LING 1
Introduction to Study of Language
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Summary for general undergraduates of what is known about human language; biological basis of language, scientific study of language and human cognition; uniqueness of human language, its structure, universality, its diversity; language in social and cultural setting; language in relation to other aspects of human inquiry and knowledge. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Summer 2024 - i loved this class! my instructor was jake aziz but the recorded lectures were with harold torrence and i found him to be really engaging and fun. the lectures were definitely long and boring at times but i still enjoyed the content a lot. there were 3-5 lectures a week and a weekly MC homework quiz (5 total, 1 dropped). you could have the quiz open from when it opened to the due date, so it was basically open note and guaranteed perfect scores. there's a 4-6 page analysis paper due at the end of the quarter which i felt i did very shittily on but ended up scoring a 30/31. the final was 59 MC questions on lockdown browser and was fairly tough but still doable. i didn't do a single reading and it didn't seem like i needed to in order to do well on the exam. overall, i enjoyed this class so much and it's been one of my favorite classes at UCLA so far!!
Summer 2024 - i loved this class! my instructor was jake aziz but the recorded lectures were with harold torrence and i found him to be really engaging and fun. the lectures were definitely long and boring at times but i still enjoyed the content a lot. there were 3-5 lectures a week and a weekly MC homework quiz (5 total, 1 dropped). you could have the quiz open from when it opened to the due date, so it was basically open note and guaranteed perfect scores. there's a 4-6 page analysis paper due at the end of the quarter which i felt i did very shittily on but ended up scoring a 30/31. the final was 59 MC questions on lockdown browser and was fairly tough but still doable. i didn't do a single reading and it didn't seem like i needed to in order to do well on the exam. overall, i enjoyed this class so much and it's been one of my favorite classes at UCLA so far!!
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Winter 2017 - The grade breakdown for my quarter was as follows: 10 percent: Participation (attend 8/10 discussion sections) 20 percent: Essays (9 total with 2 dropped) 20 percent: Quizzes (10 total with 2 dropped, but 3 got dropped because I think a bunch of people complained about the way quizzes were scored) 20 percent: Final Paper 30 percent: Final Exam (50 questions and 5 extra credit questions) The final exam was really easy (a lot easier than the quizzes), and only covered application of general concepts, definitions, etc. The final paper involved comparing your native language and a second language you had exposure to, and the rubric for it is pretty straight forward (but not sure if the grading will accurately follow it since haven't received the rubric yet), The quizzes and essays are what most people had problems with from what I can see from other reviews. The quizzes are mostly questions pulled from the online recorded lectures, but some involve application of concepts, and the scoring was a bit odd for them (ex. selecting 3 answers, but getting 1 wrong resulted in you only getting 1/3 credit for the question). Acing the quizzes is doable if you watch the lectures and have a TA that is willing to help during discussion. As for essays, it is largely dependent on what TA you get. In my case, my TA was not that harsh on grading and was overall pretty helpful. As for workload, I personally did not read the vast majority of the textbook, but watched most of the lectures and read the course reader alongside it. I think that reading the course reader should be sufficient for most people when studying for the final, but the lectures (2 hours per week) are helpful for the quizzes and essays.
Winter 2017 - The grade breakdown for my quarter was as follows: 10 percent: Participation (attend 8/10 discussion sections) 20 percent: Essays (9 total with 2 dropped) 20 percent: Quizzes (10 total with 2 dropped, but 3 got dropped because I think a bunch of people complained about the way quizzes were scored) 20 percent: Final Paper 30 percent: Final Exam (50 questions and 5 extra credit questions) The final exam was really easy (a lot easier than the quizzes), and only covered application of general concepts, definitions, etc. The final paper involved comparing your native language and a second language you had exposure to, and the rubric for it is pretty straight forward (but not sure if the grading will accurately follow it since haven't received the rubric yet), The quizzes and essays are what most people had problems with from what I can see from other reviews. The quizzes are mostly questions pulled from the online recorded lectures, but some involve application of concepts, and the scoring was a bit odd for them (ex. selecting 3 answers, but getting 1 wrong resulted in you only getting 1/3 credit for the question). Acing the quizzes is doable if you watch the lectures and have a TA that is willing to help during discussion. As for essays, it is largely dependent on what TA you get. In my case, my TA was not that harsh on grading and was overall pretty helpful. As for workload, I personally did not read the vast majority of the textbook, but watched most of the lectures and read the course reader alongside it. I think that reading the course reader should be sufficient for most people when studying for the final, but the lectures (2 hours per week) are helpful for the quizzes and essays.
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He is pretty boring but bearable if you try. His midterm and final were multiple choice and the essay was pretty easy. Weekly hw can take 10 minutes to an hour to do. You must READ THE BOOK if you want to do well on the hw. Overall, it's not that bad and if you take it, you should survive.
He is pretty boring but bearable if you try. His midterm and final were multiple choice and the essay was pretty easy. Weekly hw can take 10 minutes to an hour to do. You must READ THE BOOK if you want to do well on the hw. Overall, it's not that bad and if you take it, you should survive.
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