April & May

Week 12— Assessing Writing & Reading
Tues., Apr.3	Assessing Writing Practice Day 1: Rachita, Sarah, Lindsay H:  Validity and Reliability Discussion Questions  H:  Reading & Writing Assessment--Discussion Questions for Th Homework: TROE:  Chapter 9 Optional: (ER)  Aebersold & Field (1997). Chapter 9, “Assessing L2/FL Reading”
Thurs., Apr.5	Assessing Reading     Padlet Practice Day 2: Maryam, Jessica, Phoebe Homework: TL2C:  Chapter 8 Optional:  (ER) Frodensen, J. (2001). “Grammar in writing.”  Optional: (ER) Reid, J. (1998). “Responding to ESL students’ language problems…”

Week 13— Error Treatment & Vocab Acquisition
Tues., Apr.10	Error treatment in writing Practice Day 3: Linda, Colin, Anastasia H:  Error Correction Sample Essay: http://tinyurl.com/error-sample Homework: TROE:  Chapter 8 https://padlet.com/randallsadler/vocabulary
Thurs., Apr. 12	Vocabulary acquisition and Reading Practice Day 4: Erika, Nalaka, Becca 15 Vocabulary Activities in 15 Minutes Effective Strategies for Teaching Vocabulary in the ESL Classroom (Canadian TEFL Journal) 10 Good Games for Recycling Vocabulary (Internet TESL Journal) **DUE: Course Observation & Reflection Report Due

Week 14— Technology and Contrastive Rhetoric
Tues., Apr.17	Technology and Reading/Writing Practice Day 5: Arzu, Paige, Sunny, Jasmin Lessons from your Observations Links to be used in-class.  No need to check ahead: Vocabulary Resources One nice vocabulary tool:  Flashcard Machine Text Analyzers/Readability A few Technology Resources Document Sample 1   Document Sample 2 Jin Kim's  COCA presentation: http://tinyurl.com/o9ptdse 50 Essential Resources for ESL Students Sign-up Sheet for Final Project Presentations Homework: HUD, Contrastive Rhetoric Optional: (ER) Reid, J. (1998). “Using contrastive analysis to analyze ESL/EFL student error”
Thurs., Apr.19	Contrastive Rhetoric Discussion     Slides for during Class Practice Day 6: Crystal, Daniel, Carolina DUE: **Comprehensive Exam due (applies ONLY to MATESL students taking the Comp exams and graduating this semester—Comp. exam will be discussed in class) HW:  Bring a draft of your project to class on Tuesday (can be electronic).  Also bring some questions with you about your project (e.g., Does this activity from this day work?   What other way could we do this part?, etc.). HW:  Consider how to best display your materials on the shared website.  What kinds of pages do you need?   How many different pages, etc.

Week 15—Presentations of Final Projects
Tues. Apr. 24	Final Project work time!  Either work on your own, or stop by my office with questions.
Thur. Apr. 26	Class Workshop on Final Projects AND on the project website

Week 16—Presentations of Final Projects
Tues., May 1	Presentation of Final Projects Course Wrap-up Course Evaluations, etc.
Wed.,  May 2	Last Day of Classes for university (our last class yesterday)
Fri., May 11	Final Project for the course due NO LATER THAN May 11th at 11:59pm (those taking the Comp exam and who will graduate this semester see April 19th) will have already completed this)