Week 1: Materials and checklist
Materials for week 1 are available below, followed by a checklist of things for you to do during the week.
Week 1 Materials
Lecture materials
Lecture recordings and quizzes will become available on learn shortly after the lecture finishes.
Lecture 1: Introduction
- Slides
- Quiz released on gradescope after lecture
- Reading
Lecture 2: Words
- Slides
- Quiz released on gradescope after lecture
Lecture 3: Morphology
- Slides
- Quiz released on gradescope after lecture
- Reading
- JM2 3.0-3.1 (*) [Please see the resource list for access]
Week 1 additional required materials
- ANLP 23-24 intake form (to complete before Thursday)
- Mathematics tutorials, for those not already familiar with these concepts. Note that the self-assessment exercise below, and the course material from Week 3 onward assume you're familiar with these concepts, especially Probability Theory.
- Week 1 self-assessment exercise. Solutions will become available at the bottom of this page in the beginning of week 2.
- Week 2 Lab [will be added and announced late in week 1]. Work through the Preamble and Preliminaries section only. The remainder can be completed during the lab session in week 2.
Week 1 additional optional materials
- Our reading list provides some further reading in most weeks that goes beyond the core course material. This is for students who want an extra challenge or want to learn more about recent research related to the week's topics. It is not compulsory and you will not be examined on this material.
ANLP: Readings
Week 1 Checklist
Along with the regular weekly activities, there are various things you need to do by the end of Week 1 to get set up for the course. To help you keep track of everything, here is a checklist to work through.
Steps you should take as soon as possible:
- Read through the guidance on whether to take the course, and start working through the mathematics and Python tutorials linked there if you are not already comfortable with that material. You will need to have completed the tutorials by the end of week 2.
- ANLP: Should I Take This Course?
- Mathematics tutorials
- Python tutorial
In particular, note that the Week 1 self-assessment exercises rely on the material in the Probability Theory tutorial, and the lectures starting in Week 3 will assume you've worked through that material. - Review the course syllabus.
- ANLP course syllabus - Register for Piazza, which we will use as a class discussion and Q&A forum:
- Go to the ANLP Learn page (link in upper righthand menu here) and then click on the link there for "Piazza".
- Accessing Piazza via the Learn page will ensure you are registered using the correct email address: your UUN@ed.ac.uk email address (e.g., s1234567@ed.ac.uk).
- If you already have a Piazza account using a different email address, follow these instructions to add a new email address or merge accounts. - Register for Gradescope, which we will use for self-assessment quizzes starting in week 1, and for assignments.
- Go to the ANLP Learn page (link in upper righthand menu here) and then click on the link there for "Gradescpe".
- Accessing Gradescope via the Learn page will ensure you are registered using the correct email address: your UUN@ed.ac.uk email address (e.g., s1234567@ed.ac.uk).
Do at 11:10am on Monday of Week 1:
- Attend the first lecture session, and complete the first post-lecture quiz.
Aim to do by Wed/Thu of Week 1:
- Make a first version of your weekly study schedule. You may need to update it a bit as your other course schedules settle and you see how long things take you, but having a preliminary version will get you off to a good start.
- Get started on the self-assessment exercises, which you should complete before the start of Week 2.
Do by the end of Thursday of Week 1:
- Complete our intake form.
- Please complete the form even if you’re still deciding whether to take the course. But please don’t complete it if you are just planning to audit (register class-only).
- The form will ask a few quick questions about your background. We use this information to get a better sense of the range of students in the class and for course planning and management.
ANLP 23-24 Intake Form
Aim to do by Friday of Week 1:
- Get your DICE account.
- This process is automatic, and Informatics students will get their account when they matriculate. Outside students get their account when they register for this class, so please try to register as soon as possible.
- You will need a DICE account to log in to the lab computers for this class, but students work in pairs on the lab, so if you don't have your account in time for the first lab next (in Week 2), you can work with a partner who does have an account.
Do by end of Week 1 (Sunday evening):
- Complete the Week 1 self-assessment exercises which were posted at the start of Week 1. You can use the auto-checker for some of them, and solutions with a bit more explanation will be posted on Monday morning of Week 2. If you have remaining questions about them, or about other course material, please post to Piazza!