Hello
Concerning methodology,I remember in my first year we dealt with:types of dictionaries,scanning and skimming,how to choose a book from the library ,paraphrasing,summarizing,plagiarism
Coming to linguistics,everything that has to do with l a n g u a ge
definition of linguistics,definition of l a n g u a g e,characteristics of l a n g u a g e,phonemes,allophones,morphemes
Good luck