RENCANA PEMBELAJARAN SEMESTER

(RPS)
Course:

APPLIED LINGUISTICS
By:
Prof. Dr. Usman Kasim, M.Ed
Dr. Asnawi Muslem, M.Ed.
Dr. Siti Sarah Fitriani, M.A.

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION

GRADUATE PROGRAM
SYIAH KUALA UNIVERSITY
2016

SEMESTER LESSON PLAN (RPS)

Name of Course
Study Program
Lecturers

: Applied Linguistics
: English Language Education
: 1. Dr. Asnawi Muslem, M.Ed.
2. Dr. Siti Sarah Fitriani, M.A.

Course Description

Semester
Course Code
Credit

:
:
:

3
ENG 002
2

Applied Linguistics for English as a foreign language students and educators focuses on how knowledge of the way
languages work will directly benefit the teaching of English Language Learners. The first half of this course is theory; the
second half is application. This course covers the linguistic components of language and provides an opportunity for
educators to explore the relevance of linguistics to second/foreign language teaching and learning. The course provides an
overview of linguistic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic analyses as they pertain to the language proficiency and
academic achievement of ELL students. Topics to be addressed include pragmatics, semantics, sociolinguistics, linguistic
anthropology, language variation, first-language acquisition, second language acquisition, written language, language
processing, nonverbal communication, and the neurology of language. In addition, it also concentrates mainly on providing
a comprehensive picture of the theoretical foundations of language learning and teaching as well as information about
classroom research and activities that cover language learning and teaching, first language acquisition, age and acquisition,
human learning, styles and strategies, and personality factors .

.
Study Program Learning Achievement (PLO) :
CP-SI.2
Able to uphold human values and morals, ethics, values, norms, personality, cooperation, leadership, caring, and responsibility in
improving the quality of English education.
CP-SI.3
Able to implement Islamic Shari'a for its adherents.
CP-KK.3
Able to learn independently, to manage information, and to use ICT as the basis for self-development and lifelong learning.
CP-PP-1
Able to control, to analyze, to synthesize and to develop the knowledge, technology, and pedagogy in the field of English language
education critically, systematic, and sustainable.
Learning Achievement (CLO) :
CP-SI.2.1 Able to demonstrate moral, ethics, norms, and a good personality during the lecture in the classroom.
CP-SI.3.1 Able to prove the practice part of Islamic law for the Moslem student.
CP-KK.3.1 Able to learn independently and use ICT in completing the tasks given.
CP-PP.1.1 Able to study teaching content materials in relation to applied linguistics.
CP-PP.1.2 Able to examine various issues related to applied linguistics theoretically and practically.
Course Outcomes:
1. The main objectives of this course is to give the student a thorough introduction into the various facets of Applied Linguistics and the issues involved with
them

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Develop an awareness of the various sub-disciplines within the field of Applied Linguistics
Gain a broadly-based understanding of first and second language acquisition and learning.
Understand how people learn or fail to learn a second language.
Understand the theoretical foundations of language teaching and learning.
Know the current work in the field of Applied Linguistics.
Develop critical thinking skills to analyze and synthesize the different theories within the field of Applied Linguistics.
Demonstrate the skills of independent critical thinking
Develop self-awareness in learning about ones self and others through the different models and theories presented during the course.

Assessment criteria

Benchmark
No
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Assessment Item

Week

: 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Score
87 - 100
78 - 86
69 - 77
60 - 68
51 - 59
41 -50
0 - 40

Attitude/attendance
Skill/quiz
Assignment
Midterm Test
Final Exam

End Competence
expected

Materials &
Learning Source

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;

Introduction:
1. An overview of

Skill:
Able to describe the
concept of applied
linguistics and linguistics

the topics,
structure, and
theoretical
orientation of
the course.
2.

Concept of
Applied
Linguistics

Value
A
B+
B
C+
C
D
E
=
=
=
=
=

10%
10%
15%
25%
40%
Learning
Strategi

Lecture/prese
ntation

Discussion

Quentionanswer

Time (minute)
Activities
Lecture

TM

MA

TS

100

120

120

Indicator &
Assessment criteria
Indicators:
Attitude:
Always polite and
courteous
Dress accordingly
and tidy;
Discipline
responsible
Skill:

Score (%)
Attitude/attend
ances : 0 %
Skill : 0%
Task : 0%
Midterm : 0%
Final Exam :
0%

Cognitive:
Understand the objectives
and scope of the lesson;

SB: RPS and teachermade materials

Able to describe the

concept of applied
linguistics and
linguistics

Cognitive:
Understand the
objectives and scope
of the lesson

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Defining applied
linguistics in the contexts
of Foreign/second
language education,
Foreign/second language
methodology, and
Second/foreign language
acquisition
Describe what Applied
linguist tasks
Analyze Why Applied
Linguistics
Cognitive:
Understanding the
concepts of Applied
Linguistics in the context
of foreign/second
language methodology
To contrast between
Applied Linguistics and
language methodology

Applied Linguistics
or Language
Teaching
Methodology
SB: Teodor
Hrehovcik

Lecture

Scientific
Approach
Lecture talk
Paired
discussion
Paired
presentation

100

120

120

Assessment:
Oral Test
Indicators:
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;
Skill:
Defining applied
linguistics in the
contexts of
Foreign/second
language education,
Foreign/second
language
methodology, and
Second/foreign
language acquisition
Describe what
Applied linguist
tasks
Analyze Why
Applied Linguistics
Cognitive:
Understanding the
concepts of Applied

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;

Linguistics and
Applied Language
Studies
SB:

Presentation
Small group
work
Questionanswer

Group
work/
Lecture

100

120

120

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

Skill:
Why study linguistics and
applied language studies?
What skills do linguistics
graduates develop?
Where do linguistics and
applied language studies
graduates work?

Attitude:

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Skill:
Why study
linguistics and
applied language
studies?
What skills do
linguistics graduates
develop?
Where do linguistics
and applied language
studies graduates
work?

Cognitive:
The important of learning
Linguistics
Understanding the
concepts of applied
language studies.
Distinguish between
Linguistics and Applied
Language Studies

Linguistics in the
context of
foreign/second
language
methodology
To contrast between
Applied Linguistics
and language
methodology
Indicators:

Comparing and

Discussion

Lecture/

100

120

120

Cognitive:
The important of
learning Linguistics
Understanding the
concepts of applied
language studies.
Distinguish between
Linguistics and
Applied Language
Studies
Indicators:

Attitude : 1%

Show ethics, morals and

good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;

Skill:
Explain first
language (L1)
acquisition and
second language
(L2) acquisition
Describe theories
can aid language
teachers to
understand language
learning and to assist
their students in
their language
learning process

Contrasting First
and Second
Language
Acquisition:
Implications for
Language Teachers

Small group

group work
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

SB: Hulya IPEK

Skill:
Explain first
language (L1)
acquisition and
second language
(L2) acquisition
Describe
theories can aid
language
teachers to
understand
language
learning and to
assist their
students in their
language
learning process

Cognitive:
Understand the
similarities between
the L1 and L2
Distinguish between
L1 and L2

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Determine the hypothesis

Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Second language
acquisition theory
1. Five hypothesis
about second
language acquisition
2. Causative variable
in second language

Approach:
scientific
Model:
Problem
Based
Learning

Group
work/
Lecture

100

120

120

Cognitive:
Understand the
similarities
between the L1
and L2
Distinguish
between L1 and
L2
Indicators:
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

of second language
acquisition
Determine the causative
variable in second
language acquisition

Cognitive:
Understanding the five
hypothesis in second
language acquisition
Understanding the
causative variable in
second language
acquisition

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Investigate texts in terms
of grammatical problem
Determine the cross
linguistics resources to
analyze grammatical
problem in texts.
Cognitive:
Understanding the
grammatical problem in
texts produced by
students.
Understanding cross
linguistics resources to
analyze grammatical
problems in students

acquisition

SB: Stephen D.
Krashen

Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Applied Linguistics
Approach:
in language teaching scientific
1. Investigation in
Model:
solving a
Problem
grammatical problem
Based
2. Cross linguistics
Learning
resources for the
solution of a
Method:
grammatical problem discussion,
questionanswer,

tasks
SB: Michael

group
McCarthy
discussion
demonstration

courteous;
Skill:
Determine the
hypothesis of second
language acquisition
Determine the
causative variable in
second language
acquisition

Group
work/
Lecture

100

120

120

Cognitive:
Understanding the
five hypothesis in
second language
acquisition
Understanding the
causative variable in
second language
acquisition
Indicators:
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;
Skill:
Investigate texts in
terms of grammatical
problem
Determine the cross
linguistics resources
to analyze
grammatical problem
in texts.
Cognitive:
Understanding the
grammatical problem

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

texts.

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Describing the scope of
research in Applied
Linguistics area
Analyzing the scope of
research in Applied
Linguistics and
Linguistics

Research tradition
Approach:
in applied linguistics scientific
1. Research scope in
applied linguistics
Model:
Problem
SB: Anna Ewert
Based
Learning

Cognitive:
Understanding the scope
of research in applied
linguistics
Understanding the
contrast of scope between
Applied Linguistics and
Linguistics

Group
work/
Lecture

100

120

120

in texts produced by
students.
Understanding cross
linguistics resources
to analyze
grammatical
problems in students
texts.
Indicators:
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Skill:
Describing the scope
of research in
Applied Linguistics
area
Analyzing the scope
of research in
Applied Linguistics
and Linguistics
Cognitive:
Understanding the
scope of research in
applied linguistics
Understanding the
contrast of scope
between Applied
Linguistics and
Linguistics

MID-TEST

150

Attitude:
Language
Show ethics, morals and
1. Written
good character, discipline, 2. Standard

Approach:
scientific

Lecture

100

120

120

Indicators:
Attitude:

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%

tidy, responsible, and

respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Defining and describing
written language
Defining and describing
standard language
Defining and describing
global language
Distinguishing written,
standard and global
language

3.

Global

SB: Michael A. K.
Halliday

Model:
Problem
Based
Learning

Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Show understanding of
experiential function

Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Skill:
Defining and
describing written
language
Defining and
describing standard
language
Defining and
describing global
language
Distinguishing
written, standard and
global language

Cognitive:
Understanding different
types of language
Understanding written,
standard and global
language
Analyzing the differences
between written, standard
and global language

10

Show ethics, morals

and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

Group
presentatio
n

100

120

120

Cognitive:
Understanding
different types of
language
Understanding
written, standard and
global language
Analyzing the
differences between
written, standard and
global language
Indicators:

Experiential
Function

Approach:
scientific

1.

Metafunctions

2.

Language and
social context

Model:
Problem
Based
Learning

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful / courteous;

3.

Experiential
function

Method:
discussion,
question-

Skill:
Show understanding

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Cognitive:
Understanding
metafunction
Understanding language
and social context
Understanding the
experiential function

11

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Describing interpersonal
function
Analyzing interpersonal
function
Cognitive:
Understanding Mood and
Residue
Understanding
experiential and
interpersonal function
Understanding the
patterns of experiential
and interpersonal function

12

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and

answer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

SB: Butt, D., Fahey,

R., Feez, S., Spinks,
S., & Yallop, C.
(2003).

Interpersonal
Function

Approach:
scientific

1.

Mood and
Residue

2.

Experiential and
Interpersonal
Function
Analysis

Model:
Problem
Based
Learning

3.

Group
presentation

SB: Butt, D., Fahey,

R., Feez, S., Spinks,
S., & Yallop, C.
(2003).

Textual Function

of experiential
function

Lecture

100

120

120

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Approach:
scientific

Cognitive:
Understanding
metafunction
Understanding
language and social
context
Understanding the
experiential function
Indicators:

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Skill:
Describing
interpersonal
function
Analyzing
interpersonal
function

Lecture

100

120

120

Cognitive:
Understanding Mood
and Residue
Understanding
experiential and
interpersonal
function
Understanding the
patterns of
experiential and
interpersonal
function
Indicators:

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%

good character, discipline,

tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Describing textual
function
Analyzing textual function
Cognitive:
Understanding
probabilistic theory
Understanding textual
patterns
Understanding types of
Theme

13

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Describing functional text
analysis
Analyzing text based on
functional analysis
Cognitive:
Understanding Field in
texts
Understanding Mode in
texts
Understanding Tenor in
texts
Understanding
communicative

1.

Probabilistic
Theory

2.

Patterns of
Textual
Development

3.

Type of theme

4.

Group
presentation

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

Model:
Problem
Based
Learning
Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Skill:
Describing textual
function
Analyzing textual
function

SB: Butt, D., Fahey,

R., Feez, S., Spinks,
S., & Yallop, C.
(2003).
Practical guide for
functional text
analysis
1.

Analyzing
English texts for
field

2.

Mode

3.

Tenor

4.

Communicative
effectiveness

SB: Butt, D., Fahey,

R., Feez, S., Spinks,
S., & Yallop, C.
(2003).

Approach:
scientific
Model:
Problem
Based
Learning
Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Lecture

100

120

120

Cognitive:
Understanding
probabilistic theory
Understanding
textual patterns
Understanding types
of Theme
Indicators:
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;
Skill:
Describing
functional text
analysis
Analyzing text based
on functional
analysis
Cognitive:
Understanding Field
in texts

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

effectiveness

14

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Describing genre as
semiotics
Cognitive:
Understanding types of
genre
Understanding genrebased learning

15

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals and
good character, discipline,
tidy, responsible, and
respectful / courteous;
Skill:
Presenting the materials
discussed previously in
the classroom.
Cognitive:
Understanding the general
and specific knowledge in
Applied Linguistics.

Understanding Mode
in texts
Understanding Tenor
in texts
Understanding
communicative
effectiveness
Indicators:

Genre as semiotics
1.

Type of genre

2.

Genre based
learning

3.

Individual
presentation

SB: sources to be
cofirmed

General Review

Approach:
scientific

Lecture

100

120

120

Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;

Model:
Problem
Based
Learning
Method:
discussion,
questionanswer,
tasks
group
discussion
demonstration

Method:
Individual
presentation
Classroom
discussion

Skill:
Describing genre as
semiotics
Cognitive:
Understanding types
of genre
Understanding
genre-based learning
Lecture

100

120

120

Indicators:
Attitude:
Show ethics, morals
and good character,
discipline, tidy,
responsible, and
respectful /
courteous;
Skill:
Presenting the
materials discussed
previously in the
classroom.

Attitude : 1%
Skill : 1%
Tasks : 1%
Midterm : 0
Final Exam : 0

Cognitive:
Understanding the
general and specific
knowledge in Applied
Linguistics.
FINAL EXAMINATION

16

Keterangan :

Waktu :
Kuliah :
Praktek :
Seminar :

100

TM = Tatap Muka; M = Mandiri; TS = Terstruktur

1 (satu) sks kegiatan kuliah, respon, atau tutorial setara dengan 50 menit tatap muka, 60 menit mandiri, dan 60 menit
terstruktur setiap minggu persemester
1 (satu) sks praktikum setara dengan 170 menit perminggu persemester
1 (satu) kegiatan seminar setara dengan 100 menit tatap muka dan 70 menit mandiri perminggu
persemester

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Banda Aceh, 19 September 2016

Mengetahui:
Ketua Prodi Magister Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris,

Penanggung Jawab/Koordinator,

Dr. Sofyan A. Gani, M.A.

NIP. 196008121986031002

Dr. Asnawi Muslem, M.Ed.

NIP. 197411052001121003