Course Detail
IE 547/LIN 572/TESL 547 Cultural Dimensions of Second Language AcquisitionIE 547/LIN 572/TESL 547 IS Sec 1, University of Mississippi 3 credit hours |
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Instructor Information: |
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Instructor name: Instructor Information: He first studied and taught in Mexico City for a number of years, and after that experience, returned to the United States to finish his Ph.D. in TESOL at Ole Miss. After finishing his degree, he taught at the University of Alabama for several years, where he was director of two programs: ESL and Foreign Language Education, and also managed a federal grant. He has taught additional intensive TESL classes overseas. After his tenure at the University of Alabama, Michael returned to Ole Miss to teach Spanish and ESL for several years. In the Fall 2010 semester, he began teaching in the TESOL and IEP programs and has also taught a number of courses online for Modern Languages. |
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Contact Information: |
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For lesson or test administration issues, please contact the iStudy department: The University of Mississippi Phone: (662) 915-7313, toll-free (877) 915-7313 |
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Course Description |
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Sociolinguistic and ethnographic perspectives on issues faced in cross-cultural communication and language teaching in multicultural classrooms. We will begin our exploration of sociolinguistics with a look at globalization and the spread of English as a “global” or “world language”. We will look at the relationship between English and other languages and at the many social contexts for English as an International Language (EIL) teaching and learning, discussing inner circle, expanding circle, and out circle contexts. We will cover issues relating to multilingualism and diglossia, talking about how that relates to language policy and planning. In addition, we will discuss language variation and language “standards” from the perspective of interactional sociolinguistics. Finally, we will end with a discussion of social sensitive EIL teaching practices. |
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Textbook Information: |
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Textbook information will be provided upon enrollment in your iStudy course. |
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Course Outline: |
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This course consists of 12 instructional lessons and 2 proctored exams. You MUST take the syllabus quiz within 2 weeks of enrolling or you will be dropped from the course. NOTE: you must pass the Syllabus and Orientation Quiz for the course materials to appear on the Lessons page. |
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Lesson |
Reading Assignments |
Due for Grades |
Pacing Guide |
Start Here |
*You MUST complete the syllabus quiz as soon as you have access to your Blackboard course. This is mandatory to verify your attendance.* NOTE: you must pass the Syllabus and Orientation Quiz for the course materials to appear on the Lessons page. |
Syllabus Quiz |
Week 1 |
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Lesson 1: English in an era of globalization |
Lesson quiz |
Week 1 |
2 |
Lesson 2: Social contexts for learning EIL learning |
"Social Contexts for ETL" Worksheet |
Week 2 |
3 |
Lesson 3: Multilingual societies |
Lesson quiz |
Week 3 |
4 |
Lesson 4: Language planning and policy |
Work on Analytical Exercise A |
Week 4 |
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Analytical Exercise A: Classroom Language Policy |
Analytical Exercise A |
Week 4 |
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Lesson 5: Linguistic variation and standards |
Lesson quiz |
Week 5 |
6 |
Lesson 6: Interactional sociolinguistics |
Lesson quiz |
Week 6 |
7 |
Lesson 7: Towards a socially sensitive EIL pedagogy |
Midterm exam review |
Week 7 |
Midterm Exam |
Covers lessons 1-7 |
To be scheduled |
Week 7 |
MIDPOINT OF COURSE |
If you are a semester student, you must reach the midpoint of your course by the date specified in your information. |
All lesson assignments or exams needed to reach the midpoint of the course |
The exact date semester students are required to reach the midpoint is specified in your information. |
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Lesson 8: Style and styling |
Lesson quiz |
Week 8 |
9 |
Lesson 9: Critical Language Awareness |
Lesson quiz |
Week 9 |
10 |
Lesson 10: Pidgins and Creoles |
Lesson quiz |
Week 10 |
11 |
Lesson 11: Teaching EIL |
Lesson quiz |
Week 11 |
12 |
Lesson 12: Language and identity |
Journal entry |
Week 12 |
13 |
Lesson 13: A holistic classroom |
Work on Analytical Exercise B |
Week 13 |
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Analytical Exercise B: Multimodal Multilingualism |
Analytical Exercise B |
Week 13 |
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Lesson 14: Language Ethinicity |
Journal entry |
Week 14 |
15 |
Lesson 15: Language and culture in the classroom |
Final exam review |
Week 15 |
Final Exam |
Covers lessons 8-15 |
To be scheduled |
Week 15 |
Grading: |
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Grading Scale: Grades for this course will be determined by a point system with a total of a 500 course points. FAILURE TO TAKE THE FINAL EXAM WILL RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE COURSE. You must submit the lessons required to take the course exam(s). Lessons required but not submitted will receive a grade of zero. For the final exam, all coursework must be submitted and graded. |