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Courses taught
This semester (Fall 2008) I’m teaching three courses at the University of Central Florida, which I’ve listed here with their course descriptions as given in the catalog. Clicking on the names of the courses will take you to pages with their syllabi and assignment outlines.
- History of the English Language (LIN 4105)
- Study of the English language and its development from Anglo-Saxon to Modern.
- Principles of Linguistics (ENC 3010)
- An overview of the modern linguist’s approach to language. Analytic methods of phonology, morphology, syntax. Brief systematic survey of dialectology, language acquisition, and semantics.
- Linguistics and Literature (LIN 4660)
- Modern linguistic theories and studies focusing on language acquisition and development, contemporary American English, semantics, and para-linguistics.
I have taught or co-taught the following courses, listed here with course descriptions.
- University of Central Florida
- Composition I (ENC 1101)
- Expository writing with emphasis on effective communication and critical thinking. Emphasizing the writing process writing topics are based on selected readings and on student experiences.
- Cross-Cultural Communication (LIN 4643)
- Studies of the styles of spoken, written, and nonverbal communication of selected cultural groups.
- History of the English Language (LIN 4105)
- Study of the English language and its development from Anglo-Saxon to Modern.
- Honors Freshman Composition I (ENC 1101H)
- Expository writing with emphasis on effective communication and critical thinking. Emphasizing the writing process writing topics are based on selected readings and on student experiences. Honors-level content.
- Honors Freshman Composition II (ENC 1102H)
- Honors content with extensive research in analytical and argumentative writing based on a variety of readings from the humanities. Emphasis on developing critical thinking and diversity of perspective.
- Independent Study: Graduate Linguistics (LIN 5906)
- [No description given in catalog.]
- Independent Study: Undergraduate Linguistics (LIN 4906)
- [No description given in catalog.]
- Independent Study: Undergraduate Literature (LIT 4906)
- [No description given in catalog.]
- Linguistics (LIN 5137)
- Modern linguistic theories and studies focusing on language acquisition and development, contemporary American English, semantics, and para-linguistics.
- Linguistics and Literature (LIN 4660)
- Language study as an aid to understanding literature.
- Methods of Research and Bibliography (ENG 5009)
- Bibliographical, library and systematic approaches to research at the graduate level in language and literature.
- Modern English Grammar (LIN 4680)
- Emphasis upon the analysis and comparison of traditional, structural, and transformational grammar.
- Principles of Linguistics (LIN 3010)
- An overview of the modern linguist’s approach to language. Analytic methods of phonology, morphology, syntax. Brief systematic survey of dialectology, language acquisition, and semantics.
- Brigham Young University
- Academic Internship (Engl 399R)
- Grammar and Usage (ELang 325)
- Study of grammar and usage in various applications.
- History of the English Language (ELang 324)
- Basic changes from Old English to modern English, including modern American dialects.
- Introduction to the English Language (ELang 223)
- Overview of English from linguistic point of view, emphasizing structure of English and social, biological, and psychological aspects of language.
- Language, Mind, & World (Ling 230)
- Broad overview of language as the medium that makes thinking, understanding, communications, and teaching possible.
- Sociolinguistics (Ling 550)
- Research and theory in anthropological linguistics and sociolinguistics.
- The Senior Course (Engl 495)
- In-depth study of a limited area of literature, language, or criticism. Content varies; requires research and writing. [Special topics course. I developed a section looking at the use of dialect forms in literature, focusing on the extent to which dialect representations reflect spoken reality.]
- Varieties of English (ELang 528)
- Regional and social variation in English, especially standard and nonstandard national and world Englishes, including English-based pidgins and creoles.
- University of Maryland College Park (as a teaching assistant)
- Language & Mind (LING 240)
- The study of language as a cognitive phenomenon. Ways of representing people’s knowledge of their native language, ways in which that knowledge is attained naturally by children, and how it is used in speaking and listening. Relevant philosophical literature. Relationships to study of other cognitive abilities: reasoning, perception, sensory-motor development.
- Syntax I (LING 311)
- Basic concepts, analytical techniques of generative syntax, relation to empirical limits imposed by viewing grammars as representations of a component of human mind. Aspects of current theories.
This page last updated 12 August 2008.
