[EDLING:797] Re: looking for article(s)

[sicola at DOLPHIN.UPENN.EDU]

If I'm not mistaken, the Long & Porter article addresses whether or not NNSs
working together will pick up each other's non-targetlike interlanguage forms.
(Conclusion: no. Support: in favor of group work even if all members are NNSs,
whether the subject is ESL or content areas, for various reasons.) A goal is to
look at the argument for group work vs. teacher-centered instruction, a-la major
debates of the '80s. It does not significantly address what happens if a teacher
uses non-standard forms, though it is a great article in its own right.

Laura

Quoting Masa Suzuki <msuzuki at ordinate.com>:

> Manka,
>
> What you might be looking for is the following article:
> Long, M. and Porter, P., (1985). Group work, interlanguage talk and
> classroom second language acquisition. TESOL Quarterly, 19, 2, pp. 207-
> 228.
>
>
> Hope this is it.
> masa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-edling at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
> [mailto:owner-edling at ccat.sas.upenn.edu] On Behalf Of M van Naerssen
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 5:34 PM
> To: edling at ccat.sas.upenn.edu
> Subject: [EDLING:794] Re: looking for article(s)
>
> Manka,
> Hi--isn't a piece of this who the learner's peers are?  The research on
> influence of peers showed that it is stronger than that of the teacher.
> I
> don't have time to look it up, but maybe in Gass and Selinker in the
> affective or socio-cultural sections.
>
> Not all of the puzzle but there has to be some exposure, some input,
> for
> the learners to begin hypothesizing about.
>
> Just a quick thought.
> Margaret
> sounds like there have been parental complaints and supervisors/
> superintendents may be looking for an excuse to get rid of someone or at
>
> least some way of dealing with parental complaints.
>
> ----- Ori
> ginal Message -----
> From: "Manka M. Varghese" <mankav at u.washington.edu>
> To: <edling at ccat.sas.upenn.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 1:43 PM
> Subject: [EDLING:793] looking for article(s)
>
>
> > Dear colleagues,
> >
> > I am looking for an article or more around the following issue - I
> have
> > had supervisors in schools in the United States ask me whether
> students
> > who are learning from a teacher who speaks her variety of English but
> who
> > does not use all aspects of Standard American English English (e.g.
> "s"
> > for plurals, lack of articles, etc.) will tranfer that to their own
> > language development.  I remember from my SLA classes and readings
> that
> > they do not - would any of you be able to help me with locating
> articles
> > regarding this?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Manka M. Varghese
> > Assistant Professor
> > Language, literacy, and culture
> > University of Washingon
> > College of Education
>
>


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