Linguistics 531 - Course Calendar

Course Calendar (subject to change)

Week	Date	Discussion Topic(s)	Assignment(s)
1.	M Jan. 4	Introduction to course and each other	Purchase texts, Pre-test
2.	W Jan. 6	Teaching grammar	Larsen-Freeman (To be distributed in class. Also in Celce-Murcia (1991) Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, 2nd edition, pp.279-296). Grammar Book 1
3.	F Jan. 8	Teaching grammar	Grammar Book 2 System2 (pp.34-36)
4.	M Jan. 11	Teaching grammar	Celce-Murcia (on reserve. Also in TESOL Quarterly, 25, 459-480)
5.	W Jan. 13	Teaching grammar	Terrell (on reserve. Also in Modern Language Journal, 75, 52-63)
6.	F Jan. 15	Teaching grammar	Bardovi-Harlig & Dornyei (on reserve). Also in TESOL Quarterly, 32, 233-262.
7.	M Jan. 18	No Class. Martin Luther King Day Holiday
8.	W Jan. 21	Teaching grammar	Tomasello & Herron (to be distributed in class).
9.	F Jan. 22	Exam #1: Philosophies of teaching grammar
10.	M Jan. 25	Lesson plan development for grammar classes	Begin Observation / Teaching
11.	W Jan. 27	Lesson plan development for grammar classes (Writing teaching objectives).
12.	F Jan. 29	Words	Grammar Book 3 Systems 1
13.	M Feb. 1	Groups of Words	Grammar Book 5 Systems2
14.	W Feb. 3	Copula "Be" and Subject-Verb Agreement	Grammar Book3 Systems1 LP for Be and S/V agreement
15.	F Feb. 5	Student Presentations: Copula "Be" and Subject/Verb Agreement
16.	M Feb. 8	The Auxiliary System	Grammar Book6 Systems3
17.	W Feb. 10	The Verb Tense System: simple and continuous	Grammar Book7 (pp. 109-118) Systems 4a (pp. 46-69)
18.	F Feb. 12	The Verb Tense System: perfect, perfect continuous	Grammar Book7 (pp.109-118) Systems4a (pp.70-91) LP for Aux and Verb Tense
19.	M Feb. 15	No Class. PresidentŐs Day Holiday
20.	T Feb. 16	Monday instruction. Student Presentations: Auxiliary System, Verb Tense System (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous)
21.	W Feb. 17	Voice System	Systems4b
22.	F Feb. 19	The Negation System	Grammar Book10 Systems5 LP for Voice System and Negation DLLS Conference, Feb. 18-19
23.	M Feb. 23	Student Presentations: Voice System and Negation
24.	W Feb. 24	The Modal System	Grammar Book8 Systems8 LP for Modals, Y/N Questions and Wh-Questions
25.	F Feb. 26	Exam #2: material since Exam #1
26.	M Mar. 1	Questions	Master, Ch. 7, pp. 136-148; Grammar Book 11 & 13 Systems 7
27.	W Mar. 3	Noun Phrases; Noun Clauses; Objects	Grammar Book 19 Systems8 LP for Modals, Y/N Questions and Wh-Questions
28.	F Mar. 5	Student Presentations: Modals, Y/NQuestions and Wh-Questions (to be videotaped)
29.	M Mar. 8	Virtual Class #1
30.	W Mar. 10	Virtual Class #2
31.	F Mar. 12	Virtual Class #3	Text Review Due
32.	M Mar. 15	The Pronoun System	Systems9 LP for Noun Clauses, Objets, Pronouns
33.	W Mar. 17	Student Presentations: Noun clauses, Objects, Pronouns
34.	F Mar. 19	The Determiner System: Articles	Grammar Book 15 SystemsI(pp.213-227)
35.	M Mar. 22	The Determiner System: Other Central and Noncentral	Grammar Book16 Systems 10 (pp. 227-240)
36.	W Mar. 24	The Adjective System	Grammar Book20 & 28 Systems11 LP for Articles, Adjective phrases, Adjective clauses
37.	F Mar. 26	Student Presentations
38.	M Mar. 29	The Adverbial System	Grammar Book 25 Systems12 Observation/Teaching Logs Due
39.	W March 31	The Preposition System	Grammar Book 25 Systems13 (pp. 286-308) LP for Adverbs, Preps of time, Preps of place
40.	F Apr. 2	Student Presentations: Adverbs, Prepositions of time, Prepositions of place
41.	M Apr. 5	Phrasal Verbs	Grammar Book22 Systems 13 (pp. 308-313)
42.	W Apr. 7	Coordination and Subordination	Grammar Book 22 Systems14 LP for Phrasal Verbs, Subordination, Coordination
43.	F Apr. 9	Student Presentations: Phrasal verbs, Subordination, Coordination (to be videotaped)	Intermountain TESOL Conference, SUU/Cedar City Position Paper Due
44.	M Apr. 12	Review for final exam
45.	M Apr. 19	Final Exam, 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

1997 Š Dr. Neil J. Anderson
Department of Linguistics
Brigham Young University
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 6, 1998