Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Franklin and Marshall College/Introduction to Linguistics (Fall 2023)

In this course, students learn basic concepts related to each of the different areas of linguistics: phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. In the past, they've written a research paper as a final project, on a topic of their choice. Usually, those topics are somewhat &quot;applied&quot;, e.g. language and gender, language and discrimination, etc. I would like to have them write or edit Wikipedia articles on those topics instead of a traditional research paper.

Week 11
Welcome to your Wikipedia assignment's course timeline. This page guides you through the steps you'll need to complete for your Wikipedia assignment, with links to training modules and your classmates' work spaces.

Your course has been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. You can reach them through the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
 * Evaluating Wikipedia

Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (Because of Wikipedia's technical restraints, you may receive a message that you cannot create an account. To resolve this, please try again off campus or the next day.)

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 12
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

= Article ideas to consider expanding and/or adding references to: =

(Remember, you are more than welcome to explore Wikipedia by searching topics of your own interest to see what is already out there and what could be improved/expanded/added.)

Describing a language
English personal pronouns

Creaky voice

International English

Japanese script reform

Variation (linguistics)

Child language learning
Identity and language learning

Language acquisition device

Language-based learning disability

Language delay

Manual babbling

One person, one language (strategy for raising bilingual children)

Second language learning
Early immersion (foreign language instruction)

Mobile-assisted language learning

Transitional bilingualism

Language and society
Accent reduction

Chicano English

Corporate jargon

English First (lobbying organization)

English-Plus (movement)

Familect

Idiolect

Linguistic imperialism

Linguistic profiling

Minority language

Mock Spanish

Official multilingualism

Language and professions
Linguistics in education

Local interest (another possibility might be to look up words or languages related to your own background)
Jawn

Pennsylvania Dutch English

Resource:  Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Depending on the specifics of your topic, one or more of the following guides might be relevant:

Linguistics

Cultural Anthropology

LGBT+ Studies

Psychology

Sociology

Species

Women's Studies

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 13
Now that you've improved your draft based on others' feedback, it's time to move your work live - to the &quot;mainspace.&quot;

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13

Week 14
Now's the time to revisit your text and refine your work. You may do more research and find missing information; rewrite the lead section to represent all major points; reorganize the text to communicate the information better; or add images and other media.

Week 15
Guiding framework

Every student has finished reviewing their assigned articles, making sure that every article has been reviewed.

You probably have some feedback from other students and possibly other Wikipedians. Consider their suggestions, decide whether it makes your work more accurate and complete, and edit your draft to make those changes.

Resources:


 * Editing Wikipedia, pages 12 and 14
 * Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have any questions.

Continue to expand and improve your work, and format your article to match Wikipedia's tone and standards. Remember to contact your Wikipedia Expert at any time if you need further help!

Week 16
It's the final week to develop your article.


 * Read Editing Wikipedia page 15 to review a final check-list before completing your assignment.
 * Don't forget that you can ask for help from your Wikipedia Expert at any time!

Everyone should have finished all of the work they'll do on Wikipedia, and be ready for grading.