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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY?

EDUCATION 467-4

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION IN

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TEACHING

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

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(E1.00)?

(Cat. #53588)

Fall Semester, 1993

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Instructor:

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Prof. Gloria Sampson

(September 7- December 6)

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Office:

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MPX 8671

Monday, 16:30 - 20:20 p.m.

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Phone:

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291-4303

Location: MPX 8651

PREREQUISITE:

60 hours of credit and ENGL 370 or a linguistics course.

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This course introduces teachers to the skills and techniques required to teach children,

adolescents, or adults who have limited proficiency in English.

TOPICS

1.

Theories of personality development in European cultures.

2.

Theories of personality development in Asian cultures.

3.

Helping students learn the sound system of English.

4.

Selecting transcultural literature for the classroom.

5.

Phoneme-grapheme correspondences and learning to read and write English.

6.

Helping students learn the syntax of English.

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Assessing students who have limited proficiency in English.

ASSIGNMENTS

1.

The effects of learning a second language on an individual's personality and his or her

cognitive development (4-page paper).

2.

Lesson plans and strategies for teaching English phonology.

3.

Lesson plan and strategy for teaching phoneme-grapheme correspondences.

4.

Lesson plans and strategies for teaching the syntax of English.

TEXTBOOKS

Collins Cobuild English Grammar.

(1990). London: HarperCollins.

Sampson, Gloria. (1991).

Transcultural Teaching Every Day.

(A prepublication copy of this

textbook will be available for purchase in class, cost is about $17.00).

Judy B. Gilbert. (1984).

Clear Speech.

(Teacher's Manual & Student's Book). Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press.

Rudolf Flesch. (1986). Why Johnny Can't Read and What You Can Do About It.

NY: Harper &

Row.

Michael Swan & Bernard Smith. (1987).

Learner English.

Cambridge: Cambridge University

Press.

(optional) Don L.F. Nilsen & Alleen P. Nilsen. (1973).

Pronunciation Contrasts in English.

NY: Regents.