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1

w-1.16.08

Introduction

 
 
2

w-1.23.08

Paul Kei Matsuda & An Overview of L2 Writing

 

3

w-1.30.08

L2 Writers and L2 Writing

   
4

w-2.6.08

The Politics of L2 Writing

  • Read CCCC's Statement on Student's Right to their Own Language [BB]
  • Read Horner "'Student's Right,' English Only..." [College English, 63.6]
  • Read Weigle, "Investing in Assessment" [BB]
  • Read Lo Bianco "Multiliteracies and multilingualism"[BB]
  • Submit the Proposal to the instructor as a hard copy at the beginning of class
     
5

w-2.13.08

The Grammar Debates

     
6

w-2.20.08

Contrastive Rhetoric

   
7

w-2.27.08

World Englishes

  • Read B. Kachru "Standards, codification and sociolinguistic realism" [BB]
  • Read Nero "The Changing Faces of English" [TESOL Quarterly 34.3]
  • Read Canagarjah "The place of world Englishes in composition" [BB]
  • Read Y. Kachru "Mixers lyricing in Hinglish" [World Englishes 25.2]
  • Submit PAB #4 to the Blackboard Discussion Board by the beginning of class
     
8

w-3.5.08

L2 Writing in Context

  • Read Alsup and Bush "Narratives about teaching..." [BB]
  • Read Kasper and Weiss "Building ESL students' linguistic and academic literacy..." [BB]
  • Read Rafoth "Trying to explain English" [BB]
  • Read Allison "Creativity, students' academic writing, and EAP" [Journal of English for Academic Purposes 3.3]
  • Submit PAB #5 to the Blackboard Discussion Board by the beginning of class
 

 
9

w-3.12.08

Spring Break–No class

 
 

 
10

w-3.19.08

Research Methodology Overview

  • Read Hyland "Researching writing and writers" [BB]
  • Read Polio "Research Methodology in Second Language Writing Research [BB]
  • Read Silva "On the philosophical bases of inquiry..." [L2WR]
  • Read Casanave "Uses of narratives in L2 writing research" [L2WR]
  • Submit Demonstration of Application as a hard copy to instructor at the beginning of class
  • Bring the following articles to class: Constino & Hyon, Nero, Y. Kachru, Kasper & Weiss, and Allison
  • Note  Tuesday, March 18, 2008 is the last day to drop classes
 

 
11

w-3.26.08

Research Designs

  • Read Atkinson "Situated qualitative research and second language writing" [L2WR]
  • Read Sasaki "Hypothesis generation and hypothesis testing" [L2WR]
  • Read Weissberg "Talking about writing" [L2WR]
  • Read Haswell "Researching teacher evaluation..." [L2WR]
  • Send an email to the instructor with your tentative research questions
     
12

w-4.2.08

Workshop

 
     
13

w-4.9.08

Postmodern Research Methods

     
14

w-4.16.08

Collecting and Analyzing Data

  • Read Blanton "Mucking around in the lives of others" [L2WR]
  • Read Brice "Coding data in qualititative research on L2 writing" [L2WR]
  • Read Machon et al. "Using concurrent protocols to explore L2 writing processes" [L2WR]
  • Read Hudelson "Taking on English writing in a bilingual program" [L2WR]
     
15

w-4.23.08

Poster Session

  • Bring Poster to class
     
Finals

w-4.30.08

Finals: No Exam; contact the instructor (kdepew@odu.edu or 757.863.4019) if you have any questions or concerns

 

  • Submit Methodology Proposal on Monday, April 28, 2008 as an electronic copy to the instructor by email by 6pm or a hard copy to the instructor by 7pm.