Date
assigned |
Date due/
Finish by |
Assignment |
Notes |
| Wk. 9: 11/20 |
Wk. 10: 11/23 |
- Monday: Come prepared with your Delpit Reading Questions. Also do
Difficult Symbols Practice #1-30 ONLY. For Monday.
- Finish the parsing
practice exercise we began working on in class last week.
It will be due Mon., 11/30, but you may want to start now in case you
are going away for Thanksgiving.
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Reminder: No class Tues., 11/24 (furlough day) or Weds., 11/25 ("Travel
Day"). |
| Wk. 8: 11/9-12 |
Wk. 9: 11/16-19 |
- For Monday: Read
O'Grady & Cho
Sections 5 "Syntactic Development" and 6 "What makes
language acquisition possible?"
- For Monday: Weekly
Transcription Exercise #6.
- For Tuesday: Read
Wheeler and Swords "Codeswitching." Answer the Reading
Questions that go with this reading. Write your answers
down and come prepared to discuss them with your classmates on Monday.
I will collect these as a written homework assignment.
- For Thursday:
Read Delpit, "Language
Diversity and Learning." Answer
the Reading
Questions that go with this reading. Write your answers
down and come prepared to discuss them with your classmates on Thursday.
I will collect these as a written homework assignment.
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No class Weds.,
11/18. Furlough day. |
| Wk. 7: 11/5 |
Wk. 8: 11/9-12 |
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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.
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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 |
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| Wk. 4: 10/14 |
Wk. 5: 10/19-22 |
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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 |
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- 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.
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| Wk. 2: 10/1 |
Wk. 3: 10/5-10/8 |
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For help with
phonetic symbols, consult these handouts:
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| 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.
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- Note to TESL certificate students: You should visit me in
the office next week so we can talk about your term projects.
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| 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.
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