[Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas

[Melinda Martin-Beltran]

Thank you all for your helpful replies to my inquiry about creating an
App Lx grade course. I greatly appreciate your different perspectives
and suggestions. I look forward to learning more with my doctoral
students. I'll keep you updated as the course is constructed.
Best,
Melinda

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Bessie Dendrinos <vdendrin at enl.uoa.gr> wrote:
> Hi Melinda, a book that has stimulated interesting discussions among my
> doctoral students (who do have a background in Linguistics though) is
> Applied Linguistics as Social Science, by Alison Sealy and Bob Carter,
> Continuum, 2004. It provides a good link to social theory and to the
> sociology of ideas about language, as well as an encompassing chapter on the
> research in language learning. After a chapter which talks about language
> and literacy (not in a depoliticized fashion, as many of the applied
> linguistics textbooks connected with [English] language teaching), it ends
> with a fairly good proposal on a social realist approach to research in
> applied linguistics.
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
>
>
> Professor Bessie Dendrinos | Department of Language and Linguistics |
> Faculty of English Language and Literature | School of Philosophy | National
> and Kapodistrian University of Athens | T/F: +30210 7277804 | www.enl.uoa.gr
> | RCeL (Research Centre for Language Teaching, Testing and Assessment) |
> T/F: 30210 7277770 | www.rcel.enl.uoa.gr/ |
> http://rcel.enl.uoa.gr/dendrinos/
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>
> From: edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se
> [mailto:edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se] On Behalf Of Francis Hult
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 9:20 PM
>
>
> To: The Educational Linguistics List
> Subject: Re: [Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas
>
>
>
> Another useful 'historical' text is
>
> Kaplan, R.B. (Ed.), On the Scope of Applied Linguistics, Rowley, MA: Newbury
> House.
>
>
>
> It is a collection of feedback and discussion about the nature of applied
> linguistics as a field.  Even if not the whole book, doctoral students would
> benefit from reading some of this earlier conversation.  Lately some of
> these discussions have been coming back around.  AAAL recently published its
> official definition of applied linguistics, for example:
>
> http://www.aaal.org/?page=DefAPLNG
>
>
>
> In our Handbook of Educational Linguistics, Bernard Spolsky and I also trace
> various developments in our first and second chapters, respectively:
>
> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9780470694138
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Francis
>
>
>
> --
>
> Francis M. Hult, PhD
>
> Associate Professor
>
> Centre for Languages and Literature
>
> Lund University
>
>
>
> Web: http://www.sol.lu.se/en/sol/staff/FrancisHult/
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>
>
> Editor, Educational Linguistics book series
>
> http://www.springer.com/series/5894
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> Co-editor, Contributions to the Sociology of Language book series
>
> http://www.degruyter.com/view/serial/16644
>
>
>
> New Book: Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical
> Guide
>
> http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118308395.html
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se [edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se] on
> behalf of Larry Selinker [larry.selinker at nyu.edu]
> Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 19:26
> To: The Educational Linguistics List
> Subject: Re: [Edling] Applied Linguistics syllabus ideas
>
> dear melinda,
>
>
>
> you want your students to have a sense of history. the field was not
> invented yesterday, but particularly so they won't be part of the cycle of
> "re-inventing the wheel". what were the classic q's asked? what answers were
> proposed? and, especially, which ones are still with us? and why?
>
>
>
> i recommend beginning with one of the classic books, my favorite:
>
> Introducing Applied Linguistics
>
> by S. Pit Corder's, 1973, is full of wisdom
>
>
>
> this google search result gives you lots of places to go to in order to
> figure out the historical context in which Corder worked at Edinburgh, and
> from where he led the field.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?q=s%20pit%20corder%20introducing%20applied%20linguistics&cad=cbv&sei=gdLpVdiJM4mw-AHtjY_QBg
>
>
> i'd like to see your final syllabus, privately if you want.
>
> let us know how it goes.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Larry Selinker
>
> ls110 at nyu.edu
>
> http://www.researchproductionassociates.com/
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Melinda Martin-Beltran <memb at umd.edu>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Colleagues,
> I'm going to teach an Applied Linguistics course for doctoral students
> in our College of Education in spring 2016. This will be the first
> time this course been offered of the College of Ed and the audience
> will be students interested in language and literacy issues related to
> education. I'm hoping scholars on this list could offer
> recommendations for core readings or possibly share syllabi/ what's
> worked well for you.
> I will be happy to share my compilation of resources for those of you
> interested.
> Thank you!
> Melinda
>
>
> --
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