1. Final Exam Review Session
Slav/Ling 075

2. What to bring: Bubble sheet #2 pencil Your PID
Paper for writing up summaries of final projects
Printed out copy of the list of final projects (from our website)

3. Overview of final: Non-cumulative Focuses on:
readings and class discussions since the midterm
Student-to-student learning through final presentations

4. Part I of final (worth 5 course points) :
30 Multiple-choice questions
Covering the following material:
The Languages of China
The Development of African American English
Topics on Language Death, Revival, and Planning

5. Part II of final (worth 10 course points):
10 write-ups of final presentations:
Don’t choose your own
Do them from memory
Bring your list of presentations
Summarize content, but do not critique
Write a well-formed paragraph
Tell me:
What the conclusions were
Some facts that were particularly striking

6. China What do we know about Linguistic diversity in China
The role of Mandarin
Attempts to change orthography
The policies of the Communists
The timing and direction of language spread
The identity of Han, Man, and Hui

7. AAVE What do we know about
Why there has been a controversy concerning AAVE
What type of data was gathered by the authors of the study
What linguistic features they targeted
What features characterize Hyde county
The sources of AAVE
The overall trends of AAVE

8. Language Death, Revival, Planning
Why do languages die, what is lost, and what can be done?
The roles of standardization and linguistic reconstruction

9. Most of you have been working hard all semester and you have had control over most of your grade (75%!). If you have been coming to class regularly and done all the homework, you are in very good shape.