SFSU: ENG 724, Syllabus

SYLLABUS

Last Updated: 04/03/01

Reading List (to help you get started on your research)

DATE TOPICS READINGS
(complete *before* class; prepare for discussion, activities) ASSIGNMENT DUE

Week One: 01/31/01 Introductions; Course Overview; class management issues. N/A
N/A

Week Two: 02/07/01 Overview of CALL; Word Processing; Professional Development resources.
Egbert - Chapter 1: Computer-Enhanced Language Learning Environments: An Overview (1-13)

Warschauer - Chapter 1: Getting Started (1-9); Chapter 2: Resources for Teachers (11-30)

Articles: "Computer Assisted Writing Instruction" and "Integrating CALL into the Writing Curriculum"

Assignment 1: Peer Review and Feedback

Week Three: 02/14/01 Email, Intraclass and Interclass projects, Discussion Lists, Bulletin Boards
Egbert - Part I: Interaction (17-51)

Warschauer - Chapter 3: Student Communication and Collaboration (31-47)

Article: "List Server 101: Mailing Lists Can Be Your Best Friend"

Assignment 2: Community and Interaction

Week Four: 02/21/01 Collaborative Writing
Chat/Instant Messaging [Guest Speaker]

Discuss final project topics
Egbert - Part II: Authentic Audience (55-97)

Articles: "Daedalus ESL/EFL Teaching Tools - Overview" and "No Talking, Please, Just Chatting: Collaborative Writing With Computers"

Assignment 3: Final Project Topics

Week Five: 02/28/01 Navigating the Web; Internet Research Strategies
Egbert - Part III: Authentic Task (101-177)

Warschauer - Chapter 4: Student Research (49-64)

Assignment 4: Journal Entry #1

Class Observation #1

Week Six: 03/07/01 Web Publishing I - Basics
Egbert - Part IV: Opportunities for Exposure and Production (181-239)

Warschauer - Supplement: How to Make Web Pages (111-131)

Assignment 5: Internet Research

Week Seven: 03/14/01 Web Publishing II - Interaction; Publishing on a Web Server
Warschauer - Chapter 5: Student Publishing (65-74); Chapter 6: Distance Education (75-84)

Egbert - Part V: Time/Feedback (243-285)

Optional: Using the Web in Teaching (Smith)

Assignment 6: Web Publishing

Week Eight: 03/21/01 MOO/MUDs; Final Project Guidelines
Egbert - Part VII: Atmosphere

Skim at least one of the NETEACH-L MOO Logs, capturing live discussions among ESOL teachers throughout the world.

Assignment 7: Final Project Proposal

Week Nine: 03/28/01 Lesson Planning & Instructional Design Issues

(NOTE: meet online at schMOOze University--login instructions)
Warschauer - Chapter 7: Putting It All Together (85-102); Chapter 8: Researching On-Line Language Learning (103-110)

Egbert - Part VIII: Control (Ch. 24, 391-402; Ch.26, 427-441)

Assignment 8: Journal Entry #2

Week Ten: 04/04/01 Lesson Planning; Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences; Issues in CALL Egbert - Part VI: Intentional Cognition, Learning Styles, and Motivation (287-314)
Assignment 9: Web Publishing

Week Eleven: 04/11/01 - SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS

Week Twelve: 04/18/01 Electronic Presentations; CALL Software; Issues in CALL
Egbert - Conclusion: 20 Minutes Into the Future (459-469)

Class Observation #2

Week Thirteen: 04/25/01 Issues in CALL; Student presentation Sayuri: CALL in EFL Settings [7:15-7:45]
Assignment 10: Journal Entry #3

Week Fourteen: 05/02/01 Student presentations
George: Online Writing Labs (OWLs) [6:30-7:00]

Aika: Web-based Resources for Improving Listening Comprehension [7:15-7:45]

Tzuling: Using Internet Resources to Teach EFL Students about U.S. Holidays [8:00-8:30]

Class Observation #3

Week Fifteen: 05/09/01 Student presentations
Hsiang-ling: Shareware/freeware for Reading/Writing Classes [6:30-7:00]

Kyoko: Learning Internet Research Skills in the English Language Classroom [7:15-7:45]

Hyojung: Using MOO for Collaborative Writing Projects [8:00-8:30]

Final Journal: Semester Overview

Week Sixteen: 05/16/01 Student presentations
Tracy: Effectiveness of Voice Chat in Developing Listening & Speaking Skills [6:30-7:00]

Arianne: Chat and Speaking Skills [7:15-7:45]

Doug & Chi: Using a Class Website & Discussion Board to Supplement a Class [8:00-8:30]

Finals Week: 05/23/01 Student presentations

Naoko: Impact of Synchronous Communication on Student Attitudes, Motivation and Language Use [6:30-7:00]

Yibing: Using Email in Low-Level ESL Class [7:15-7:45]
Final Project Published on Web (see evaluation criteria)

DATE	TOPICS	READINGS (complete before class; prepare for discussion, activities)	ASSIGNMENT DUE
Week One: 01/31/01	Introductions; Course Overview; class management issues.	N/A	N/A
Week Two: 02/07/01	Overview of CALL; Word Processing; Professional Development resources.	Egbert - Chapter 1: Computer-Enhanced Language Learning Environments: An Overview (1-13) Warschauer - Chapter 1: Getting Started (1-9); Chapter 2: Resources for Teachers (11-30) Articles: "Computer Assisted Writing Instruction" and "Integrating CALL into the Writing Curriculum"	Assignment 1: Peer Review and Feedback
Week Three: 02/14/01	Email, Intraclass and Interclass projects, Discussion Lists, Bulletin Boards	Egbert - Part I: Interaction (17-51) Warschauer - Chapter 3: Student Communication and Collaboration (31-47) Article: "List Server 101: Mailing Lists Can Be Your Best Friend"	Assignment 2: Community and Interaction
Week Four: 02/21/01	Collaborative Writing Chat/Instant Messaging [Guest Speaker] Discuss final project topics	Egbert - Part II: Authentic Audience (55-97) Articles: "Daedalus ESL/EFL Teaching Tools - Overview" and "No Talking, Please, Just Chatting: Collaborative Writing With Computers"	Assignment 3: Final Project Topics
Week Five: 02/28/01	Navigating the Web; Internet Research Strategies	Egbert - Part III: Authentic Task (101-177) Warschauer - Chapter 4: Student Research (49-64)	Assignment 4: Journal Entry #1 Class Observation #1
Week Six: 03/07/01	Web Publishing I - Basics	Egbert - Part IV: Opportunities for Exposure and Production (181-239) Warschauer - Supplement: How to Make Web Pages (111-131)	Assignment 5: Internet Research
Week Seven: 03/14/01	Web Publishing II - Interaction; Publishing on a Web Server	Warschauer - Chapter 5: Student Publishing (65-74); Chapter 6: Distance Education (75-84) Egbert - Part V: Time/Feedback (243-285) Optional: Using the Web in Teaching (Smith)	Assignment 6: Web Publishing
Week Eight: 03/21/01	MOO/MUDs; Final Project Guidelines	Egbert - Part VII: Atmosphere Skim at least one of the NETEACH-L MOO Logs, capturing live discussions among ESOL teachers throughout the world.	Assignment 7: Final Project Proposal
Week Nine: 03/28/01	Lesson Planning & Instructional Design Issues (NOTE: meet online at schMOOze University--login instructions)	Warschauer - Chapter 7: Putting It All Together (85-102); Chapter 8: Researching On-Line Language Learning (103-110) Egbert - Part VIII: Control (Ch. 24, 391-402; Ch.26, 427-441)	Assignment 8: Journal Entry #2
Week Ten: 04/04/01	Lesson Planning; Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences; Issues in CALL	Egbert - Part VI: Intentional Cognition, Learning Styles, and Motivation (287-314)	Assignment 9: Web Publishing
Week Eleven: 04/11/01 - SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS
Week Twelve: 04/18/01	Electronic Presentations; CALL Software; Issues in CALL	Egbert - Conclusion: 20 Minutes Into the Future (459-469)	Class Observation #2
Week Thirteen: 04/25/01	Issues in CALL; Student presentation	Sayuri: CALL in EFL Settings [7:15-7:45]	Assignment 10: Journal Entry #3
Week Fourteen: 05/02/01	Student presentations	George: Online Writing Labs (OWLs) [6:30-7:00] Aika: Web-based Resources for Improving Listening Comprehension [7:15-7:45] Tzuling: Using Internet Resources to Teach EFL Students about U.S. Holidays [8:00-8:30]	Class Observation #3
Week Fifteen: 05/09/01	Student presentations	Hsiang-ling: Shareware/freeware for Reading/Writing Classes [6:30-7:00] Kyoko: Learning Internet Research Skills in the English Language Classroom [7:15-7:45] Hyojung: Using MOO for Collaborative Writing Projects [8:00-8:30]	Final Journal: Semester Overview
Week Sixteen: 05/16/01	Student presentations	Tracy: Effectiveness of Voice Chat in Developing Listening & Speaking Skills [6:30-7:00] Arianne: Chat and Speaking Skills [7:15-7:45] Doug & Chi: Using a Class Website & Discussion Board to Supplement a Class [8:00-8:30]
Finals Week: 05/23/01	Student presentations	Naoko: Impact of Synchronous Communication on Student Attitudes, Motivation and Language Use [6:30-7:00] Yibing: Using Email in Low-Level ESL Class [7:15-7:45]	Final Project Published on Web (see evaluation criteria)