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Course name
Introduction to Linguistics - LPS
Institution
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor
Hezekiah Akiva BAcovcin
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Linguistics
Course dates
2017-08-29 00:00:00 UTC – 2017-12-31 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
20


An introduction to the scientific study of language.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Victorhlpenn Korean Sign Language, Korean language, Gyeonggi dialect, Chejuan language Word order
Ephemeralives Grapheme, Etymology, Speech community, Foreign language anxiety, Language processing in the brain, Singlish
Sharonrose96 Russian manual alphabet, Proto-Eskimo language, Ethnolect, Passive speaker
Lingip001 American Sign Language grammar, Sound change, Accent (sociolinguistics), Language-learning aptitude, Sentence processing
Kateybeck Allography, Romance languages, Creole language, Critical period hypothesis, Speech error
GOLDS American manual alphabet, Language isolate, Dialectology, Fluency, Psycholinguistics
Derekrodenbeck Manually coded language, Tree model, Variation (linguistics), Language acquisition device, Priming (psychology), Icelandic grammar
ECardwell Swedish alphabet, Proto-Celtic language, Prestige (sociolinguistics), Heritage language learning, Lexicon
Andreag1 Mesoamerican writing systems, Linguistic reconstruction, Regional differences and dialects in Indian English, Manual babbling, Language production Māori language
Gkleiman Pictogram, Conservative (language), Danglish, Productivity (linguistics), Cognitive revolution
Augustine connor Sign singing
Dlgptn Ideogram
Smash160 Yiddish orthography, Proto-Iranian language, International English, Lexical decision task
Chelseaslee Swedish Sign Language family, Proto-Human language, Code-mixing, Direct Method (education), TRACE (psycholinguistics), French language
Gurrc
Malrey Catalan manual alphabet, Proto-language
Fredafbzhao Orthography
Natsisa Baby sign language
Catgurr Baby Sign Language, Comparative linguistics, Code-switching Baby sign language
Levisonj
Fiorellamedinaperez Language development, Speech perception
Toanndo Sign language

Timeline

Week 1

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia project

Welcome to your Wikipedia project's course timeline. This page will guide you through the Wikipedia project for your course. Be sure to check with your instructor to see if there are other pages you should be following as well.

Your course has also been assigned a Wikipedia Expert. Check your Talk page for notes from them. You can also reach them through the "Get Help" button on this page.

To get started, please review the following handouts:

Assignment - Get started on Wikipedia
  • Create an account and join this course page, using the enrollment link your instructor sent you. (To avoid hitting Wikipedia's account creation limits, this is best done outside of class. Only 6 new accounts may be created per day from the same IP address.)
  • It's time to dive into Wikipedia. Below, you'll find the first set of online trainings you'll need to take. New modules will appear on this timeline as you get to new milestones. Be sure to check back and complete them! Incomplete trainings will be reflected in your grade.
  • When you finish the trainings, practice by introducing yourself to a classmate on that classmate’s Talk page.

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Assignment - Add to or evaluate an article (Modalities, Sign and Written Languages)

You can do one of two tasks with your assigned article. Please take the training associated with the task you choose. You only have to do one of the following tasks and should spend no more than 3 hours working on it:

1) Add to articles
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding two citation to one (or two) article(s). There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 


2) Evaluate an article
 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings. 
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
    • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  •  Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC). [reply]

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 September 2017

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Assignment - Add or evaluate (Historical Linguistics)

You can do one of two tasks with your assigned article. Please take the training associated with the task you choose. You only have to do one of the following tasks and should spend no more than 3 hours working on it:

1) Add to articles
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding two citation to one (or two) article(s). There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 


2) Evaluate an article
 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings. 
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
    • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  •  Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC). [reply]

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 September 2017
In class -

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 3 October 2017
Assignment - Add or evaluate (Sociolinguistics)


You can do one of two tasks with your assigned article. Please take the training associated with the task you choose. You only have to do one of the following tasks and should spend no more than 3 hours working on it:

1) Add to articles
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding two citation to one (or two) article(s). There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 


2) Evaluate an article
 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings. 
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
    • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  •  Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC). [reply]

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Week 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Assignment - Add or evaluate (Language Acquisition)


You can do one of two tasks with your assigned article. Please take the training associated with the task you choose. You only have to do one of the following tasks and should spend no more than 3 hours working on it:

1) Add to articles
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding two citation to one (or two) article(s). There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 


2) Evaluate an article
 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings. 
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
    • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  •  Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC). [reply]

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Week 10

Course meetings
Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Assignment - Add or evaluate (Psycholinguistics)


You can do one of two tasks with your assigned article. Please take the training associated with the task you choose. You only have to do one of the following tasks and should spend no more than 3 hours working on it:

1) Add to articles
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding two citation to one (or two) article(s). There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 


2) Evaluate an article
 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings. 
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
    • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  •  Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC). [reply]

Week 11

Course meetings
Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Week 12

Course meetings
Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Assignment - Add or evaluate (Linguisitic Typology)

You can do one of two tasks with your assigned article. Please take the training associated with the task you choose. You only have to do one of the following tasks and should spend no more than 3 hours working on it:

1) Add to articles
Familiarize yourself with editing Wikipedia by adding two citation to one (or two) article(s). There are two ways you can do this:


  • Add 1-2 sentences to a course-related article, and cite that statement to a reliable source, as you learned in the online training.
  •  The Citation Hunt tool shows unreferenced statements from articles. First, evaluate whether the statement in question is true! An uncited statement could just be lacking a reference or it could be inaccurate or misleading. Reliable sources on the subject will help you choose whether to add it or correct the statement. 


2) Evaluate an article
 It's time to think critically about Wikipedia articles. You'll evaluate a Wikipedia article related to the course and leave suggestions for improving it on the article's Talk page. 


  • Complete the "Evaluating Articles and Sources" training (linked below).
  •  Create a section in your sandbox titled "Article evaluation" where you'll leave notes about your observations and learnings. 
  •  Choose an article on Wikipedia related to your course to read and evaluate. As you read, consider the following questions (but don't feel limited to these): 
    • Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
    • Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
    • Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
    • Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
    •  Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted? 
    • Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
    •  Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic? 
    • How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
    • How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
  •  Optional: Choose at least 1 question relevant to the article you're evaluating and leave your evaluation on the article's Talk page. Be sure to sign your feedback with four tildes — Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 15:38, 13 December 2017 (UTC). [reply]
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