- Links to presentations and other reports (start here!)
- Summary of the 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
- 2025-26: Github repo for lecture notes, Learn exercises and tutorials (in progress)
- 2024-25:
- Syntax Skills (initial, revised)
- Research Skills assignment
- Example of first tutorial
- Background
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 Máté Váradi (PPLS Learning Technology team). Thanks to Brian Hsu for discussion.
