

Exam
1. Discuss the various Language acquisition Lecture/Discussion 3 hrs
mechanisms of
language acquisition
2. Describe the learner’s Discussion/Observation Written/Oral reporting 9 hrs
behavior in acquiring (Subject/Learner)
language according to
the following
mechanism:
a. Imitation
b. Correction and
reinforcement
c. Analogy
d. Structure
impact
Review and Prefinal 3 hrs
Examination
 3. Discuss the sequence Stages in Language Lecture/Discussion ORAL TEST/WRITTEN TEST 9 hrs
of the stages in Acquisition
Language Acquisition
Review and Final Exam 3 hrs

XIV. INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES

Introduction to Linguistics Course Intended Learning Outcome 1

1. Discuss the Nature of Human Language, its components, uses, and the Brain-Mind Relationship. L
2. Differentiate and discuss the function of the brain in Language Acquisition L
3. Explain the causes and effects of brain damage in the use of language L
4. Identify Descriptive Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, and Comparative linguistics L
5. Demonstrate mastery of the symbols of the vowel and consonant sounds and produce each vowel and
O
consonant sounds correctly.
6. Explain each process of word formation and uses of Morphemes L
7. Classify words into Simple, Compound, and Complex P
8. Analyze sentence structure of a language P
9. Use a tree diagram to demonstrate or reveal the syntactic category of each of the words in the sentence O