Bilingual Education and Teaching Group Contract

Fall 1997 Syllabus

Faculty: Evelia Romano Thuesen. Sem. 3113 ext # 6434, e-mail: romanoe

Library Faculty: Ernestine Kimbro. Lib. 2300L ext # 6258, e-mail: kimbroe

Secretary: Julie Douglas. Sem. 3127 ext # 6550/5427, e-mail: douglasj

Course description

During fall quarter we will explore several theoretical issues related to, and preparatory for, the study of bilingual education and teaching in the following order: first and second language acquisition, the bilingual individual and the bilingual community, cultural and social issues related to bilingualism, language diversity and multiculturalism, and an introduction to bilingual education and the politics of bilingualism. A three-hour workshop each week will be devoted to the study of second language teaching, with particular consideration of different theories and methodologies.

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Schedule: A typical week

Monday: 1:00 -3:00 PM Lecture, L 2205

Tuesday: 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM Lecture, SE 3151

Wednesday: 10 :00 AM- 1:00 PM Workshop, L 1505

Thursday: 9:00 - 11:00 Seminar, SE 3151

Seminar

Students will be in charge of presenting the week's readings and leading the discussion around principal concepts every Thursday. Students in charge of presentations are expected to research the theme for achieving a thorough understanding of the material and providing more material for discussion. Seminars will focus on the analysis of the readings, enriched by the information provided in lectures and seminar discussion. Seminar presentations and participation in discussion are important requirements for receiving full credit.

Field trips

During Fall quarter we will visit some local examples of bilingual programs recently implemented. The participation in the field trips is compulsory and students must make all necessary arrangements to assure their attendance to these events.

Papers

Two short response papers to readings and lectures will be required during this quarter. The due date for the first paper will be Thursday of fourth week; and the second paper will be due Thursday of eighth week. Deadlines are sacred and no exemptions will be made under any circumstance.

Midterm take-home exam

At the beginning of fifth week, students will receive the exam. It will require substantial library research of material beyond that covered in class in order to be completed satisfactorily. The exam's due date will be Thursday of the sixth week and late exams will not be accepted or corrected.

IMPORTANT: The Washington TESOL conference will take place on November 1 and students from the program have been invited to participate. A minimum of 5 and a maximum of 8 students will have to prepare thoroughly, expeditiously, and steadily for the event. Those students who choose to work on the panel presentation for the conference will have the two response papers waived.

Presentation

Each student will choose a subject for a final presentation by the third week of the quarter. They will turn in a preliminary description and bibliography in the ninth week. At the end of Fall quarter, students will give a preliminary oral report on their research which will continue through Winter quarter and conclude in a research paper and oral presentation. Students will have the opportunity to share and discuss their projects in seminar during Fall quarter.

Credit, evaluation and conferences

All the activities mentioned above are absolutely required in order to receive full credit. Credits will be awarded in linguistics (language acquisition), education, bilingual education theory and teaching methodology. I will schedule individual conferences with students during week seven to discuss their performance and final projects. Evaluations and conferences at the end of Fall quarter will be optional for continuing students.

If students have problems with any aspect of the program's contents or activities, it is their responsibility to contact the faculty immediately in order to face difficulties squarely instead of letting them worsen.

Reading list
  • Acton, William R. and Judith Walker de Felix. "Acculturation and Mind." Culture Bound. Bridging the cultural gap in language teaching. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 20-32.
  • Beebe, Leslie, ed. Issues in Second Language Acquisition. Multiple Perspectives. Boston: Heinle and Heinle, 1988.
  • Brown, Douglas H. "Learning a Second Culture". Culture Bound. Bridging the cultural gap in language teaching. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1986. 33-48.
  • Celce-Murcia, Marianne, ed. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. 2ed. Boston: Heinle and Heinle, 1991.
  • Coelho, Elizabeth. "Social Integration of Immigrant and Refugee Children." Educating Second Language Children: The Whole Child, the Whole Curriculum, the Whole Community. Ed. Fred Genesee. Cambridge, New York: cambridge University Press, 1994. 301-327.
  • Cummins, Jim. "Knowledge, Power and Identity in Teaching ESL." Educating Second Language Children: The Whole Child, the Whole Curriculum, the Whole Community. Ed. Fred Genesee. Cambridge, New York: cambridge University Press, 1994. 33-58.
  • Dupris, Joseph C. "The National Impact of Multicultural Education: A Renaissance of Native American Indian Culture through Tribal Self-Determination and Indian Control of Indian Education." Proceedings of the Eight International Conference on Bilingual Bicultural Education, Seattle, 4-9 May 1979. Ed. Phillip C. Gonzales. Virginia: National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, 1981. 69-78.
  • Fishman, Joshua A. "Bilingualism and Biculturism as Individual and as Societal Phenomena." Bilingual Education for Hispanic Students in the United States. Eds. Joshua Fishman and Gary D. Keller. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982. 23-37.
  • Grosjean, François. Life in two languages. An Introduction to Bilingualism. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1982.
  • Gutiérrez, Fernando José. "Bicultural Personality Development: a Process Model." Advances in Bilingual Education Research. Eds. Eugene García and Raymond V. Padilla. Arizona: The University of Arizona Press, 1985. 96-124.
  • Katchan, Olga. "Early Bilingualism: Friend or Foe." Knowledge and Language. Eds. I. Kurcz, G.W. Shugar and J.H. Danks. Advances in Psychology 39. Amsterdam: North Holland, 1986. 667-690.
  • Lyon, Jean. Becoming Bilingual. Language Acquisition in a Bilingual Community. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 1996.
  • McKay, Sandra and Sau-ling Cynthia Wong. Language Diversity, Problem or Resource? Boston: Heinle and Heinle, 1988.
  • McKeon, Denise. "Language, Culture and Schooling." Educating Second Language Children: The Whole Child, the Whole Curriculum, the Whole Community. Ed. Fred Genesee. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994. 15-32.
  • Ovando, Carlos J. and Virginia Collier. Bilingual and ESL Classrooms. Teaching in Multicultural Contexts. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1982.
  • Peñalosa, Fernando. Introduction to the Sociology of Language. Rowley, Mass: Newbury House Publishers, 1981. (Chapter 4: "Language, Society and Culture.")
  • Porter, Rosalie Pedalino. Forked Tongue. The Politics of Bilingual Education. 2 ed. New Brunswick & London: Transaction Publishers, 1996.
  • Reyhner, Jon. "American Indian languages and United States language policy". The State of Minority Languages. Eds. W. Fase, K. Jaspaert and S. Kroon. Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger, 1995.
  • Young, Robert W. "English as a Second Language for Navajos." Teaching the Bilingual. New Methods and Old Traditions. Ed. Frank Pialorsi. Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1974. 127-137.
    • Recommended readings (supplementary)
  • Baker, Collin. Key Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. Clevendon: Multilingual Matters Ltd., 1988.
  • Bilingual Education Office. Beyond Language: social and cultural factors in schooling language minority students. Los Angeles: Evaluation, Dissemination and Assessment Center, California State University, 1986.
  • Bloom, Paul, ed. Language Acquisition. Core Readings. Cambridge, Mass: The MIT Press, 1994.
  • Fishman, Joshua and Gary Keller. Bilingual Education for Hispanic Students in the United States. New York: Teachers College Press, 1982.
  • Freeman, David and Yvonne Freeman. Between Worlds. Access to Second Language Acquisition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1994.
  • Krashen, Stephen. Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning. New York: Pergamon Press, 1981.
  • McKay, Sandra L. and Nancy Hornberger, eds. Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.
  • Omaggio, Alice. Teaching Language in Context. 2 ed. Boston: Heinle & Heinle,1993.
  • Ramírez, Arnulfo. Creating Contexts for Second Language Acquisition. Theory and Methods. New York: Longman Pub., 1995.
  • Rodríguez, Richard. Hunger of Memory. The Education of Richard Rodríguez. New York: Bantam Books, 1982.
  • ---. An Argument with My Mexican Father. New York: Penguin, 1992.

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    Week 1

    September 29 Lecture: Course guidelines and introduction. Some definitions of language and language acquisition

    September 30 Lecture: First Language Acquisition Process: Overview. Language and Learning

    October 1 Workshop: Teaching a second language methodology: Introduction.

    October 2 Seminar: Lyon's Becoming Bilingual: Chapter 1. Valdes' Culture Bound.""Part 1: Language, thought and Culture". Peñalosa, Fernando. Introduction to the Sociology of Language: Chapter 4.

    Week 2

    October 6 Lecture: Guest Lecture by Susan Ficksdal: "First and Second Language Acquisition".

    October 7 Lecture: Second Language Acquisition: Overview. External and Internal Factors.

    October 8 Discussion: Acton, William R. and Judith Walker de Felix. "Acculturation and Mind' Brown, Douglas H. "Learning a Second Culture'. Ernestine Kimbro: Introduction to library resources and research methodologies.

    October 9 Seminar: Beebe, Leslie, ed. Issues in Second Language Acquisition. Multiple Perspectives. Leaders: Chris Holmes, Erika Ingham, and Andy Roach.

    Week 3

    October 13 Lecture: Introduction to Bilingualism. The Bilingual Child. Video: Brain and Language.

    October 14 Lecture: Guest Lectures by Carrie Margolin and Linda Kahan: "Brain and Language."

    October 15 Discussion: Celce-Murcia, Marianne, ed. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. (TESFL). 1-46. Activities. Discussion of student's interests and possibilities to work in the community

    October 16 Seminar: Grosjean, François. Life with Two Languages. An Introduction to Bilingualism: Chapters 4, 5 and 6. Ovando, Carlos J. and Virginia Collier. Bilingual and ESL Classrooms. Teaching in Multicultural Contexts: Chapter 3. Katchan, Olga. "Early Bilingualism: Friend or Foe". Leaders: Hillary Davis, Mandy Aaberg, Isis Oliphant.

    Brief paragraph stating the subjects for final presentations due on Thursday, October 16.

    Week 4

    October 20 Lecture: The Bilingual Speech Community.

    October 21Lecture and Video: Bilingualism among Hispanics.

    October 22 Discussion: TESFL: 46-77. Activities. Guest Speaker: Hugo Flores.

    October 23 Seminar: Grosjean, François. Life with two languages. Chapters 1, 2 and 3. Fishman, Joshua A. "Bilingualism and Biculturism as Individual and as Societal Phenomena." Gutiérrez, Fernando José. "Bicultural Personality Development: a Process Model." Leaders: Gordon Grant, Ted Birk, Angelique Velasdco, Brenda Belski.

    Response paper I due on Thursday October 23

    Week 5

    October 27 Lecture: Guest Lecture by Heeson Jun: "Bilingualism and Biculturalism: A Psychological perspective".

    October 28 Seminar: McKay, Sandra and Sau-ling Cynthia Wong. Language Diversity, Problem or Resource ? Leaders: Joanna Burgess, Jill Smith, Sarah O'Brien.

    October 29 Discussion: TESFL: 79 -167. Activities. Guest Speaker: Marcela Abadi

    October 30 Lecture: Guest Lecture: Minh-Anh Hodge, Tacoma School District, Curriculum Department: "Language and Education in the Asian-American Community." Lab II 2207

    Week 6

    November 3 Lecture: Guest Lecture: "Bilingualism in the Native American Community."

    November 6 Seminar: McKay, Sandra and Sau-ling Cynthia Wong. Language Diversity, Problem or Resource? Dupris, Joseph C. "The National Impact of Multicultural Education: A Renaissance of Native American Indian Culture through Tribal Self-Determination and Indian Control of Indian Education." Young, Robert W. "English as a Second Language for Navajos." Reyhner, Jon. "American Indian languages and United States language policy." Leaders: Ellen Aylward, Julie Fortino, Christa Kowalszyk, Jessica Landquist.

    NO OTHER ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED FOR THIS WEEK.

    Take-home exam due on Thursday, November 6

    Week 7

    November 10 Lecture: Bilingualism and Education. Justifications of Bilingual Education

    November 11 Lecture: Guest Lecture by Magda Costantino: "Linguistic Democracy".

    November 12 Discussion: TESFL 167-312. Activities. Guest speakers from the EF International School of English.

    November 13 Seminar: Seminar: Porter, Rosalie Pedalino. Forked Tongue. The Politics of Bilingual Education. Leaders: Stephanie Cook, Emily Solick, Emily Grant.

    Students should schedule individual conferences with faculty during this week.

    Week 8

    November 17 Guest Lecture by Stephanie Donchey, K-6 ESL teacher - District Coordinator for the Centralia School District: "ESL Classroom."

    November 18 Lecture: Attitude toward Languages and Bilingualism.

    November 19 Discussion: TESFL: 313- 360. Activities. Guest Lecture by Sara Rucker, former ESL coordinator for the Immigrant and Refugee Center

    November 20: Seminar: Discussion of Students' projects.

    Response paper 2 due on Thursday, November 20.

    Week X Thanksgiving week

    Week 9

    December 1: Lecture: Needs, Policy and Programs in Bilingual Education.

    December 2: Lecture: Presentation on Bilingual Education by Helen Valdez, Supervisor Bilingual Education, OSPI.

    December 3: Discussion: How to plan a class.

    December 4: Seminar: McKeon, Denise. "Language, Culture and Schooling." Cummins, Jim. "Knowledge, Power and Identity in Teaching ESL." Coelho, Elizabeth. "Social Integration of Immigrant and Refugee Children." Ovando, Carlos and Virginia P. Collier. Bilingual and ESL Classrooms: Chapters 1, 2, 5, 6 ,7 and 8. Leaders: Jean Eberhardt, Anna Lassiter, Diane Schopert.

    Interim descriptions and bibliographies of projects due on Thursday, December 4

    Week 10

    December 8 Lecture: Students' preliminary report on projects

    December 9 Lecture: Students' preliminary report on projects

    December 10 Discussion: How to teach a class. Field trip: Visit to bilingual classrooms at the Evergreen Elementary in Shelton.

    December 11 Seminar: Review of the material covered during the quarter. Some conclusions.

    End-of-the-quarter potluck 12:00 to 3:00PM

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