Reading list for PhD students in SLA/Ed Ling.

Sat Jul 27 16:44:31 UTC 2013

Hello Tommy...

This is such a refreshing email full of sense and kindness - wanting to
inform and to share your views and experience / knowledge.   I am retired so
no longer fully in CAD and Applied Linguistics, but I still teach 12 weeks
every summer on 'Presessional EAP' programmes for international students
(here in UK).

My experience with IT software design and IT specialists generally (& I
think we all began such acquaintance by meeting with some shortcomings of
grammar and spell checks...) is that they are not 'language people' in the
sense that they have not studied language systems / linguistics & certainly
no pedagogy as in Applied Linguistics and SLA.

Therefore if there are any IT & software whizz-kids/technocrats out there
who are also wonderfully well-attuned to language systems and could apply
their glitch-mining systems knowledge to ... well, to CAD and so on, how
miraculous that would be.

Very best wishes with your art... your work as an artist.  Your composure
and composing skills are clearly of the highest order - do not imagine your
writing has errors.  It is crystal clear in meaning and precision, a
pleasure to read.

Very kind regards,

Ann Gavriel (Norwich, UK)

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From: edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se
[mailto:edling-bounces at bunner.geol.lu.se] On Behalf Of Tommy McDonell
Sent: 26 July 2013 12:36
To: The Educational Linguistics List
Subject: Re: [Edling] Reading list for PhD students in SLA/Ed Ling.

Hello. 

I normally would never write  to this list, but thought I would just mention
something that I wrote to Miriam, who was my chair at NYU. 

I think that all students should read some research about technology and
language teaching or as to how technology is changing language. 

There are several reasons to consider such readings. 

One is that while technology is ever present, the digital divide and
technology in certain areas gives an excellent starting point for research. 

Secondly, as many students go on to teach in universities, they need to
consider what their stance will be on the use of technology in their
classrooms. 

And finally, much of the excellent technology literature is done not by
linguists but by those in technology. This does not mean that they don't
understand some language aspects, but they view the results often
differently. 

Please note, I do not work in our field anymore. 

I am disabled with cognition problems due to my MS. So there are days when
my language skills suffer, as they might in this email.  (This would make
its own study!). 

Instead, I am an artist, where colors and form take precedence. 

Tommy

Tommy B. McDonell, Ph.D.

Pinehurst, NC 28374

http://tbmcdonellart.com

Remember to have your colonoscopy. 

Some typos are courtesy of my iPhone 5. Other mistakes are due to being
tired. 

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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

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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

-- 
Miriam Eisenstein Ebsworth, PhD
Dir. of PhD & Post-MA Programs in Multilingual Multicultural Studies
NYU Steinhardt, 

*Temporary office: 774 Pless Hall
New York, NY 10003

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

office phone: (212) 998-5195 <tel:%28212%29%20998-5195> 
office fax: (212) 995-4198 <tel:%28212%29%20995-4198> 

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NYU Steinhardt, 

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Co-chair, NABE Research SIG

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