Core Pillars of a Basic Academic Writing Syllabus

The syllabus should be built around these four pillars:

Process: How to write (the steps).
Product: What the final paper looks like (structure and format).
Criticality: How to think and use evidence.
Language: The appropriate style and tone.

Detailed Breakdown of Key Topics
Module 1: Foundation & Mindset Shift

Topic: What is Academic Writing?

Contrasting personal/creative/high school writing with academic writing.

Introduction to Linguistics: Key concepts and Comparisons

 

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11 Scopes or coverage of the study of Linguistics

1. Phonetics (physical sounds)

Definition: The study of the physical production, transmission, and perception of speech sounds. It is concerned with the actual acoustic details and articulatory properties of sounds, regardless of their function in a particular language.


Simple Example: The sound "p" in "spin" and the sound "p" in "pin" are physically different. The first is unaspirated (no puff of air), and the second is aspirated (has a puff of air). Phonetics describes how your lips, tongue, and vocal cords create this difference.
2. Phonology (sound systems)

Definition: The study of how sounds function and pattern within a specific language or languages. It deals with the abstract mental representations of sounds and the rules that govern how they interact (e.g., what sequences are allowed, how sounds change in different contexts).

Simple Example: In English, the "ng" sound [ŋ] (as in "sing") can never appear at the beginning of a word. This is a phonological rule of English. Another example is how the plural "s" is pronounced as /s/ (in "cats"), /z/ (in "dogs"), or /ɪz/ (in "dishes") based on the preceding sound.
3. Morphology (word structure)

Introduction to Linguistics

1. What is Linguistics?

Linguistics is the scientific study of language—its structure, use, and meaning.

• According to Lyons (1981), linguistics is "the scientific study of language, concerned with the nature of human language itself and the systematic investigation of its structure."

• Fromkin, Rodman, & Hyams (2018) define linguistics as the discipline that seeks to describe the knowledge speakers have of their language and explain how this knowledge is acquired and used.

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2. Difference Between Language and Linguistics

• Language: A system of communication consisting of sounds, symbols, and grammar used by a community (Sapir, 1921).

• Linguistics: The scientific study about language and its phenomena (Lyons, 1981).

👉 Example:

• Language = English, Bahasa Indonesia, Arabic.

• Linguistics = the study of how verbs work in English, how politeness is expressed in Bahasa, or how Arabic syntax is structured.

Gagasan Prof D. Edi Subroto tentang bahasa dan linguistik

apa gagasan dan pendapat prof d Edi Subroto tentang bahasa dan linguistics?

Prof. Dr. D. Edi Subroto adalah seorang ahli linguistik dari Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) yang dikenal atas kontribusinya dalam kajian morfologi, khususnya dalam perspektif derivasi dan infleksi, dengan fokus pada bahasa Indonesia dan bahasa Jawa. Berikut adalah ringkasan gagasan dan pendapatnya tentang bahasa dan linguistik berdasarkan informasi yang tersedia:

1. **Morfologi Derivasional dan Infleksional**  

   Edi Subroto memberikan perhatian besar pada morfologi, yang didefinisikan sebagai studi tentang perubahan bentuk kata yang berkaitan dengan makna. Ia membedakan dua jenis morfologi:

   - **Infleksi**: Perubahan morfemis pada kata yang mempertahankan identitas leksikalnya, misalnya perubahan bentuk kata untuk menyesuaikan dengan kategori gramatikal seperti jumlah atau waktu (contoh: *buku* → *buku-buku*).

   - **Derivasi**: Perubahan morfemis yang menghasilkan kata baru dengan identitas leksikal berbeda, sering kali mengubah kelas kata (contoh: *tulis* → *penulis*).  

   Subroto menekankan bahwa derivasi memiliki variasi afiks yang lebih beragam dan dapat mengubah kelas kata, sedangkan infleksi memiliki distribusi yang lebih luas tetapi tidak mengubah kelas kata. Pendekatannya menonjol karena berbasis pada data bahasa Indonesia dan Jawa, yang memberikan nilai orisinalitas tinggi, serta selalu mengaitkan morfologi dengan semantik untuk analisis yang lebih komprehensif.[](https://pusatbahasaalazhar.com/artikel-bahasa/kajian-morfologi-infleksi-dan-derivasi-dalam-perspektif-edi-subroto/)[](http://ragilsoetopo18.blogspot.com/2014/05/kajian-derivasi-dan-infleksi-pada-kata.html)

2. **Kata sebagai Unit Sentral**