TESOL Issues to be Covered This Semester

TESOL Issues to be Covered This Semester
(You are responsible for learning them. You may choose one topic for your thesis.)

Language acquisition
*Language: communicative competence
-language competence, strategic competence, psychomotor skills
*Theories of language acquisition
-the silent period, critical period hypothesis, teachability hypothesis,
comprehensible input, fossilization…
-the most successful learners and teaching/learning methods
-grammar translation, audio-lingual, communicative language learning
Grammar
-review of natural order and error analysis
-form, meaning, use
Vocabulary
-corpus research
-How many & which words do we need learn?
Speaking
-pronunciation, conversation (functions, situations, topics, etc.), discussion,
presentation
-accuracy v. fluency
-discourse analysis
Listening
-schema, background knowledge
-I+1
-rate of speech
-listening skills (non-verbal, guessing, intination)
Reading
-schema, background knowledge
-I+1, dictionary use
-critical reading, reading for pleasure, skimming, scanning
Writing
-Writing types
-phonics v. ….
Special topics (spring 07 or 08)
-English for kids
-World Englishes
-CALL
-Culture & language