Reading list for PhD students in SLA/Ed Ling.

Wed Jul 24 13:53:55 UTC 2013

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 notmentioned 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.comSee Tutorials at http://justpaste.it/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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NYU Steinhardt, 
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