Course:LLED489A

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Hello and welcome to LLED 489A!

Please note that this wiki will always contain the most up-to-date info, resources, dates, etc. Check it often and feel free to add your own relevant links under 'recap and resources' any time!

Micro-teaching lesson samples: download here. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tjty6b6hy2uemrm/gSMv3EFBjD

Week 1: the Big Picture

Day 1: Monday, May 13 - Introduction

Intro to the course, talking about what we'll be doing, assignments, etc.


Recap & Resources

McCabe, A. (2011). An introduction to linguistics and language studies. London: Equinox. (optional reading) https://www.equinoxpub.com/equinox/books/sections/FreeSections/ISBN9781845534257/CE42E496-D120-4617-BEA1-8A6A55ECD596.pdf


Powerpoint

Powerpoint can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yf2v8ubwcjpupva/489A%20day%201.ppt

The syllabus, with some changes, like typo fixes, can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/20tdi74aq7kv761/489A%20Summer%20T1%202013%20HH.doc

Day 2: Tuesday, May 14 - Linguistics, world languages, language change

Recap & Resources

What do we know about language? The 12 points are summarized here: http://caesar.ctl.cityu.edu.hk/courses/CTL2201/Chap1-summary.htm

MAK Halliday's diagram "Domains of Language Study" can be seen here. (What do you find yourself most drawn to?)

A comedy sketch (I mentioned it in class) and discussion of what linguists might sound like to non-linguists: http://tenser.typepad.com/tenser_said_the_tensor/2007/04/friendly_milk.html

Additional Readings

Bamgbose, A. (1998), Torn between the norms: innovations in world Englishes. World Englishes, 17: 1–14 Includes the section on the five questions to help distinguish an error from a variation.

A short introduction to studying sociolinguistic variation by David Britain

Sounds Familiar, a website about English variation in the United Kingdom (with many examples)



Powerpoint can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jbk3dlqhje5pbs2/489A%20day%202.ppt

Day 3: May 15 - Pragmatics

Recap & Resources

A useful introduction to pragmatics: http://www.universalteacher.org.uk/lang/pragmatics.htm


Powerpoint is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8wfxou4mzivtjz/489A%20day%203.ppt

Day 4: May 16 - Academic discourse

Ken Hyland Reading: e-Book available at UBC library here: http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/docDetail.action?docID=10427118 (Chapter 6)

Recap & Resources


  • Discourse analysis in the langauge classroom books from University of Michigan:

volume 1 (speaking) http://www.press.umich.edu/8353/discourse_analysis_in_the_language_classroom

volume 2 (writing) http://www.press.umich.edu/8751/discourse_analysis_in_the_language_classroom




Powerpoint can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uqwl7iib6ryalms/489A%20Day%204.ppt

Review sheet can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vkbi36ftpnqqcrh/489A%20week%201%20review.doc

Week 2: Building Blocks

NO CLASS MONDAY MAY 20

Day 5: May 21 - Phonetics & Pronunciation

Reed, D. (1948). The importance of the native language in foreign language teaching. Language Learning, 1(1), 17-24. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-1770.1948.tb01363.x/pdf


Powerpoint is here! https://www.dropbox.com/s/nyjgshj9ifb55mj/489A%20Day%205.ppt


Suggested Readings

Derwing, T. M., & Munro, M. J. (1997). Accent, intelligibility, and comprehensibility: Evidence from four L1s. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19, 1-16. [UBC eLink]

Hahn, L. & Watts, P. (2011). (Un)Intelligibility Tales. In. J. Levis & K. LeVelle (Eds.). Proceedings of the 2nd Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Conference, Sept. 2010. (pp. 17-29),Ames, IA: Iowa State University. [link]

Ask A Linguist: Accents. (overview of accent from Anthea Gupta): http://linguistlist.org/ask-ling/accent.cfm

Recap & Resources

IPA chart (just for reference - no need to use this, you can stick with the textbook) http://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/ipa/images/IPAchart2005.pdf

Murray Munro's website: http://www.sfu.ca/~mjmunro/Murray_Munro/Home.html

Newcastle University Practical Phonetics website: http://teaching.ncl.ac.uk/ipa/index.html

British Council Phonemic Chart (with sounds!) http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/activities/phonemic-chart

IDEA (International Dialects of English Archive): http://www.dialectsarchive.com/

George Mason University Speech Accent Archive: http://accent.gmu.edu/

Youtube video from Popking161: "Mandarin Chinese Accent English" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGRqjW3CjX4

The "fah bah" illusion (submitted by Cameron): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0

Day 6: May 22 - Phonology & Morphology

Powerpoint

Is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2fccqaaw09enkbx/489A%20Day%206.ppt


Recap & Resources

Take the wug test -- with the real pictures -- from the American public radio program On Being: http://blog.onbeing.org/post/12115178026/sunday-morning-exercise-take-the-wug-test

More about Jean Berko Gleason and the wug test from On Being: http://www.onbeing.org/program/unfolding-language-unfolding-life/256

The Wikipedia page for English phonology is actually pretty good if you can scan it for relevant info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_phonology

The difference between phonetics and phonology, from the blog "All Things Linguistic": http://allthingslinguistic.tumblr.com/day/2013/05/21

SIL glossary of linguistic terms: http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/


Recommended Readings

Berko, J. (1958). The Child's Learning of English Morphology. Word, 14, 150 177. [link]

(I recommend at least taking a quick look at the results section to help you review some rules of English morphology and phonology!)

Day 7: May 23 - Syntax & Grammar

Powerpoint is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rjwgnz66bccgpj0/489A%20Day%207.ppt

Recap & Resources

Tomori Nagano's very useful IPA practice chart: http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/tnagano/ELL101Resources//

Sentence tree practice: http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/tnagano/ELL101Resources/docs/practiceTree.pdf

Notes and practice problems on drawing syntactic trees: http://people.umass.edu/scable/LING201-SP13/Slides-Handouts/Syntactic-Trees.pdf

Free corpus linguistics resources: http://courses.washington.edu/englhtml/engl560/corplingresources.htm

Week 2 review sheet: https://www.dropbox.com/s/txsp6q8pvidwpmw/489A%20week%202%20review.doc

Week 3: Language and Literacy in Education

Day 8: May 27- FLA & semantics

Powerpoint is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k9xxux0ce8xxap7/489A%20Day%208.ppt

Micro-teaching presentations:

Elin, Nehad, Jessica, SE, & Yuanyuan - Teaching formal register through business letter writing

Angie, Shalini, Helena, Stepfanie, & Yueli - Phonetic Patterns of English Dialects


Recap & Resources

Talking Twin Babies video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JmA2ClUvUY

Marlup story [link to Google Books

Wikipedia has a useful page on componential analysis for semantics: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Componential_analysis

Day 9: May 28 - Writing (& FLA cont'd)

Powerpoint: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b4hdtuiph8qjwkc/LLed%20489%20Day%209.ppt

Additional (short!) required reading: Walter Ong - "The Differences Between Orality and Literacy": http://newlearningonline.com/literacies/chapter-1-literacies-on-a-human-scale/ong-on-the-differences-between-orality-and-literacy/

Micro-teaching presentations:

Duane, Emily, Jamie, PJ, and Candis - Pragmatics in the Classroom

Tracy, Negar, Joy, & Karen - Teaching tenses with permission slips



Recap & Resources

Child Language Acquisition data analysis activity (registration required): http://www.teachit.co.uk/langacquisition?resource=5958

Deb Roy - the Birth of a Word (Ted talk): http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html


Recommended Reading

Noah Webster: "Noah Webster On the Necessity for an American Language" and "Noah Webster and America's First Dictionary"

Lillis, T. (2013).The sociolinguistics of writing. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

(Article about the Piraha tribe) The Interpreter: Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language? by John Colapinto http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/16/070416fa_fact_colapinto

Day 10: May 29 - Literacy

Powerpoint is here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vcasx8lola33x12/LLED%20489A%20Day%2010.ppt

Micro-teaching presentations:

Grace, Denise, Debra, Cameron, & Rey - Developing L2 Students’ Academic Register through online academic searches

Kendra, Mark, JeeYoon, Sindy, & Shawn - Home dialects vs. academic language


Recap & Resources

Vicki Purcell-Gates' website: http://educ.ubc.ca/faculty/vpurcell-gates/ - we looked at some materials about an adult project (below) but a lot of her work focuses on younger learners.

Jacobson, E., Degener, S., & Purcell-Gates, V. (2003). Creating authentic materials for the adult literacy classroom: A handbook for practitioners. Cambridge, MA: World Education, Inc. http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/teach/jacobson.pdf

Evans, M.D.R., Kelley, J., Sikora, J., Treiman, D. (2010). Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 28, 171–197. [1]

Day 11: May 30 - The End

Recap & Resources

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