First-Year Tutorial:
Second Language Acquisition
Meeting Time: Mondays or Wednesdays
4:00-5:00 p.m. (Ciruti 9)
SPRING SYLLABUS
DISCUSSION FORUM: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/germ/courses/tutorial/forum/
A discussion question will be posted after each book/article is
        completed--PLEASE READ EVERYONE'S CONTRIBUTION!
DATE
ASSIGNMENT
Monday,
February 1
Semester overview; discussion of projects
Monday,
February 8 
ARTICLES: "Second Language Learning through Interaction: Multiple Perspectives" (Teresa Pica) & "Temporal Reference in Story Retellings," (Lambert)
Monday,
February 15
ARTICLES: "What Makes us Think that Students who Study Abroad Become Fluent?" (Freed) & "Language and Identity in Immigrant Language Acquisition and Use" (Dittmar et al) 
(Discussion question due by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 12th)
Monday,
February 22
Kramsch, Context and Culture in Language Teaching (pp.1-69)
Monday, 
March 1 
Kramsch, Context and Culture in Language Teaching (pp.70-129)
Monday, 
March 8
Kramsch, Context and Culture in Language Teaching (pp.130-204)
Monday,
March 22
Kramsch, Context and Culture in Language Teaching (pp.205-end)
(Discussion question due by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 19th;
  question will be posted by March 13th)
Monday,
April 5 
Omaggio Hadley, Teaching Language in Context (pp.1-69)
Monday,
April 12 
Omaggio Hadley, Teaching Language in Context (pp.73-158)
Monday, 
April 19
Omaggio Hadley, Teaching Language in Context (pp.162-284)
Wednesday,
April 28
Omaggio Hadley, Teaching Language in Context (pp.290-407)
(Discussion question due by 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 17th)
Wednesday
December 9
Review of readings and discussion of projects
Monday,
May 3
Concluding discussion and presentation of final projects
You should make every effort to attend the events sponsored by the Center for Leadership and Public Interest Advocacy. Several events are planned for second semester (see Leah Glasser's E-mail) including a discussion with Jonathan Kozol and with Herbert Kohl. More information will be sent to you at a later date! 
FINAL SEMESTER PROJECT: Paper or WWW site!

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