Capitol University

Cagayan de Oro City

College of Education
Center of Development for Teacher Education
CU-QMS-CED-014

SYLLABUS OUTLINE
1. Course Code EL 101
2. Course Title Introduction to Linguistics
3. Section Code CE 57, CE 66, CE 103
4. Faculty Prof. Elijah James Gargar
5. Course Credits 3 units

This course provides an overview of linguistics as a discipline, its development,

levels of structure, and its significance to English language teaching. The pre-
service English teachers will recognize the general structural aspect of language (i.e.
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) and major theories of
6. Course Description
linguistics in language acquisition, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics and other
related studies. With this, the course will help future language teachers demonstrate
linguistic content knowledge and application across other languages and use English
competently to facilitate teaching and learning in the future.

7. Contact Hours/Week TTH 10:30 -12:00, 1:30-3:00, 3:00-4:30

At the end of the course, the pre-service teachers should be able to:

A. demonstrates content knowledge and application of the structural aspects of

language, i.e. phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
across languages and other fields through sharing arguments and counter-
arguments;
8. Course Objectives
B. use English competently in varied linguistic activities (performing a jazz
chant, recording a listening material dialogue, writing appropriate learning
materials); and

C. draws implications of the theories of linguistics to language teaching,

learning, and benefit to community and society through a reflection paper

Class Presentation
9. Course Requirements
Linguistic Term Paper

10. Semester & AY 2nd Semester, A.Y. 2023-2024

11. Course Outline

Time Period Course Content

Week 1: February 5-10 Class Orientation

The Foundations on the Study of Language and Views

Week 2: February 12-17
- Definition of Language and Views
Week 3: February 19-24 - Nature and Characteristics of Language

Week 4: February 26 – March 2 - Language Functions

- Branches of Linguistics
Week 5: March 4-9
- Linguistic Theories and Models
Week 6: March 11-16 PRELIM EXAM
Phonology
- Understanding the Concept
Week 7: March 18-23 - Vowels
- Consonants
- IPA Transcription
- Suprasegmentals
Week 8: March 25-30
- Segmentals

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Morphology
- Understanding the Concept
Week 9: March April 1-6
- Morphological Process
- Word Formation
Syntax
- Eight Parts of Speech
Week 10: April 8-13
- Phrases and Clauses
- Sentences
- Grammar Rules
Week 11: April 15-20
- Tree Diagramming
Week 12: April 22-27 MIDTERM EXAM
Semantics
Week 13: April 29 – May 3 - Overview of Semantics
- Semantic Features and Roles
- Lexical Relations
Week 14: May 6-10
- Semantic Ambiguity
Pragmatics
Week 15: May 13-18
- Overview on Pragmatics

Week 16: May 20-25 - Speech Act Theory

Week 17: May 27- June 1 Presentation of Linguistic Term Paper

Week 18: June 3-8 FINAL EXAM

12. Textbook
a.

13. Other Resources and Materials

a. Print Sources/Materials
 Communicative Competence in English: Its Meaning and Pedagogical Considerations for
its Development
 Introduction to English Linguistics – Becker-Biewasanger
 Introduction to Linguistics – York Handbooks

b. Internet sources
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOIbDI2fro
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyaDTxGC-wI
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRGwdfQV8kU
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXTq9bdufPo
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fZiBMkGv-8&t=13s
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9pshEkwVE
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7jQ8FELbIo
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfoRdKuPF9I

14. Course Evaluation

Prelim Period Midterm Period Final Period
CP TE CP TE MG CP TE FG
P IM IF
IM P IF M
2/3 1/3 G 2/3 1/3 G 2/3 1/3 G
G G G G
Quizes, Exa Quizes, Exa 2/3 1/ Quizes, Exa 2/ 1/
Reflections m Reflections m 3 Reflections m 3 3
and and and
assigments- assigments- assigments-
40% 40% 40%

Oral Oral Oral

Recitations Recitations Recitations
and and and

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performances performances- performances-
- 30 % 30 % 30 %

Outputs/ Outputs/ Outputs/

Projects- Projects- 30% Projects- 30%
30%

Class Participation: 67.70% Aside from academic deficiency, other grounds for a
Term Exams: 33.30% grade of F (Fail) are: (1) cheating during examinations;
Total: 100.00% and (2) more than 20 % of the total number of meetings
missed in a semester.
Note: This is a syllabus outline. For the specific details of the competencies, classroom activities, materials, assessment and outcomes, please refer
to the Outcomes-based Education (OBE) Syllabus of the course.

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IMPORTANT NOTE:

This syllabus is an exclusive property of Capitol University

and shall not be reproduced in any manner without the written
approval of the Quality Assurance Manager. The holder shall be
held responsible and accountable for any unauthorized
reproduction of this syllabus or any part thereof.

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