Week 3: Words

1. Carefully read Chapter 3 from An Introduction to Language, pp. 69-106.  Take notes while reading, so you can bring along your questions and any points unclear to you to the next class meeting. 

2. Attempt to do the exercises, pp. 108-115.  Bring any questions or doubts to the next class.

3. Participate in the class discussion of the chapter's contents and the exercises.  Make sure that you understand the material.  Ask again if you don't understand.  Once you can do the exercises, type them as a Microsoft Word or any other word processing document and save it into a floppy or a USB. 

4. Review the material with the help of the chapter's summary, pp. 106-108.   Remember that there is a detailed Glossary of linguistic terms at the end of the textbook, pp. 573-598.  Index, pp. 599-620. can also be of much help when looking for a discussion of a specific item or a topic across the textbook and within each chapter.  Given that chapters are rather long, you will find both the Glossary and Index particularly useful when reviewing each chapter. 

5. Submit online your homework, the exercises to this chapter.  To do so, click here, select Homework from the menu on the left, then select Chapter 3 Homework Submission and follow the instructions.

6. After the homework deadline has passed, you can check the correct answers by clicking here, selecting Tools from the menu on the left, selecting View Grades, and checking the file returned to you by the instructor.

7. Extra credit additional study:  Go and explore at least two of the related Internet sites below.  Summarize them and show it to the instructor.  Focus on how the sites expand on the information found in the textbook.

   Karen Chung’s page on English homophones

   List of English homophones

   The longest word in English

   Simple Past Tense

Quiz 1

1. Carefully review the exercises to the first three chapters in the textbook.  Review the instructor's feedback on your submissions.  Check the correct answers from the keys to the exercises that have been sent to you (see the View Grades → Homework in the Blackboard Assessment and Evaluation Component of this course on the College Blackboard platform).

2. Reread the relevant part of a chapter if you still fail to understand a point or the answers to an exercise.

3. Reread the summaries of all three chapters.   Remember to use the Glossary of linguistic terms at the end of the textbook, pp. 573-598, and Index, pp. 599-620, for any term, item, or topic that you need to return to and review.

4. Go to the Assessment and Evaluation Component on the College Blackboard platform, select "Quizzes/Practice Tests" from the menu on the left, and do all three practice quizzes.  Every time you have finished and submitted your answers, you will be able to see your score in the View Grades (available from the Tools on Bb) and also your correct and incorrect answers.  Focus on the wrong answers and try to understand why they are wrong. 

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