Course:LLED478B/S2015
Hello and welcome to LLED 478B in the summer of 2015!
This page will not be accurate until the morning of Tuesday, July 28. Please check back then. Please note that this wiki will always contain the most up-to-date info, resources, dates, etc. If anything on here contradicts the paper syllabus, the wiki is probably right.
Day 1: Monday, July 27 - Introduction
Intro to the course, talking about what we'll be doing, assignments, etc.
Recap & Resources
UPDATED SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE (As of July 29)
Course description on LLED website
Joel's applied linguistics blog (often boring)
Day 2: Tuesday, July 28: Intro to Assessment / Test Designs
Intro to Assessment / Principles of Assessment
Please read the following before class:
- Brown & Abeywickrama: Ch. 1 (pp. 3-11; skim the rest); Ch. 3
Powerpoint
Additional Recommended Readings
- none
Recap & Resources
- Kathleen Bailey's book Learning About Language Assessment
- Some good assessment/testing websites: One is Ericae.net - Clearinghouse on assessment and evaluation; another is the Foreign Language Assessment directory - a database of tests for foreign languages other than English
- Useful book with samples of test development/rationales etc: Language Testing in Practice by Lyle Bachman and Adrian Palmer
- Samples of all sections on the IELTS test can be found at IELTS.org here.
CELPIP info: CELPIP- https://www.celpiptest.ca
Online Sample of the CELPIP Test - https://secure.paragontesting.ca/InstructionalProducts/FreeOnlineSampleTest/FOST2/View/3d12ae20-ee20-42da-a7f8-8545a0ae6ab9
Government of Canada (Immigration, eligibility, language testing, and express entry) - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/language-testing.asp
Day 3: Wednesday, July 29: Speaking & Listening
Please read the following before class:
- Brown & Abeywickrama: Ch. 7&8
Powerpoint
Additional Recommended Readings
- Buck, G. (2001). Assessing Listening. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ("Lost" at UBC library, unfortunately.)
Recap & Resources
- Sample IELTS listening item we evaluated: http://www.ielts.org/pdf/Listening%20Sample%20Task%20-%20Form%20Completion.pdf
- IELTS speaking sample we assessed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVLqiy9WjdA
- Canadian Language Benchmarks: http://www.language.ca/index.cfm?Voir=sections&Id=17397&M=4032&Repertoire_No=2137991327
- IELTS speaking band descriptors: http://www.ielts.org/microtraining/assets/docs/Speaking%20Band%20Descriptors%20V2.pdf
- Common European Framework speaking (pp 12-13): http://www.cambridgeenglish.org/images/22649-rv-examples-of-speaking-performance.pdf
- TOEFL iBT independent speaking rubric: http://www.ets.org/Media/Tests/TOEFL/pdf/Speaking_Rubrics.pdf
LPI info: About LPI: https://www.lpitest.ca/about/what-groups-use-lpi-scores/
Day 4: Thursday, July 30: Grammar & Vocabulary/Grading
Please read the following before class:
- Brown & Abeywickrama: Ch. 11 OR 12 depending on your interest
Powerpoint
Additional Recommended Readings
- The Assessing Grammar and Assessing Vocabulary books from the Cambridge Language Assessment Series. (Let me know if you want to take a look at any of these.)
- I encourage you to check out vocab word lists: the Academic Word List and the General Service List
Recap & Resources
- BCTESOL (Formerly ESL-PSA, formerly ELL-PSA)
Day 5: Tuesday, August 4: Reading & Writing
Please read the following before class:
- Brown & Abeywickrama: Ch. 9 & 10
Powerpoint
Additional Recommended Readings
Recap & Resources
- Writing and Reading Working Together from the National Writing Project (US)
- Hyon, S. (1996). Genre in three traditions: Implications for ESL. TESOL Quarterly, 30, 693–722
- Ferris, D., and Hedgcock, J .S. (2005). Teaching ESL composition: Purpose, process, and practice (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Weigle, S. (2002). Assessing writing. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- The Grammar Debates: a long-running debate between two scholars about whether corrective feedback on grammar in writing is useful or not.
- Some lecture material was adapted from Hamp-Lyons, L., & Kroll, B. (1996). Issues in ESL writing assessment: An overview. College ESL, 6(1), 52–72, which can be found in the book Landmark Essays in ESL Writing available at the UBC library.
- Another book: "Good Writing" in Cross-Cultural Context
TOEFL: http://www.ets.org/toefl - The Official Website of the TOEFL
http://www.ets.org/toefl/teachers_advisors/advisor_toolkit - A section of the TOEFL site which has a lot of information and resources for educators who have students interested in taking the test
https://www.lexile.com/toefl/ - A site that can give book suggestions based on a student’s reading score on the TOEFL. It is supposed to help students improve their reading skills but suggesting books that are appropriate for student improvement.
Day 6: Wednesday, August 5: Alternative Assessment
Please read the following before class:
- Brown & Abeywickrama: Ch. 6
Powerpoint
Additional Recommended Readings
Recap & Resources
Day 7: Thursday, August 6: TESL & Culture
Please read the following before class:
- Eli Hinkel: Culture & Pragmatics in Langauge Teaching (Celce-Murica ch 40 or here http://www.elihinkel.org/downloads/culture_and_pragmatics.pdf)
Powerpoint
Additional Recommended Readings
- "Is Culture Really Dead in TESOL?" (including short articles "The Concept of Culture is Under Fire," "Culture Should be Dead," "Culture Trouble," and "The Relevance of Culture in the ESL Classroom"
Recap & Resources
- Moran, P. (2001). Teaching Culture: Perspectives in Practice. Boston: Heinle & Heinle.
- Corbett, J. (2003). An intercultural approach to English language teaching. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters.
- NorQuest College: Critical Incidents for Intercultural Communication (Free PDF book & activities on critical incidents)
- Langauge Learners as Ethnographers.
Day 8: Monday, August 10: guest lecture
Guest lecture from LLED PhD candidate Liz Chiang.
Optional readings:
- Duff, P. (2002). Pop culture and ESL students: Intertextuality, identity, and participation in classroom discussions. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45(6), 482-487.
- Kubota, R., & Lin, A.(2009). Race, culture, and identities in second language education: Introduction to research and practice. In R. Kubota & A. Lin (Eds.), Race, culture, and identities in second language education: Exploring critically engaged practice (pp.1–24). NewYork: Routledge.
Day 9: Tuesday, August 11: Teaching Culture: EFL
Please read the following before class:
Nault, D. (2006). Going global: Rethinking culture teaching in ELT contexts. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 19 (3), 314–328 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07908310608668770
Powerpoint
See Day 7 PPT for "culture learning outcomes" and some other relevant concepts mentioned today.
Additional Recommended Readings
Recap & Resources
- Linda Harklau -- has done research critiquing the way learners' "culture" is treated in TESL. She had the example of the student who wanted to do a project about Germany but was not allowed to because it was not "her culture." Try her article "From the Good Kids to the Worst" or her chapter "Representing Culture in the ESL Writing Classroom" in Eli Hinkel's book Culture in Second Language Teaching and Learning.
- Adrian Holliday -- suggested the idea of "small cultures" and wrote an interesting book on racial/cultural tensions in teaching English as an international language.
Day 10: Wednesday, August 12: Teaching Culture: ESL
Please read the following before class:
Walsh-Marr, J. (2011). Keeping up the conversation on culture: A response to Robert Courchene and others. TESL Canada Journal, 29, 113-120.http://www.teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/article/view/1093/912
Suggested reading or at least skimming: Courchene, R. (1996). Teaching Canadian culture: Teacher preparation. TESL Canada Journal, 13(2), 1-16. http://teslcanadajournal.ca/index.php/tesl/article/view/666
Additional Recommended Readings
- Horwitz, E. K. (1985). Using student beliefs about language learning and teaching in the foreign language methods course. Foreign Language Annals, 18(4)
- Duff, P. (2002). Pop culture and ESL students: Intertextuality, identity, and participation in · classroom discussions. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 45, 482-487
- Courchene, R. (1996). Teaching Canadian culture: Teacher preparation. TESL Canada Journal, 13(2),1-16.
- Hess, N. (2001). Teaching large multilevel classes. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
- Liu, L. (2011). An international graduate student's ESL learning experience beyond the classroom. TESL Canada Journal 29 (1), 77-92).
- Levy, S. (n.d.) I Didn’t Know I’d Have to Referee: Addressing Cultural Conflict in the ESL Classroom. Busyteacher.org