- Background
- Structure
- Four weeks, 12 topics (lectures), roughly 2 skills per topic (see below).
- 24 Syntax Skills intially (revised to 19), which could be demonstrated through Learn exercises or tutorial worksheets.
- There were 3 possible chances to demonstrate mastery of each Micro-skill: two via Learn exercises and one via tutorial worksheets.
- 5 additional Research Skills, which require submission of a short write-up. These can be revised once. Demonstrating mastery of three macro-skills is a requirement for an A.
- Tutorial worksheets were submitted by the students before the tutorial and marked by tutors. Answer keys were released after the tutorials.
- Full grading rubric maps skills to marks (grades).
- Lectures were discussion-based (flipped, based on Caroline Heycock’s videos, and using Peer Instruction).
- Materials
- Syntax Skills (initial, revised)
- Research Skills assignment
- Example of first tutorial
- Github repo for lecture notes, Learn exercises and tutorials (in prep)
- Results
- Links to presentations
- The Grading Conference 2025 (poster)
- UoE Learning and Teaching Conference 2025 (contact me for slides)
- LAGB 2025 (in prep)
Materials by Richard Wilson and Aleksandra Sevastianova (PhD students in LEL), based on existing LEL2A and Introduction to Syntax materials (materials primarily by Caroline Heycock and Bettelou Los). Crucial infrastructure work by Abby Anderson, Sylvia Parma and Mate Varadi (PPLS Learning Technology team). Thanks to Brian Hsu for discussion.
