WRITING DEADLINES

Writing Assignments and Other Tasks

You are expected to do a number of writing projects and to do them in stages so that writing can be commented upon, critiqued, help can be provided, and improvement takes place over time. We will be writing about language and society in S. Asia, but we will be paying attention to the craft of research and expository writing as well. This requires deadlines which will be rigidly adhered to, and time management on the part of students. For an idea of what I expect students to do in writing projects, see Helpful Hints I also provide a `Critique Sheet' which I will use to critique your writing.

Due Dates for Assignments:

• Due Monday, Jan. 31: Hand in one paragraph describing the person (or family) you have located whose linguistic biography you will be reporting on.
  
  
• Monday, Feb. 28th: due date for linguistic biography of the speaker you have chosen.
• Monday, March 28th: due date for revised version of linguistic biography you already handed in.

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• Due Dates: Large Project. The longer project, which you will be doing the major writing report on, has the following schedule:

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Schedule:

1. Monday, February 14: One page description of your proposed project, with some bibliography that you have already located and know is available. Before this date, you will meet with me on an individual basis (schedule an appointment) to discuss the feasibility of your project.
2. Monday February 21st
   
   Hand in a longer statement of purpose and fuller bibliography of your intended project. What you will do, how you will do it, how you will relate it to themes and material covered in this course. (This is the deadline that was previously listed as Feb. 13th)
   
   

March 4-13: Spring Break!

3. Monday, March 14.
   Hand in some connected prose writing that begins to address the issues you wish to deal with in your project. We will be looking for content as well as good form here.
4. Monday, March 28th

Hand in a semi-final draft of your project. This will be an almost finished product, as finished as you can make it, still allowing for some critique by your instructor, to give you time to polish it some more by the end of the semester.

5. Monday April 25th

Final Draft due. This will incorporate all the changes you will have made in response to our previous suggestions, and other work you will have done on the project.

The topic of the longer project is to write about some topic we have dealt with in class. During our conferences, we can discuss possible topics. To help you understand the requirements for this writing project, see my home page http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/helphint.html).



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haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu, last modified December 12, 2004.