My diagram shows what I conceive LS 221 to be as someone who has taken the course.

The structure of English involves going back to one’s basic knowledge of what language is
and the role that it plays in people’s lives, to get a “feel” and an understanding of the
subsequent topics in the course. From there, one can move to learning more about
morphology, morphemes, affixes, roots and stems and how these morphemes form the
words in a language.
The discussions on morphology is followed by a discussion on phonology and
phonetics, where one is introduced to the science behind making and hearing speech
sounds. An interesting discussion can ensue when the subject of how non native speakers
pronounce certain sounds in English, and how English phonetics can vary across varieties of
the language. Just as interesting is the issue of “acceptable” accents.
Word order and sentence creation and the rules governing how clauses and sentences
are made is tackled in the discussion on syntax.
Finally, the last discussion would focus on how a knowledge of morphology, syntax,
phonetics, and phonology could be applied by language teachers and scholars in their
work. Such knowledge as obtained in the course can greatly help teachers understand their
students better and in the process more effectively teach them, while for language
researchers a handy knowledge of the four mentioned aspects of the English language
could whet their interest in conducting researchers in those fields.