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//Week 1 (ST Chapter 1)//

Key SLA Questions

 * 1) What do all L2 learners know about language and communicating?
 * 2) What exactly does an L2 learner come to know?
 * 3) How does the L2 learner acquire this knowledge?
 * 4) Why are some L2 learners more successful than others?
 * 5) What are the implications of the answers to questions 1-4 for teaching?

//Week 2 (ST Chapters 2, 3 through p. 52)//
 * 1) Bley-Vroman, R. (1989). What is the logical problem of foreign language learning?

**Linguistic perspectives on SLA**
> ry - How accurate is ST's summary of this paper? = =
 * 1) Selinker (1972). Interlanguage

//Week 3 Labor Day, Sept 8// > ry - See also [|Young, R. . Error Analysis: Avoidance] which is based on Schachter's paper. > ry - How does Schachter's analysis support the claim that Chomskyan linguistic competence is needed to explain SLA?
 * 1) Schachter, J. (1974). An error in error analysis

//Week 4 Sept 13, 15// > > ry - Consider the implications of (1) on (2) and (3). Does one, or both, of the these papers commit the comparative fallacy?
 * 1) Bley-Vroman, R. (1983). The Comparative fallacy
 * 2) Bailey, N. Madden, C. Krashen S. (1974): Is there a "natural sequence" in adult language learning?
 * 3) Bardovi-Harlig, K. & Reyolds, D. (1995): The role of lexical aspect in the acquisition of tense and aspect?

//Week 5 (Finish Chapter 3 ST, pp. 52-65) Sept 20, 22// > > ry - How do each of these papers support the claim that explicit teaching of language knowledge is necessary? What can teachers do to shape the input and output of L2 learners?
 * 1) White, L. (1987). Against comprehensible input: the Input Hypothesis and the development of L2 competence
 * 2) Perdue, C. & Klein, W. (1992). Why does the production of some learners not grammaticalize?

//Week 6 (ST Chapter 4) Sept 27, 29(?)//

Psychology of SLA
> ry - Why is this an important paper for SLA teachers to read in terms of the key SLA questions (week 1)? > > ry - Compare the discussion of age in ST to the conclusions in this paper.
 * 1) Johnson, J. & Newport, E. (1989). Critical period effects in second language learning: The influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language
 * 1) Long, M. (1990). Maturational constraints on language development

//Week 7 (ST Chapter 5) Oct 4, 6//

Social contexts of SLA
> ry - Describe how L-system grammars might provide insight into language competence and SLA research.
 * 1) Schumann, J. (1978). Second language acquisition: The pidginization hypothesis
 * 2) Schmidt, R. (1983). Interaction, acculturation, and the acquisition of communicative competence: A case study of an adult.
 * 3) Bonus: Review article: Gregg, K. (2010) Shallow draughts: Larsen-Freeman and Cameron on complexity

//Week 8 (ST Chapter 6) Fall Break, Oct 13//
 * 1) ry - Discuss the conclusions of Schumann and Schmidt in light of the discussion in ST Chapter 5**.**
 * 2) Vann, R. & Abraham, R. (1990). Strategies of unsuccessful language learners.

//Week 9 Oct 18, 20 (Eng 515 off)// > ry - Discuss the effects/importance for L2 acquisition of teaching explicit language knowedge in light of Vann and Abraham (1990) and Platt and Troudhi (1997)**.**
 * 1) Platt, E. & Troudhi, S. (1997). Mary and her teachers: A Grebo-speaking child's place in the mainstream classroom.

Some Eng 715 readings here (four case studies! :-)

//Week 10 Oct 25, 27//
 * 1) Ioup, G. et al. (1994). Reexamining the critical period hypothesis: A case study of successful adult SLA in a naturalistic setting.
 * 2) Discussion of case studies (led by Eng 715 graduate students)

//Week 11 Nov 1, 3//

Instructional effects on SLA

 * 1) Pica, T. (1983). Adult acquisition of English as a second language under different conditions of exposure
 * 2) Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. (1990). Focus-on-form and corrective feedback in communicative teaching: Effects on second language learning
 * 3) VanPatten, B. & Cadierno, T. (1993). Explicit instruction and input processing

//Week 12 Nov 8, 10// > > ry - **Respond to one of the these three most recent papers.**
 * 1) Spada, N. & Lightbown, P. (1993) Instruction and the development of questions in L2 classrooms
 * 2) Trahey, M. & White, L. (1993). Positive evidence and preemption in the second language classroom
 * 3) Fotos, S. (1994). Integrating grammar instruction and communicative language use through grammar consciousness-raising tasks.

//Week 13 (ST Chapter 7) Nov 15, 17//

Putting it all together

 * 1) Long, M. (1990). The least a second language acquisition theory needs to explain
 * 2) Lightbown, P. (2000). Classroom SLA research and second language teaching

//Week 14 Nov 22, 24 (Thanksgiving Break)// > **In what areas do they disagree?**
 * 1) ry - **In what areas do ST, Long, and Lightbown agree?**

//Week 15 Nov 29, Dec 1//
 * 1) Johnson, Karen, & Freeman, D. (1998). Reconceptualizing the Knwoledge-Base of Language Teaching Education
 * 2) Yates, Roberts, & Muchisky, D. (2003). On reconceptualizing teacher education.

//Week 16 Dec 6, 8//

English in the world context

 * 1) Jenkins, J. (2006). Current perspectives on teaching World Englishes and English as a Lingua Franca
 * 2) ry - **Start working on take-home final**

//Week 17 Dec 15 (Final Exam Week)//
 * 1) ry - **Turn in take-home final**

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