Linguistics/Reading Comprehension Summer 2012 Monday through Friday 1:00 -1:50pm, 2:05 2:55pm, 3:10 4:00pm & 4:10

10 5:00PM Leadership Building, Room 111 Primary Instructor: Miki Loschky Email: mikil@ksu.edu Secondary Instructor: Chris Remple Email: cremple@ksu.edu Office Phone: (785) 532-2125

Office Hours: Friday 11:30am 12:30pm, or by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores the theoretical underpinning of language acquisition and linguistics that educators need to understand, in order to better plan appropriately adapted curriculum and instruction for second language learners. The course encompasses dynamics of second language acquisition (SLA), the ways in which languages may differ, and certain universal aspects of language. This course is also intended to increase reading fluency, crucial for coping with difficulties that second language learners often encounter in academic reading. This goal is achieved through various types of activities which focus on increasing reading rate, developing reading comprehension skills, understanding paragraph patterns, and building general and academic vocabulary

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: By the end of the course students will be able to: Have an understanding of 4 primary language systems vis--vis literacy development processes, including the graphophonic, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic systems. Identify why second language learners make certain types of phonological, morphological, syntactic, and orthographical errors in English and how to support them in overcoming such challenges. Describe effective strategies for academic reading comprehension in English. Apply strategies appropriately in a range of different academic reading tasks. Recognize text/discourse structures (e.g., cause and effect, comparison and contrast, problem and solution). Recognize authors perspectives, techniques, and arguments. ADDITIONAL GOALS FOR THE COURSE: Students will learn how they can continue to develop their academic reading skills even after
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completing this course. Students will improve their reading rate. Students will continue to develop general English vocabulary. Students will also increase their use of oral language for academic purposes.

REQUIRED READINGS: Freeman, D., & Freeman, Y. (2004). Essential Linguistics: What you need to know to teach reading, ESL, spelling, phonics and grammar. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann (Reserved at the Hale Library) Yaworski, J. (2006). Getting Ahead. New York: Pearson Education, Inc. (Provided in class) Yule, G. (2010). The study of language. New York: Cambridge University Press (Posted KSOL)

OTHER REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: A binder in which to keep all articles, handouts, writing, and homework An English dictionary (recommended) An active KSU e-mail account (check regularly) An access to K-State Online to submit assignments and get feedback from the instructor

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: Daily Assignments: In-class and out-of-class assignments are designed to provide you with the explanation and practice of second language acquisition (SLA) and fundamental reading strategies that you can apply to your own academic reading. Reading activities will be assigned as pre-reading, during reading, and post-reading strategies. Reading Circle (RC): The class will be arranged into small groups for this activity. Each time a different group member (the leader) will be responsible for selecting a short reading (1-2 pages) from the RC reading list. Additionally, the leaders for the week will prepare a vocabulary list of 5 10 words or phrases, 3 comprehension questions and 2 discussion questions related to the reading and lead the discussion in class. There will be 3 or more reading circle activities (depending on the number of students) throughout this course. A more detailed handout will be provided. Be sure to save all of your reading circle articles for the final project. Reading/vocabulary Logs: This is a short written log recording the observations you have made about your reading and vocabulary learning experiences. Using the materials you will read through this semester, you will briefly summarize the reading. More importantly, you will
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reflect and comment on your reading and vocabulary learning processes, strategies used, difficulties encountered, and any other relevant observations. A template for each log will be provided for this activity. Reflection Paper (Final Project): You will write a thoughtful report (2~3 pages, double spaced) on your reading strategies, vocabulary learning strategies, self-assessment of the strategies, and other relevant observations. You will reflect on your personal learning and strategies and how you can take this knowledge to your own English language classroom. More details and specific guidelines will be provided later.

GRADING: This is a Credit/No Credit course. In order to get credit, you must receive an overall grade of at least 75% of the points given for the assignments listed above. Attendance & Class Participation (including in-class assignments) 30 points* Reading Circle activities (3) 20 points Reading/vocabulary Logs (4) 10 points Midterm 10 points Final Exam 10 points Reflection Paper (Final Project) (1) 20 points -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 100 points * 30 = Attendance (10), In-class Assignment (10) , and Out-of-class Assignment (5x2 =10) LATE WORK: Please turn in your assignments on time. As for late submission, 10% of the total score will be taken off per day late. Exceptions will be given only in extreme circumstances. If you are absent, it is your responsibility to turn in assignments that were due while you were absent. It is your responsibility to ask me (the instructor) what make-up work is needed. Some assignments may be submitted via K-State Online. Other assignments will be due at the beginning of class. If you know in advance that you will be absent, let the instructor know. ATTENDANCE: In any language course, regular attendance and participation is vital to improvement and success. If you do not attend this class regularly, and on time, you will fail the course. Class begins promptly. We have a lot to do in a 50-minute class, and it slows everyone down every time we have to stop to help someone who couldnt make it on time. Please respect your classmates, and come on time. If you are late or absent, it is your responsibility to contact the teacher or other students to find out what you missed and to complete it by the due date.
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Academic Honesty: Kansas State University recognizes that rules regarding academic honesty and intellectual property are different across cultures. We also recognize that all of our students are expected to abide by a particular definition of academic honesty, one that is common to universities in the US. Students who do not follow these rules, for whatever reason, may be charged with cheating or plagiarism. Common punishments for such violations include failing the assignment, failing the course, suspension from the university, or even expulsion. The following definition of academic honesty comes from the universitys Honor System: sufficient assurance that, in academic matters, one's work is performed honestly and without unauthorized assistance ! The term "plagiarism" includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgement. It also includes the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials. It is ultimately each student's responsibility to understand the rules regarding plagiarism and cheating and to learn how to avoid such violations. If you have questions about this, ask your instructor and/or visit the KSU website: http://www.k-state.edu/honor/students/plagiarismexample.html

Important Dates in Summer 2012: 7/4 (Wed): Independence Day (No class) 8/10 (Fri): Last day of class

Course Calendar for Summer 2012 Linguistics/Reading Comprehension

Day

TOPIC

REQUIRED READINGS

ASSIGNMENTS (All of the activity sheets/handouts are provided in class)

Week of 6/4

Course Introduction Opening Discussion Properties of Language Chomskys theory of language acquisition First Language Acquisition (FLA) Using top-down information to predict text content. Using context clues to understand meanings Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Krashens hypotheses on SLA Mapping new information onto exiting information for coherent understanding of text. Compare/contrast English Phonology (the study of the sounds of English) Identifying main ideas and supporting details.

Course Syllabus Essential Linguistics Ch. 1 (pp. 1-22) Reading posted on KSOL: Yule pp. 11-15 and Yaworski, pp. 7887

What is language in Pictures & Words Opening discussion handout

Week of 6/11

Essential Linguistics Ch. 2 (pp. 23-40) Reading posted on KSOL: Yaworski, pp. 87-90

Visual representation of Krashens hypotheses Tri-Fold RC Activities Submit Out-of-Class Assignment #1 (6/11) Submit Reading/Vocab Logs (6/15) Phonetic transcription Exercises Submit Out-of-Class Assignment #2 (6/20) TOEFL Reading Practice Test #1 (6/22)
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Week of 6/18

Essential Linguistics Ch. 3 (pp. 49-72) Ch. 4 (pp. 74-97) Reading posted on KSOL Yaworski Ch. 4

Week of 6/25

English Orthography Recognizing text/discourse structures. Using transitional expressions to understand meaning

Essential Linguistics Ch. 5 (pp. 98-129) Reading posted on KSOL: Yaworski Ch. 9

Teaching tools for unique English spelling Discourse GO (Cause-effect) Submit Reading/Vocab Logs (6/25) Mid-term Exam on FLA, SLA, Phonology, and Orthography (6/29)

Week of 7/2

English Morphology (analyzing English by studying how words are formed) Bottom-up processing: Using lexical cues to understand meaning Making Sense of Words Interacting with the target vocabulary necessary to comprehend the text

Essential Linguistics Ch. 7 (pp. 166-188) Reading posted on KSOL: Yaworski, pp. 96-98

DOTS Chart Verbal & visual word association Morpheme activities RC activities Submit Out-of-Class Assignment #3 (7/6) Pick-Tac-Tell Personalized dictionary Cognate Walls Submit Reading/Vocab Logs (7/9)

Week of 7/9

Essential Linguistics Ch. 7 (pp. 189-215)

TOEFL Reading Practice Test #2 (7/13) Week of 7/16 Week of 7/23 English Syntax Using linguistic cues to understand meaning Syntax and Second Language Teaching Essential Linguistics Ch. 9 (pp. 244-249) Essential Linguistics Ch. 9 (pp. 216-249) Tree diagram exercises Cloze activities RC activities Submit Reading/Vocab Logs (7/23) Synonym we##ing Semantic ma ing
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Week of 7/30

Semantics Top"down processing: Making semantic

Reading posted on KSOL: Yule Ch. 9

connections to the topic that you are reading #y activating prior knowledge and organizing it Week of 8/6 Pragmatics Self-monitoring com re!ension "# identif#ing inconsistent$irrelevant information Verbalizing what you understand about the text and drawing inferences Reading posted on KSOL: Yule Ch.10 and Yaworski Ch. 7

TOEFL Reading Practice Test #3 (8/3)

Inconsistency Detection Tasks Mind Map/Think aloud & Explaining Final Project Due (8/9) Final Exam on Morphology, Syntax, and Reading Comprehension (8/10)