Instructor
Course Information
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Dr. Dorothy Chun

Professor of German and Applied Linguistics, Department of Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies

Enrollment Code: 50229

Wednesdays 1:00-3:50 p.m.

Phelps 6320

dchun@gss.ucsb.edu

Office hours: Mondays 10:00-11:00 a.m. and by appointment

Syllabus | Journals

Course Description:

Applied Linguistics is a large field, and only a small portion of the field can be examined in a quarter. This course will focus on what research in second language acquisition (SLA) tells us about language teaching and learning. We will discuss different methodologies of foreign language teaching, briefly tracing the history of methodologies used in the U.S., with special emphasis on the ones currently enjoying widespread use. We will discuss practical applications of SLA theories and methodologies to languages taught by class participants. In Spring 2005, the next course in this sequence, German 262B, will cover theories of SLA from a variety of perspectives, e.g., UG, psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, sociocultural theory.

Course Materials:

Brown, H. Douglas. (2000). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Regents.

Omaggio Hadley, Alice. (2001). Teaching Language in Context, 3nd ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.

Schmitt, Norbert (ed.) (2002). An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, London: Arnold (co-published in the U.S. by Oxford University Press).

Course Requirements:

Reading, active participation in discussions, leading one class discussion*.

(*To prepare for leading the discussion, select a few key ideas from the chapter or article and prepare a few questions for discussion. You should assume that everyone will have read the chapter/article, so you do not need to summarize it. Most important is to identify controversial or confusing issues that can be discussed during class.)

Short papers:

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Revised Syllabus

Week
Topic
Assignment

Week 1

9/29/04

Scope of Applied Linguistics, Second Language Acquisition (SLA)

Language, Learning, and Teaching

Kramsch, 2000 (MLA e-journal)

Schmitt, Ch. 1

Brown, Ch. 1

Week 2

10/6/04

PART I: Language Learning

Theoretical Perspectives: From Empiricism to Rationalism

  • Behaviorism
  • Universal Grammar (Chomsky)
  • Monitor Theory (Krashen)
  • Cognitive Theory (Ausubel, McLaughlin)
  • Connectionist

Comparing First and Second Language Acquisition

 

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 2

Brown, Ch. 10

Schmitt, Ch. 7

[ Recom.: Brown, Ch. 4]

 

Brown, Ch. 2

[ Recom.: Brown, Ch. 3]

Week 3

10/13/04

PART II: Language Teaching

Historical Overview of Foreign Language Teaching Methodology

Approaches vs. Methods:

  • Three "Traditional" Methods
    • Grammar-Translation
    • Direct Method
    • Audiolingual Method
  • Two Mentalist Perspectives
    • Cognitive Anti-Method
    • Cognitive Code
  • Modern Adaptations of the Direct Method
    • Total Physical Response
    • The Natural Approach
  • Humanistic Approaches to Language Teaching
    • Community Language Learning
    • The Silent Way
    • Suggestopedia

 

Lightbown, 2000 (Applied Linguistics e-journal)

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 3

Brown, "In the Classroom" vignettes at the end of every chapter

 

Assignment #1 due

 

Week 4

10/20/04

Methodology in Transition (1980s-1990s):

Communicative Competence, Proficiency and the "Standards" [C. Harmelin]
  • Competence vs. Performance
  • Grammatical vs. Communicative Competence
  • Proficiency
  • National Standards
  • The Accuracy Issue

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 1

Brown, Ch. 9

[ Recom.: Richards & Rodgers, Ch. 14]

Nassaji & Fotos, 2004 (ARAL e-journal "Current developments in research on the teaching of grammar") [M. Pierfederici]

Week 5

10/27/04

Language Testing and Assessment: McGraw-Hill Teleconference

Note: Class will meet from 12:00-2:50 in Kerr Hall, Studio B

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 9; Schmitt, Ch. 15

Assignment #2 due

 

 

Week 6

11/3/04

Role of Context in Comprehension and Learning

  • Background Knowledge
  • Schema Theory
  • Advance Organizers

Individual Learner Factors: Learning Styles & Strategies [M. Coster]

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 4

 

Brown, Ch. 5

Schmitt, Ch. 10

[Recom.: Brown, Ch. 6]

Week 7

11/10/04

 

 

PART III: Proficiency-Oriented Instruction

Proficiency-Oriented Approach to Listening and Reading [S. Rowland]

  • Similarities in Listening and Reading
  • Processes and Skills Involved in Listening Comprehension
  • Processes and Skills Involved in Reading Comprehension

Assignment #3 due

 

Omaggio Hadley,Ch. 5

Schmitt, Ch. 11, 13

[Recom.: Vandergrift, ARAL 2004; Grabe, ARAL 2004

Week 8

11/17/04

 

Developing Oral Proficiency [K. Wilson]

  • Interlanguage
  • Strategies for Developing Oral Proficiency
  • Error Correction in the Classroom
  • OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview)

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 6

Schmitt, Ch. 12

[Recom.: McCarthy & O'Keeffe; Jenkins, ARAL 2004]

Week 9

11/24/04

 

 

Becoming Proficient in Writing [R. York]

  • Insights from First Language Writing
  • Guided vs. Free Composition
  • Research on the Composition Process
  • Research on Evaluation and Feedback
  • Writing and the Computer: Use of Networking, Peer Review

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 7

Schmitt, Ch. 14

[Recom.: Silva & Brice, ARAL 2004]

Assignment #4 due

Week 10

12/1/04

 

 

Language Teaching for Cultural Understanding [C. Jany]

  • Strategies for Teaching
  • Use of Authentic Materials
  • Intercultural Competence (Byram, Liddicoat)
  • Culture as process (Wright)

Technology and Language Learning [R. Nardi]

Omaggio Hadley, Ch. 8

Kramsch, 1997, 1998; Wright, 2000

[Recom.: Brown, Ch. 7]

Kern et al., ARAL 2004; Lomicka & Cooke-Plagwitz, 2004

Finals Week

Exam

Oral or written final

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Journals [link to UCSB Library website and access to e-journals]

SLA Research FL Research/Pedagogy Language-Specific
Applied Linguistics Canadian Modern Language Review French Review
Language Learning Foreign Language Annals Hispania
Second Language Research Modern Language Journal Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association
Studies in Second Language Acquisition TESOL Quarterly Unterrichtspraxis

 

Selected Bibliography:

Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2004, Vol. 24, Advances in Language Pedagogy.

Cook, V. J. (2001). Second Language Learning and Language Teaching, 3rd ed. Arnold.

Kaplan, R. B. (ed.). (2002). The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kern, Richard. (2000).  Literacy and Language Teaching.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Kramsch, Claire. (1998). Language and Culture. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Larsen-Freeman, Diane. (2000). Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Lightbown, Patsy M. and Nina Spada. (1993). How Languages are Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Lomicka, Lara & Cooke-Plagwitz, Jessamine. (2004). Teaching with Technology, Boston: Heinle/Thomson.

Richards, Jack C. & Rodgers, Theodore S. (2001). Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching, 2nd ed. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press.

Shrum, Judith L. and Eileen W. Glisan. (2000). Teacher's Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction, 2nd ed. Boston: Thomson Learning.

VanPatten, Bill, & James F. Lee. (2003). Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen, 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.

 

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