OBLIGATORY
CLASSROOM COMPONENT |
OPTIONAL
SERVICE-LEARNING COMPONENT |
Place
and time: 1 – 3:30, NWCMB 208 |
Place
and time: You are required to work for 20 hours in a venue
of second language teaching that the Center for Public Learning
will supervise. |
Textbook: Lee,
J.F. & VanPatten,
B. (2003) Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen. New York: McGraw-Hill. 2nd Edition.
Other readings: There are also supplementary readings, available
from the Blackboard site for the class.
|
Timesheets: You are responsible for keeping track of your service
hours and for getting them approved by your on-site supervisor.
Your hours should be reported at the end of the semester to the
Office of Service Learning, on the date indicated in the schedule. |
You
should come to class having read and mulled over the pages listed
for that day in the schedule. Use the texts as a resource to clarify
lecture material and to deepen your own appreciation of topics
of interest. |
Written
Reflection: You must keep a journal of your daily experience
at the teaching site, using the discussion board on the class’s
Blackboard site. |
| |
Training & Rap
Sessions: You must
attend a training session (2 hours including transport) TBA and
2 rap sessions outside of class, see schedule. As a courtesy
to our community partners, no make-ups will be scheduled. |
OBJECTIVES
For you to demonstrate
your attainment of the course goals, you will perform the following
tasks
|
•
take a quiz almost every week: 10 * 5% = 50%. The quiz is given
during the first fifteen minutes of class. No make-ups are allowed,
but your lowest grade will be dropped.
• turn in two reports
on the observation of a basic language class: 2 * 5% = 10%. You
will be told what to look for. Be sure to ask permission from the
instructor before you attend.
• turn in two reports
that compare the presentation of a topic across several textbooks:
2 * 5% = 10%.
• prepare a teaching
portfolio: 25%. The portfolio materials are drawn from the portfolio
activities at the end of each chapter of the textbook. It is due
at the final exam period.
• participate in
class: 5%.
|
•
execution of service-learning responsibilities (timesheets, rap
sessions)
• as part of your
journal, you should reflect on how topics discussed in class come
up in your teaching experience. In particular, I wish to know to
what extent a communicative task-based approach to language instruction
is fruitful or even possible in your classroom. Every so often
I will ask you questions to clarify or deepen your reflection,
which you should respond to. Your journal will substitute for your
class participation grade.
|
CONTACTS |
Prof.
Harry Howard
howard at tulane
dot edu
862-3417 (voice mail
24 hours a day)
Newcomb Hall 322-D:
MW 11-12 pm, T 1-2 pm & by appt
|
TBA |
Academic
Honor Code“The integrity of Newcomb
College and Tulane College is based on the absolute honesty of the entire
community in all academic endeavors. As part of the community, students
have certain responsibilities regarding all independent work that forms
the basis for the evaluation of their academic achievement. Students are
expected to familiarize themselves in a manner that complies with it at
all times. The scholarly community of the university depends on the willingness
of both faculty and students to uphold the honor code. When a violation
of the honor code is observed it is the duty of every member of the academic
community who has evidence of the violation to take action. Students should
take steps to uphold the honor code by reporting any possible offense to
the instructor or the honor board. Students should under no circumstances
tolerate any form of academic dishonesty.” For further information, point
your browser at http://www.tulane.edu/%7Ejruscher/dept/Honor.Code.html .Violations of the Academic Honor Code will not be tolerated
in this class. I will rigorously investigate and pursue any such transgression.