Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/Saint Vincent College/Linguistic Anthropology (Spring 2020)

The course examines the origins, nature, and development of human language and communication. The topics we cover include the mechanics of speech, history of languages, ways in which languages change, connections between language and cognition, kinesics, literacy, and language acquisition. Students will identify a Wikipedia article on a topic related to anthropological study of human language that is missing information or could benefit from branching or reorganization and make significant edits to it. Students may also find a topic that is not covered and begin a new article. This assignment is a variation of a traditional research paper, but with a emphasis on clear communication to a non-technical reader.

Week 1
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 5
Cultural Anthropology

Linguistics

Week 7
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 6

Week 8
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Week 9
Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 10
Guiding framework

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.

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

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 11
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.

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 12
Write a paper going beyond your Wikipedia article to advance your own ideas, arguments, and original research about your topic.

This will be submitted separately to Dr. Bennett/

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.