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Course name
Language and Human Experience
Institution
American University
Instructor
Daniel Ginsberg
Wikipedia Expert
Shalor (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Anthropology
Course dates
2019-01-14 00:00:00 UTC – 2019-05-07 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
40


This course is an introduction to linguistic anthropology. Students will be editing pages about how anthropologists approach language as an object of study, as well as prominent scholars in the discipline.

Student Assigned Reviewing
Sm7315a Variation (linguistics) Interactional sociolinguistics, Contextualization (sociolinguistics)
Jb8527a Speech act Valleyspeak, Recontextualisation
Mr0960a Constructed action and dialogue Jargon, Adjacency pairs
Michey0829 Backchannel (linguistics)
Sophielina16 Valleyspeak Mock Spanish, Jargon
Sbobrowsky126 Jargon Valleyspeak, Mock Spanish
Anhalford Plurilingualism Backchannel (linguistics), Contextualization (sociolinguistics)
Wkim456 Alaska Native languages Mock Spanish, Discourse Markers
Jennyferjjimenez Kathryn Woolard Adjacency pairs, Contextualization (sociolinguistics)
Gd6505a Joual Alaska Native languages, Gail Jefferson
Ew6848a Mock Spanish
Ah5234a Contextualization (sociolinguistics) Mock Spanish, Gail Jefferson
Mburnns Adjacency pairs Gail Jefferson, Mock Spanish
T.rabjam12 Alaska Native languages
Dinara.bb Backchannel (linguistics) Mock Spanish, Jargon
LSislen Recontextualisation Critical discourse analysis, Stance (linguistics)
Lc6032b Situational code-switching
Ylils Adjacency pairs Joual, Gail Jefferson
Janiegoheen Joual Valleyspeak, Situational code-switching
Wj4265a Recontextualisation
Otkri Stance (linguistics) Joual, Discourse marker
Olivemich98 Gail Jefferson Kathryn Woolard, Contextualization (sociolinguistics)
Sb9338 Situational code-switching Valleyspeak, Stance (linguistics)
Cw6857a Critical discourse analysis
TAkhtar Constructed action and dialogue
Sh5272a Backchannel (linguistics) Valleyspeak, Jargon
Lauratoner01 Plurilingualism Discourse marker, Mock Spanish
Pt9913a Discourse marker
Fs0244a Penelope Eckert Kathryn Woolard, Variation (linguistics)
Kh3522a Alaska Native languages Joual, Situational code-switching
WikiMaxPeyraGrau Mock Spanish Valleyspeak, Alaska Native languages
L.charlie99 Valleyspeak
Elisabeth19 Gail Jefferson
Hanamengesha Plurilingualism
Jc1058b Interactional sociolinguistics Penelope Eckert, Constructed action and dialogue
Sc4057 Mock Spanish
Eg0264a Jargon
Ss2776a Situational code-switching Situational code-switching, Alaska Native languages
Dmoral37 Situational code-switching
Baker0990 Penelope Eckert Speech act, Plurilingualism

Timeline

Week 2

Course meetings
Tuesday, 22 January 2019   |   Friday, 25 January 2019
In class - Introduction to the Wikipedia assignment

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:


Assignment - Get started on 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.)

Milestones

This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.

Week 3

Course meetings
Tuesday, 29 January 2019   |   Friday, 1 February 2019
Assignment - Evaluate Wikipedia

Exercise

Evaluate an article

Week 4

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 February 2019   |   Friday, 8 February 2019
In class - Discussion

What's a content gap?

Guide(s) for writing articles in your topic area

Cultural Anthropology

Linguistics

Week 5

Course meetings
Tuesday, 12 February 2019   |   Friday, 15 February 2019
Assignment - Add to an article

Exercise

Add a citation


Assignment - Start drafting your contributions

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9

Milestones

Everyone has begun writing their article drafts.

Week 6

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 February 2019   |   Friday, 22 February 2019
Assignment - Peer review two articles

Guiding framework

In class - Discussion

Thinking about Wikipedia

Milestones

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

Week 7

Course meetings
Tuesday, 26 February 2019   |   Friday, 1 March 2019
Assignment - Respond to your peer review

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.


Assignment - Begin moving your work to Wikipedia

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

Resource: Editing Wikipedia, page 13


Assignment - Continue improving your article

Exercise

Add links to your article

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.


Assignment - Polish your work

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 8

Course meetings
Tuesday, 5 March 2019   |   Friday, 8 March 2019
Assignment - Final article

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!


In class - In-class presentation

Guiding questions

Week 9

Course meetings
Tuesday, 19 March 2019
Assignment - Reflective essay

Guiding questions

Milestones

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