LING 3
American Sign Language: Structure and Culture
Description: Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Knowledge of American Sign Language (ASL) not required. Introduction to principles of linguistics through study of structure of American Sign Language and culture of deaf Americans. Phonology, morphology, syntax of ASL, historical change, signed language universals, education, identity, and ASL literature. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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I actually took ling1 with Professor Hyams, and I think she is basically a good professor. Although the lectures are not that interesting, she really presents some really interesting information, theories and research methods to us. The exams are easy, so this is an easy A class.
I actually took ling1 with Professor Hyams, and I think she is basically a good professor. Although the lectures are not that interesting, she really presents some really interesting information, theories and research methods to us. The exams are easy, so this is an easy A class.
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LING 20: I'm taking this class because I have to for a G.E. I was mildly interested at the beginning of the course, but Rett is such a terrible teacher, I can say I hate linguistics. She doesn't teach and she has alienated me from linguistics such that I am pass/no-passing this class and don't really give a shit about anything I learn. This is rare because I take my education seriously and have a high GPA. But when it comes to this class, I just can't care any less. I wouldn't say she's the worst professor on campus, but there's something about her that makes me - again - not give a shit about linguistics.
LING 20: I'm taking this class because I have to for a G.E. I was mildly interested at the beginning of the course, but Rett is such a terrible teacher, I can say I hate linguistics. She doesn't teach and she has alienated me from linguistics such that I am pass/no-passing this class and don't really give a shit about anything I learn. This is rare because I take my education seriously and have a high GPA. But when it comes to this class, I just can't care any less. I wouldn't say she's the worst professor on campus, but there's something about her that makes me - again - not give a shit about linguistics.
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I took ling 1 with Schuh. It ended up being pretty easy. So the class is based on weekly worksheets, weekly online quizzes, a paper, and a final. The worksheets were cake, 15 minutes each at the most. The paper was incredibly easy; the style expected from you is very conversational and consequently, it was graded very leniently. The quizzes were a little trickier. Schuh is very vague in the way he phrases some of the questions and answers. In fact, in the answer keys I've noticed a couple times where he explains a wrong answer as, "This answer is correct but it's not the best answer." Umm... what? So here is my advice to you. Mattyas (one of the TAs) gives out the answers during his office hours. Either go or have a friend go and get the right answers... but still look over the quiz beforehand and see how many answers you got right on your own. That way you'll get an idea of Schuh's style of testing. I think he does do some sort of curve because I got a B on the final and an A in the class. I took an hour to look over the quizzes and the worksheets before the final, and that's all the studying I did all quarter. You can choose to go to class or you can choose to read The Language Instinct and the APS reader. Don't do both though, it's unnecessary. If you can get up in the morning, I would recommend opting for class because he does put a lot of quirky little features in his powerpoints that make lecture more interesting to sit through.
I took ling 1 with Schuh. It ended up being pretty easy. So the class is based on weekly worksheets, weekly online quizzes, a paper, and a final. The worksheets were cake, 15 minutes each at the most. The paper was incredibly easy; the style expected from you is very conversational and consequently, it was graded very leniently. The quizzes were a little trickier. Schuh is very vague in the way he phrases some of the questions and answers. In fact, in the answer keys I've noticed a couple times where he explains a wrong answer as, "This answer is correct but it's not the best answer." Umm... what? So here is my advice to you. Mattyas (one of the TAs) gives out the answers during his office hours. Either go or have a friend go and get the right answers... but still look over the quiz beforehand and see how many answers you got right on your own. That way you'll get an idea of Schuh's style of testing. I think he does do some sort of curve because I got a B on the final and an A in the class. I took an hour to look over the quizzes and the worksheets before the final, and that's all the studying I did all quarter. You can choose to go to class or you can choose to read The Language Instinct and the APS reader. Don't do both though, it's unnecessary. If you can get up in the morning, I would recommend opting for class because he does put a lot of quirky little features in his powerpoints that make lecture more interesting to sit through.
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