Spanish 601: Methods of teaching Spanish & Portuguese

Date	Week - Topic	Assignments	Q	Other	Service learning
01/18	1. Introduction to class, Atlas & audiolingualism	Prologue, MCLTH §1
25	2. Working with input	MCLTH §2, Coady (1997) on BB
02/01	3. Communicating in the classroom	MCLTH §3 [Lee (2000:§4) -- no]	Q1		Orientations
8	4. Building towards a proficiency goal	MCLTH §4, Omaggio §1 on BB	Q2		Orientations
15	5. Using info-exchange tasks for oral testing	MCLTH §5, Nation & Newton (1997) on BB	Q3
22	6. Issues in learning & teaching grammar	MCLTH §6, Adair-Hauck et al. (2004) on BB
03/01	7. Processing instruction & structured input	MCLTH §7	Q4	Comp 1
8	8. Structured output, [Error correction]	MCLTH §8 [no - Omaggio pp. 258-71, VanPatten (2004)]	Q5
15	9. Testing grammar	MCLTH §9, [not Blyth (2000)]	Q6	Obs 1
22	SPRING BREAK
29	10. Listening comprehension	MCLTH §10 & pp. 257-60
04/05	11. Reading comprehension (no recording)	MCLTH §11 & pp. 260-6, [not Rott (2000)]	Q7
12	12. Writing	MCLTH §12 & pp. 268-272, [not Omaggio §7]	Q8
19	13. Content-based instruction & culture	Galloway [not Omaggio §8]	Q9	Obs 2
26	14. Wrap-up & course evaluation	VanPatten (2003) §5 & Epilogue	Q10		Turn in timesheets
05/11	FINAL EXAM day: Portfolio due

Additional readings

Adair-Hauck, B., Donato, R. & Cumo-Johanssen, P. (2005) Using a story-based approach to teaching grammar. In Shrum, Judith L., and Glisan, Eileen W. (eds), Teacher's Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction. Thomson Heinle, 189-213.

Blyth, C. (2000) Toward a pedagogical discourse grammar: Techniques for teaching word order constructions. In J. Lee & A. Valdman (Eds.), Form and Meaning: Multiple Perspectives (pp. 183-229). Boston: Heinle.

Coady, J. (1997) L2 vocabulary acquisition through extensive reading. In J. Coady & T. Huckin (Eds.) Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition (pp. 225-237). Cambridge: CUP.
Galloway, Vicki (2001) Teaching Cultures of the Hispanic World: Products and Practices in Perspective. Mason, OH: Thomson Learning Custom Publishing

Lee, J. (2000) Tasks and Communicating in Language Classrooms. New York: McGraw-Hill. [§4: An Experiment in Communication.]

Leeman, J. (2003) Recasts and second language development. Beyond negative evidence. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 25, 37-63.

Nation, P. & Newton, J. (1997) Teaching vocabulary. In J. Coady & T. Huckin (Eds.), Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition (pp. 238-254). Cambridge: CUP.

Omaggio Hadley, Alice (2001) Teaching Language in Context, 3e. Boston: Heinle and Heinle Publishers, Inc.

Rott, S. (2000) Relationships between the process of reading, word inferencing, and incidental word acquisition. In J. Lee & A. Valdman (Eds.), Form and Meaning: Multiple Perspectives (pp. 255-282). Boston: Heinle.

Smith, Alfred N. (1999) Four decades of 'Bonjour': The story of one teacher's practice in Reflecting on the Past to Shape the Future, ACTFL Foreign Language Series, NTC

VanPatten, B. (2003) From Input to Output: A Teacher’s Guide to Second Language Acquisition. New York: McGraw-Hill.

VanPatten, B. (2004) Processing Instruction: Theory, Research, and commentary

VanPatten, B. (2004) Input and output in making form-meaning connections. In B. VanPatten, J. Williams, S. Rott & M. Overstreet (Eds.), Form-meaning Connections in Second Language Acquisition. Erlbaum.

Wong, W. (2002) Linking form and meaning: processing instruction. French Review, 76, 236-264.

Wong, W. & VanPatten, B. (2002) The evidence is IN, drills are OUT. Foreign Language Annals.