2011-2012第一学期英语语言学概论教案.docVIP

第一周本课内容：英语语言学及语言结构特征概论 授课时间： 90 分钟 一、教学目的 通过本节 90 分钟的教学，使学生了解语言学研究和发展的简要历史，了解我国语言学研究的成就以及对于普通语言学的贡献，为以后把所学语言学理论系统化打好基础。 二、教学意义 通过了解我国语言学研究的巨大成就，增强民族自信心和自豪感；了解西方当代语言学理论的巨大进步，使学生树立学好语言学的理想；了解英语语言学研究的历史可以更好地理解英语语言学研究的价值。 三、教学重点 语言的定义； 语言的结构特征； 语言的功能。 四、教学难点 语言的任意性； 语言的双重性。 五、教学方式 以电子课件为主，辅以少量板书的课堂讲授。 六、时间分配 1. 语言学的目标 (10分钟) 2. 语言的定义 (20 分钟) 3. 语言学研究背景 (30 分钟) 4. 三大结构特征 (30 分钟) 七、教学内容 Why Study Language? Language is such an integral part of our life and humanity that too much about it has been taken for granted. For some people, language may not even be a worthy subject for academic study. They take it as a tool for access to some other fields rather than study it as a subject in and of itself. However, if you pause and think of the following myths about language, it is indeed necessary to reconsider how much we really understand the nature of language and its role in our life. And you may be surprised to realize that some of our most damaging racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic prejudices are based on our linguistic ignorance and wrong ideas about language. Myth 1. Language is a means of communication. Myth 2. Language has a form-meaning correspondence. Myth 3. The function of language is to exchange information. Myth 4. English is more difficult to learn than Chinese. Myth 5. Black English is not standard and should be reformed. The list of myths may go on and by the end of this course if you look back on them, we hope you may find these widely established views not so truthful after all. The following are some fundamental views about LANGUAGE, which you may instinctively agree without having thought about the reasons, or you may not agree at the moment. Follow this course and you will find they are discussed in more detail in the ensuing chapters. 1．Children learn their native language swiftly, efficiently and without instruction. 2．Language operates by rules. 3 All languages have three major components; a sound system, a system of lexicogr