Course Calendar

(Subject to Change)
SCHEDULE:

Reading assignments are to be completed by the beginning of the class period on the day they are listed. Campbell followed by chapter numbers refers to reading from Teaching second language writing. Kroll followed by chapter numbers refers to reading from Exploring the dynamics of second language writing. Anderson followed by chapter numbers refers to the reading from Exploring second language reading. Grabe & Stoller followed by chapter numbers refers to reading from Teaching and researching reading. This reading schedule is subject to change. Reading assignments will be made during each class session. There may be additional assignments made in class as necessary.

1 M Jan. 5 Introduction to course and each other

Addressing various student writing processes
  • Purchase texts, Pre-test
  W Jan 7 Exploring the field of L2 writing
  • Kroll 1, 2; Campbell 1
2 M Jan. 12 Exploring the voices of key stakeholders: Teachers and students; Preparing lesson plans
  • Kroll 3, 4; Campbell 2
  W Jan. 14 Exploring writers’ finished texts
  • Kroll 5, 7; Campbell 6, 7
3 M Jan. 19 No class. Martin Luther King Holiday.

  
  T Jan. 20 BYU Devotional

  
  W Jan. 21 Exploring writers’ finished texts

The Writing Garden Web-site
  • Kroll 6; Campbell 8
4 M Jan. 26 ELC Writing Observations

  
  T Jan. 27 BYU Devotional

  
  W Jan. 28 ELC Writing Observations

  
5 M Feb. 2 ELC Writing Observations

  
  T Feb. 3 BYU Devotional

  
  W Feb. 4 ELC Writing Observations

  
6 M Feb. 9 Exploring the contextualities of texts
  • Kroll 8, 9; Campbell 3
  T Feb. 10 BYU Devotional

  
  W Feb. 11 Exploring the contextualities of texts
  • Kroll 10, 11; Campbell 4
  • Writing text review due
7 M Feb. 16 No Class. Holiday.

  
  T Feb. 17 Monday class day.

Exploring technologies
  • Kroll 12; Campbell 5
  • Writing LP due
  W Feb. 18 Exploring Ourselves

Review for the mid-term exam
  • Kroll 13; Campbell 9
  • Take-home mid-term exam distributed
8 M Feb. 23 Understanding L2 reading
  • Mid-term exam due
  • Grabe & Stoller 1, 2, 3
  T Feb. 22 BYU Devotional

  
  W Feb. 25 Research in reading
  • Anderson 1; Grabe & Stoller 4, 5, 6
9 M Mar. 1 Activate prior knowledge
  • Anderson 2
  T Mar. 2 BYU Devotional

  
  W Mar. 3 Cultivate vocabulary
  • Anderson 3; Grabe & Stoller 7
10 M Mar. 8 ELC Reading Observations

  
  T Mar. 9 BYU Devotional

  
  W Mar. 10 ELC Reading Observations

  
11 M Mar. 15 Teach for comprehension
  • Anderson 4
  T Mar. 16 BYU Devotional

  
  W Mar. 17 Increase reading rate
  • Anderson 5
  Th Mar. 18- F Mar. 19 DLLS Conference, Wilkinson Student Center, Guest: Professor Doug Biber

  
12 M Mar. 22 Verify reading strategies
  • Anderson 6
  T Mar. 23 BYU Devotional

  
  W Mar. 24 Verify reading strategies
  • Grabe & Stoller 8
13 M Mar. 29 No Class. TESOL Convention.

  
  T Mar. 30 BYU Devotional

  
  W Mar. 31 No Class. TESOL Convention.

  
14 M Apr. 5 Evaluate progress
  • Anderson 7
  • Reading lesson plan due
  T Apr. 6 BYU Devotional

  
  W Apr. 7 Build motivation
  • Anderson 8; Grabe & Stoller 9
  • Reading text review due
15 M Apr. 12 Plan for instruction and select appropriate reading materials
  • Anderson 9, 10; Grabe 10
  • Observation/ Mentoring/ Teaching journal due
  • Take-home final exam distributed
  T Apr. 13 BYU Devotional

  
16 M Apr. 19 Take-home final exam due 2:30 p.m.

  
  W Apr. 21 Research paper due 11:00 a.m.

  

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Department of Linguistics and English Language
Brigham Young University
Last Updated: January 10, 2011