English 391: Assignment Schedule

California Polytechnic State University
English Department

English 391: Topics in Applied Linguistics
Linguistics and Language Arts K-12

Assignment Schedule

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Last updated on 11/5/09

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Date assigned	Date due/ Finish by	Assignment	Notes
Wk. 7: 11/5	Wk. 8: 11/9-12	Have Newby Chs. 7 & 8 read by Thursday. Written homework for Monday: Weekly Transcription Exercise #5	No class Weds., 11/11. Veterans' Day.
Wk. 6: 10/28	Wk. 7: 11/2-5	Read for Monday the Fisher and Kruse articles on context in vocabulary learning. Prepare and bring with you answers to the Reading Questions that go with these readings. I may call on people to get responses to the questions. For Wednesday and Thursday, read Newby Chapters 6 & 7. These are dense, so you might want to start on the weekend. Written homework for Monday: Weekly Transcription Exercise #4; More Morphology Exercises; and the Exam Feedback survey that I sent out in an e-mail.	Project reminder: Early literacy and Vocabulary projects are due on the last day of class, Dec. 3rd. Be sure you have time to do a thorough content check and proofread your paper; read the project instructions page again carefully. Come and see me if you need any help!
Wk. 5: 10/22	Wk. 6: 10/26-29	For Monday: Prepare your answer to the Reading Question for Newby 4 & 5. Bring to class a printout of "An Overview of the English Morphological System". Written homework: "Exercise: Categorization and Association in the Lexicon"; Weekly Transcription Exercise #3; and "Morphology Exercises" 1, 2, & 3 ONLY. By Wednesday, have the following articles read: "Vocabulary Development" in O'Grady & Cho, and Miller and Gildea "How Children Learn Words." MILLER AND GILDEA IS ON BLACKBOARD. Prepare responses to the Reading Questions for these two articles and bring them on Wednesday. It is essential that you bring your responses to these questions. START READING ON THE WEEKEND. Written homework for Thursday: "Practice: Morphological Analysis".
Wk. 4: 10/14	Wk. 5: 10/19-22	Midterm exam is Tuesday, Oct. 20th. Work with Course Objectives. These have been marked to indicate which items will be tested. If you have printed these out already, REVISIT THEM. Material has been added from the videos you have viewed. There will be some easy phonetic transcription work on the midterm. For practice (and homework due Tuesday) do Weekly Transcription Exercise #2. Reading: Newby (little blue book) Chapters 4 & 5 and the online handout "An Overview of the English Morphological System". Have these read by Thursday. Prepare the Reading Questions for Newby.	You will need a 15-question scantron (#815E) and a small blue book for the test. (And pencil and eraser.) Monday will be a review session for the test. Bring questions!
Wk. 3: 10/8	Wk. 4: 10/12-10/15	Read this online article: "Phonology, Phonics, and English Spelling." The exercise on the page is NOT assigned. For Monday. For Wednesday read Fredericks "The Complete Phonemic Awareness Handbook" pp. 1-25 (in the course reader) and the online reading "On Phonemic Awareness." Prepare answers for the Reading Questions for this reading. Written homework: Analyzing the syllable structure of English words - For Monday. For Thursday: Weekly Transcription Exercise #1 -- #1 ONLY!! Get started over the weekend.	Thursday, Oct. 15th, I will be on furlough. Attendance is required for the film "American Tongues." Our midterm is coming up! October 20th (Tuesday) -- be working with the Course Objectives.
Wk. 2: 10/1	Wk. 3: 10/5-10/8	Read Rubba "The Phonetics and Phonology of English" for Monday. Read O'Grady & Cho "First Language Acquisition," from the beginning to p. 417; stop above Part 3. For Thursday. Written homework: IPA to English Spelling (key here) and Identifying English Vowels. Key here. Follow SELF-CORRECT procedures for this work. Both due Thursday.	For help with phonetic symbols, consult these handouts: Learning Phonetic Alphabets for English Help with phonetic symbols Frequently-asked questions about phonetic symbols Transcription Tips Drawing unfamiliar phonetic symbols
Wk. 1: Thurs., 9/24/09	Wk. 2: 9/28-10/1	Reminder: Mon., 9/28 is a furlough day for me. Attendance at class is required; you will view a video documentary on language acquisition. My office hour for that day is cancelled. Read Delpit, "Education in a Multicultural Society." Prepare responses to the related Reading Questions. We will discuss this reading on Tues. and Weds. On Thursday, 10/1, we will meet in the Teacher's Resource Collection area on the second floor of the library. There, you will preview the course materials you will be working with in the materials-evaluation projects.	Note to TESL certificate students: You should visit me in the office next week so we can talk about your term projects.
Wk 1: Tues., 9/22/09	Wk. 1: Thurs., 9/24/09	Before you do any course reading, visit the Course Objectives page to help you find what is important in each reading. Read Newby, pp. 1-22. Finish by Wednesday. Read Gee, "What is literacy?" -- This reading is available on Blackboard under "Course Materials." Finish by Thursday, but begin as soon as possible. As you read, consult and answer the Reading Questions that go with each reading. Write your answers down. These are not to hand in, but will be the basis for class lecture and discussion in class. Fill out Day One Student Questionnaire; due Wednesday.