Welcome to Introduction to Linguistics!

Welcome to the wonderful world of language. You’ll find all important information about this course on this blog, either in text form or as link. All important news and instructions will be posted here and also sent via email, so you cannot miss anything.

Weekly live sessions

My seminars will take place at their allotted times in my WebEx room at
https://fu-berlin.webex.com/meet/alexander.rauhut.

General information on Webex and how to use it can be found here: https://fu-berlin.webex.com/webappng/sites/fu-berlin/dashboard?siteurl=fu-berlin. Please send me an e-mail should you experience any technical problems.

Weekly workflow

Aside from the live sessions, there are three major components to this course:

• Weekly readings:
  You are expected to read a (short) textbook chapter to prepare for each week. I will also post optional follow-up readings from time to time.
• Weekly videos:
  half of the weekly seminar time is going to be replaced with video talks. Make sure you watch them in advance every week.
• Weekly homework:
  We will offer you a weekly homework task to test your knowledge and show you what you understood well and what you need to work on. Take it seriously, you’ll need the thinking practice for the “Prüfungsleistung”.

In Summary, what you have to do every week:
read text –> watch video(s) –> attend live session –> do homework

I will upload all necessary material to Blackboard so make sure you have access to this course over there. If I’m late with anything, feel free to send me an email in case there was some technical issue.

Links to the videos for each week will follow. Here’s a short (<2min) video that shows you how to find the main textbook. (I’ve set the video to “public” since some of you were apparently unable to watch it. You’ll need to allow your browser to accept cookies from https://fu-berlin.eu.vbrickrev.com.)

See you online!
Alexander