Reading list for PhD students in SLA/Ed Ling.

[Miriam E Ebsworth]

Thanks so much Anne Marie. I'll definitely follow up on your suggestions.

Cheers,
Miriam

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:53 AM, anne marie devlin <
anne_mariedevlin at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I teach SLA at both undergrad and MA level.  As texts to provide a good
> historical overview of the history of SLA research I can recommend Rod
> Ellis 2008 The Study of Second Language Acquisition (2nd edition), Oxford:
> Oxford University Press, Rosamund Mitchell and Florence Myles 2012: Second
> Language Learning Theories, Routledge.  As you are concerned with PhD
> students who may want to delve deeper into the current debates surrounding
> SLA I would start with the 1997 article by Firth and Wagner
> On Discourse, Communication, and (Some) Fundamental Concepts in SLA
> Research in Modern Language Journal Vol. 81, No. 3 (Autumn, 1997), pp.
> 285-300.  I would also consider the responses to this article and the 2007
> special edition of the Modern Language Journal which reviews developments
> (or lack of) brought about by the original Firth and Wagner article.  I
> don't have the details to hand, but a quick google search will find it.
>
> I know this is straying into socio/socio-cognitive aspects of SLA, but I
> would also recommend David Block, the Social Turn in Second Language
> Acquisition as it also provides a comprehensive overview of
> psycholinguistic/cognitive approaches before introducing the social aspect.
>
> Finally, to bring the suggestions right up to date, I would consider SLA
> as a dynamic and/or complex system.  Try Larsen-Freeman and Cameron,
> Complex Systems and Applied Linguistics 2010 (Oxford) and articles by de
> Bot, Lowie and Verspoor on Dynamic Systems Theory.  Again, I don't have the
> citations to hand, but you'll find them on google.
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Anne Marie
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:47:28 -0700
> From: tzurinskas at yahoo.com
> To: edling at bunner.geol.lu.se
> Subject: Re: [Edling] Reading list for PhD students in SLA/Ed Ling.
>
>
> Perhaps PhD students can figure out how to apply "linguistics" to the big
> new initiative in US education called "common core".  Under teaching
> "phonetics" the only application is in k-1.  Do they even know what
> "phonetics" is.  My take is that the only answer is truespel phonetics,
> which is the only English-based phonetic notation simple enough for kids in
> k-1.  It then is not to be forgotten but expanded to replace dictionary
> keys as a notation that can actually be useful because it's keyboard and
> English friendly.
>
> How "phonetics" applied in the US common core education plan?  See
> http://justpaste.it/comcoreenglish .  Note that it's not
> mentioned in the "reading" or "writing" sections but in the "language"
> section for k-1 and nowhere else.  See below
>
> Kindergarten - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.2d Spell simple words phonetically,
> drawing on knowledge of sound-letter relationships.
> First grade - CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2e Spell untaught words phonetically,
> drawing on phonemic awareness and spelling conventions.
>
>
> Tom Zurinskas, *President Truespel Inc.*
> See truespel phonetics converter at *http://truespel.com*<http://truespel.com/>
> See Tutorials at *http://justpaste.it/ <http://justpaste.it/useit>course2*
> *
> *
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Miriam E Ebsworth <mee1 at nyu.edu>
> *To:* The Educational Linguistics List <edling at bunner.geol.lu.se>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 23, 2013 7:10 PM
> *Subject:* [Edling] Reading list for PhD students in SLA/Ed Ling.
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am in the process of compiling a reading list for doctoral students in
> SLA from an applied linguistics/ psycho/sociolinguistics perspective.
> Any nominations you suggest would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your collaboration,
> Miriam
>
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Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, PhD
Dir. of PhD & Post-MA Programs in Multilingual Multicultural Studies
NYU Steinhardt,
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New York, NY 10003

Research Editor: Journal of Writing and Pedagogy
Co-chair, NABE Research SIG

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