To gain a Pass grade in LING111 students must:

• Sit the final exam, and
• Gain an overall mark of 50%

Assessment Submission

Assessments are to be submitted electronically via the LING111 iLearn page unless otherwise advised.

Instructions for submitting assessments via Turnitin are available here:

 http://www.mq.edu.au/iLearn/student_info/assignments.htm

When submitting your assessments please ensure that you do the following:

• Please add a header to each page with your name, your student number, and the assessment name. For example: Iain Smith   40237187   Syntax Part A
• Please number all pages
• Please use double line spacing
• If you have special consideration ensure that you include it in your assessment submission so that your assessment will avoid a late penalty
• If the submission link rejects your assessment because there is no detectable text, include some detectable text (like a title page) and resubmit. Don't email your assessment to your tutor or the unit convenor.

Late Submissions

• Late submissions without an extension will receive a penalty of 3% of the total mark available for the assessment task per day including weekend days (i.e. this is 3% of the total marks possible for the task – NOT 3% of the marks the student received. For example, if the assessment task is worth 100 marks and the student is two days late their mark for the task is reduced by 6 marks.)
• Late submission of an assessment task without an extension will not be accepted at all after the date on which marked assessment tasks have been released to the rest of the class. Any student with unsubmitted work at this date will receive a mark of 0 for the assessment task.
• Extensions will only be given in special circumstances, and can be requested by completing the Special Consideration request at ask.mq.edu.au and providing the requisite supporting documentation.
• Extensions that will result in submissions after the assessment task has been returned to the class will require a separate assessment task to be completed at the unit convenor's discretion.
• For more information on Special Consideration, see the university website https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration\
• If a student fails the unit due to non-submission of an assignment or non-attendance at an exam, an FA grade will be applied in accordance with the University's Assessment Policy.
• Unit convenors have the discretion to determine whether or not students should fail a unit on the basis of lateness penalties alone if other learning outcomes of the unit have been met.

Extensions Policy

Extensions are only granted on grounds of serious and unavoidable disruption, and appropriate documentation must be submitted. Assessments submitted after the due date, regardless of the reason, will be marked and returned by the unit convenor.

Extensions cannot continue beyond the start of the following semester, and students should be aware that long extensions may impact graduation dates.

Requests for an extension can be made by applying for Special Consideration. Special Consideration is intended for students who are prevented by serious and unavoidable disruption from completing any unit requirements to their usual demonstrated performance level (see https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration). You can apply for Special Consideration via AskMQ http://ask.mq.edu.au/

Note that your request for Special Consideration should be submitted within five (5) working days of the disruption beginning. 

Please note that submitting a request for Special Consideration does not guarantee an extension, and you should consider carefully before making a notification. As a university student, you are expected to plan your time so that all assessments can be submitted in a timely manner. A request for Special Consideration is for serious and unavoidable disruption, not for poor time management.

Requests for for an extension made within one week of the due date, or after the due date will only be granted if warranted by the circumstances and supported by appropriate documentation (see link above).

Please note that tutorials begin in Week 2.

The learning and teaching strategies used in this Unit include face-to-face lectures taught by a number of different staff members from linguistics.

• There is a set textbook: An introduction to Language, Australia and New Zealand 9th Edition, 2018, by Fromkin, Rodman, Hyams, Amberber, Cox, and Thornton. Please note that the 9^th edition of the unit text book has had significant updates, and previous editions will not be reliable substitutes.  
• It is essential that students have access to a copy of the textbook through the semester. 
• Lecture support material, assessment task instructions, and other relevant materials are uploaded to the LING111 iLearn site. Lecture slides may be made available, although there is no guarantee that they will be available before lectures.  
• The lectures are recorded, which makes lectures available to students who are unable to attend classes. However, attendance at lectures will be an advantage.  
• Students are expected to attend or listen to all of the lectures in the order they are delivered, as near as possible to when they are delivered. In addition, they are advised to use the recordings to review or revise lectures, especially as the exams draw near.  
• Note that in this unit much of the lecture material and related learning experience is cumulative, meaning that within the various topic areas one lecture will usually provide necessary knowledge for the next one, as well as for the following week’s tutorial.  
• In addition, the tutorial material is designed for students to practice progressively what has been covered in lectures in the previous week or weeks, so students who do not keep up to date with the lecture material will find themselves at a serious disadvantage in tutorials during the semester.  
• Each week students are expected to study the lecture notes, and come to their tutorial class having read the relevant section in the textbook and having attempted the tutorial preparation as set out each week in the tutorial worksheets posted online. Tutors will check each week that students have at least made a serious attempt at the tutorial preparation as set out in the worksheets.

The LING111 lecture schedule may be changed at short notice. Please refer to the LING111 iLearn for specific details.