Freshman Writing Seminar: Language in Popular Media, LING 1100 (Fall 2024)

Instructor: Myself! Syllabus available here.

Key topics:

Writing:

• Learning various types of writing, including argumentative, persuasive, and personal essays
• Writing a good summary
• Developing arguments, and anticipating and refuting counter-arguments
• Constructive peer review
• Crafting a concise thesis statement
• Using word choice to alter tone and style

Linguistics:

• Introductory linguistics topics, including subfields of linguistics, descriptivism vs. prescriptivism, and linguistic relativity
• Minority language representation (for example, "eye dialect")
• Translation strategies

Responsibilities:

• Designing and planning course and all materials
• Grading essays
• One-on-one meetings with students twice per semester
• Creating engaging in-class assignments