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¤@¡B ¬ì¥Ø·§n¡]Course Description¡^	This course is designed for advanced EFL [English as a Foreign Language] students. The pedagogy takes the form of classroom activities in which students discuss, read, and write together within a thematic context. The students enrolled in this class are expected to acquire an eagerness to participate in their own learning; increase their awareness of their individual responsibility in the communication process, and most importantly, to understand the essential role of their own insights and experience in responding to sociolinguistic issues.
¤G¡B ±Ð¾Ç¥Ø¼Ð¡]Course Objectives¡^	To facilitate a critical thinking approach that emphasizes interactions across boundaries based on ethnicity, national origin, language communities, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and other cultural identities. Reading, Writing, Listening, and speaking skills will be taught and enhanced as we go through the lessons.
¤T¡B µû¶q¤è¦¡»Pµû¤À¤ñ¨Ò¤À°t¡]Evaluation Criteria¡®Grading¡^	presentations: 25% (15-20 minutes) Mid-term exam: 25% Final exam: 30% Participation, Attendance & Quizzes: 20%
¥|¡B ½Ò°ón¨D¡]Course Requirement¡® Attendance Policies¡^	1. Students are required to participate actively in class. 2. Cell phones and beepers should be turned off in class. 3. Being late for more than 15 minutes will be considered an absence. 4. Absences are only allowed if doctors¡¦ written notes are provided. 5. More than three unexcused absences will result in failure in the course. There will be no make-up presentations.
¤¡B ±Ð¬ì®Ñ¡]Textbooks¡^	The Multicultural Workshop, Book 3 by Linda Lonon Blanton & Linda Lee, 1995, US: Heinle.
¤»¡B «ü©w°Ñ¦Ò®Ñ¥Ø©Îºô§}¡]References¡^	Language and Culture by Claire Kramsch, 2001, Oxford Encountering Cultures in a Changing World, 2nd Ed, Richard Holeton, 1995, Blaire Press Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Suzanne Romaine, 1994, Oxford Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society, Peter Trudgill, Penguin, 1983 Various online resources

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Week 1 2/23 B 3hr 2/25 A 1hr	1^st hr: Course Content and grading policy; Reading for Understanding 2^nd hr: Language in Conflict, ¡§Oklahoma students start the day with an O-si-yo for Teacher¡¨ 3^rd hr: Groups present their answers. Every member must talk. Submit discussion paper.	Q&A Lecture/discussion Groups answer questions provided in pages 152-153 Individual and group Assessment: Rubric	Divide the class in 8 groups.	Reading, Writing, Listening, and speaking skills will be taught and enhanced as we go through the lessons
Week 2 3/1 & 3/4 A 3/2 B	Reading Beyond Understanding WHAT'S LOST WHEN A LANGUAGE DIES? by Leyla Kokmen Group members to present summary and lead Q&A.	Discussion with online guest speakers Individual and group Assessment: Rubric	Answer the reading comprehension questions on the handout	members to lead the Q&A
Week 3 3/8 & 3/11 A 3/9 B	1^st-2^nd hr: Intro. Different Englishes 3^rd hr: ¡§Mother Tongue¡¨, Groups present their answers. Every member must talk. Submit discussion paper.	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric Groups answer questions provided in pages, p 184-185	Read: Performing Identity [handout] Listening Listen to an online discussion and listen and note how people speak English in different ways. Answer the questions on the handout.	Groups will be called at random.
Week 4 3/15 & 3/18 A 3/16 B	1^st hr: QUIZ Topic: Dialects, Standard English ¡§Nobody Mean More to me than you and the future life of Willie Jordan¡¨ by June Jordan. Group members to present summary and lead Q&A.	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric Discussion with online guest speakers	Writing: an article review	QUIZ 1 Group 1 members to lead Q&A
Week 5 3/22 & 3/25 a 3/23 B	1^st hr: introduction, Language and Bicultural Identity 2^nd hr: The Misery of silence Groups present their answers. Every member must talk. Submit discussion paper.	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric Groups answer questions provided in pages, p 173-175.	Writing Summary [summarizing an article]	Group 2 Groups will be called at random.
Week 6 3/29 & 4/1 A 3/30 B	1^st hr: QUIZ-2^nd hr: My name, read and discuss article, class work 3^rd hr: ¡§What¡¦s in a Name?¡¨ Online discussion with invited guest speakers	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric Group work, discussion, Discussion with online guest speakers		1^st hr: Quiz 2 Group3 members to lead Q&A
Week 7 4/5 Holiday 4/8 A 4/6 B	Man made Language?	Lecture discussion
Week 8 4/12 & 4/15 A 4/13 B	Kinship Terminology Continuation of Becoming American {PBS}	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric	Compare Chinese kinship terminology with western or other nationalities	Group 4 members to lead Q&A
Week 9 4/19 A 4/20B	MIDTERMS	Written exam	Read: MONEY, MEDIA & The Asian American Image
Week 10 4/26 & 4/29 A 4/27B	The Etymology of the International Insult 2^nd hr: Images in the Media A class divided [From PBS] 3^rd hour: Discussion with online guest speakers	Spend a week critically examining the media around you (television, movies, music, magazines, the internet). How are ethnic groups represented in the media? You need to write a 3-5 page analysis of your finding. You should include a bibliography with a listing of all forms of media which you have examined.		Group 5 members to lead Q&A
Week 11 5/3 & 5/5 A 5/4 B	The Language of Discretion by Amy tan Does Tan, as a multi-cultured person, provide an example of ways to deal with the problems of cross-cultural communication? How, specifically? Could her experiences and ideas be used by other people to help break down barriers between cultures? Continuation: A class divided	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric		QUIZ 3 Group 6 members to lead Q&A
Week 12 5/10 & 5/13 A 5/11 B	1^st hr: Colloquial language In search of America: American Language 3^rd hr: Group presentation Do you speak American? Part 1	Individual and group Assessment: Rubric Discussion with online guest speakers	See: American Slanguages	Group 7 members to lead Q&A
Week 13 5/17 & 5/19	1-2^nd hr: Lecture on Spoken English and the effects of literacy and Language and educational failure 3rdhr: ¡§Finding Forrester¡¨ Movie Review Do you speak American, part 2	Assessment: Rubric		3^rd hr: Group 8 members to lead Q&A
Week 14 5/24 & 5/27A 5/25 B	FINALS	Written exam