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- Course name
- Linguistics R1B
- Institution
- UC Berkeley
- Instructor
- Ruth Rouvier
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Linguistics
- Course dates
- 2020-07-06 00:00:00 UTC – 2020-08-16 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 18
Endangered Languages: What We Lose when a Language Dies
In this course, we will investigate such questions as: What causes language endangerment and death, and why does it matter? Can dying languages be revitalized? How are thought, identity, and culture influenced by language, and vice versa? The course is designed to hone students' reading, writing, and research skills. Satisfies the second half of the reading and composition requirement. Students will edit Wikipedia articles about specific endangered languages.
Timeline
Week 1
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 6 July 2020 | Tuesday, 7 July 2020 | Wednesday, 8 July 2020 | Thursday, 9 July 2020 | Friday, 10 July 2020
Week 2
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 13 July 2020 | Tuesday, 14 July 2020 | Wednesday, 15 July 2020 | Thursday, 16 July 2020 | Friday, 17 July 2020
- Milestones
This week, everyone should have a Wikipedia account.
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.)
- Assignment - Introduction to the Wikipedia
- Editing and Evaluating
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.
Please read the following resources by Monday, 7/20.
Resources:
- Editing Wikipedia, pages 1–5
- Evaluating Wikipedia
- Assignment - Wikipedia training modules
Complete the trainings in the module by Monday, 7/20 at 10 am.
Week 3
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 20 July 2020 | Tuesday, 21 July 2020 | Wednesday, 22 July 2020 | Thursday, 23 July 2020 | Friday, 24 July 2020
Week 4
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 27 July 2020 | Tuesday, 28 July 2020 | Wednesday, 29 July 2020 | Thursday, 30 July 2020 | Friday, 31 July 2020
Week 5
- Course meetings
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- Monday, 3 August 2020 | Tuesday, 4 August 2020 | Wednesday, 5 August 2020 | Thursday, 6 August 2020 | Friday, 7 August 2020
- Assignment - Extra Credit Part 1
- Evaluate Wikipedia
For this assignment, choose an article that is related to your Paper 2 topic, and about which you have done research. This can be the language or dialect you are working on, the community where it is spoken, or some other closely related topic, for example a revitalization method you plan to recommend.
- Assignment - Extra Credit Part 2
- Add citations to an article
Using the article you chose for the "Evaluate Wikipedia" assignment, or a different article related to your Paper 2 topic, add at least 2 citations using the scholarly sourcesyou have reviewed as part of your research.
Reach out to your Wikipedia Expert if you have questions using the Get Help button at the top of this page.
Resource: Editing Wikipedia, pages 7–9
- Assignment - Extra Credit Part 3
- Add content to an article
As with the previous assignment to add citation, this should be based on an article related to your Paper 2 topic. This time you will be filling in gaps in the content of the article.
Make sure to review the guidance regardingWikipedia writing style on page 8.
You can either add content to an article in English, or translate an article into another language. If you choose to translate existing content, please complete the Translating Articles Training.
Week 6
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- Monday, 10 August 2020 | Tuesday, 11 August 2020 | Wednesday, 12 August 2020 | Thursday, 13 August 2020 | Friday, 14 August 2020