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Spring 2010 Course Offerings / Class Schedules

SLST - T 501 English for International Grad Students (2-3 cr.)
Designed to improve spoken or written skills for graduate school. Sections on academic writing (research papers, references, reviews, and critical syntheses) and academic speaking (presentations, discussions, and group work) address a range of academic writing and speaking styles. May be taken more than once if topic is different. Credit hours, though counting toward full-time student status, do not count toward the completion of a graduate degree.

      Academic Writing 15122 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm, TR, BU 427,   Lewis, T.  (3 cr.)  Class for International Graduate Students only.  This course is designed for nonnative speakers of English who need to develop academic writing skills appropriate for the presentation of research at the graduate level in an American university.  Students will engage in writing exercises as well as practice procedures essential to the production of graduate-level research, such as selection and documentation of sources, paraphrasing, avoidance of plagiarism, review of literature, summarizing, and formatting of citations and bibliographies.  Practice will culminate in the writing of a 10-15 page research paper.  Credit hours, though counting toward full-time student status, do not count toward the completion of a degree. 

    Academic Writing 29326 8:00 am - 9:15 am, TR, ED 3284,   Lewis, T.  (3 cr.)  Class for International Graduate Students only.  This course is designed for nonnative speakers of English who need to develop academic writing skills appropriate for the presentation of research at the graduate level in an American university.  Students will engage in writing exercises as well as practice procedures essential to the production of graduate-level research, such as selection and documentation of sources, paraphrasing, avoidance of plagiarism, review of literature, summarizing, and formatting of citations and bibliographies.  Practice will culminate in the writing of a 10-15 page research paper.  Credit hours, though counting toward full-time student status, do not count toward the completion of a degree. 

    Academic Speaking 12932 8:00 am - 9:55 am, MW, BU 429, Abe, L.  Class meets second 8 weeks only. (2 cr.)  Class for International  Graduate Students only.  This course is designed to further develop fluency and speaking and listening skills which are required for successful participation in graduate courses.  Attention will be given to increasing students' ability to participate in academic talk with a decrease in pause times and an increase in the quality of connected speech.  Students will practice negotiating meaning in group discussion as well as give individual academic presentations.  Credit hours, though counting toward a full-time student status, do not count toward the completion of a degree.

     Improving Comprehensibility 12931 8:00 am - 9:55 am, MW, BU 429, Abe, L.  Class meets first 8 weeks only.  (2 cr.)  Class for International Graduate Students only.  This is a graduate level course designed to familiarize non-native speakers of English with the basic features of the sound system of American English and analyze how those sounds are produced.  In addition to pronunciation, there will be a focus on recognizing the common speech patterns of students and teachers in an American university setting.  Students will engage in identifying, analyzing and practicing patterns of stress, rhythm and intonation.  Emphasis will be placed on self-evaluation of speech samples in order to target areas in need of improvement.  Credit hours, though counting toward full-time student status, do not count toward the completion of a degree.

T502 (3 cr.)

Communication Skills for International AIs.  This  course will help you and any students scoring C3 or NC4 on the TEPAIC. Improve classroom pronunciation and presentation skills. Learn to compensate in the classroom for accented speech. Learn vocabulary to lead a class. Practice teaching and receive feedback. Lead classroom discussions, questioning, responding and receive feedback. Learn about the academic and cultural background of undergraduates enrolled at Indiana University. (How are they different from undergrads in your country? What do they expect from you? What should you expect from them?) Receive individual tutorials for specific communication problems or be observed in your own classroom.

SLST-T S 511 Second Language Syntax (3 cr.) 12690 11:15 am - 12:30 pm, TR, SW 103, Stringer, D. Class open to graduate students only. Examination of form and acquisition of nonnative syntax.  Consideration of whether nonnative grammars are "fundamentally different" than native grammars, role of the learner's native language, initial state of nonnative syntax, and subsequent development.  Comparison of child native acquisition, and adult native acquisition.

SLST  - S 512 Second Language Phonology (3 cr.) 12692 9:30 am - 10:45 am, MW, SY 002, Darcy, I., Class open to graduate students only.  This course will introduce students to fundamental ideas and research necessary to understand the phonological systems of speakers of more than one language.  The course will cover the basic types of phenomena which are the objects of second language phonological research, the formal models which form the basis of current research models, and the prevalent current models themselves. 

SLST - S 531 Child Second Language Development (3 cr.) 27050 RESTR 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm, TR, OP 107, Stringer, D., Class open to graduate students only.

SLST – S 532 Models of Second Language Acquisition (3 cr.) 12691 PERM, 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm, TR, BH 016, Dekydtspotter, L.   Obtain on-line authorization for class from Department.  Class open to graduate students only.  S 532:P - SLST-T510 or S 511 or equivalent. Introduces students to second language acquisition research. Critically examines major hypotheses about the ways in which second languages develop. Discussions will included a range of languages. Models include a variety of approaches: corpora-based, functionalist, generative, processing-based, socio-cultural, and universals of language.

SLST-S 536 Second Language Pedagogical Contexts (3 cr.) 12693 PERM 11:15 am - 12:30 pm MW, SY 022, Johnston, S536:P-Course in Teaching Methods or consent of Instructor.  Obtain on-line authorization for above  class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only. 

SLST – S 600 Topics in Second Language Studies (3 cr.) VT: L2 Pragmatics 16351 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm, MW, WH 118,  Bardovi-Harlig, K., Topic: L2 Pragmatics. P: SLST-T539; T600 (Pragmatics); S508 or consent of instructor. Class open to graduate students only.

SLST - S670 Language Typology (3 cr.) 27051 PERM 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm, MW, BH 141, Lesourd, P., Class open to graduate students only.  Class meets with LING- L 670.

SLST – S 690 Independent Readings in Second Language Studies (1-4 cr.)  Directed readings in research topics for second language studies.  Class open to graduate students only.

13447 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Bardovi-Harlig, K.  Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

14163 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Stringer, D. Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

14369 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Johnston, B.,  Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

15758 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Ewert, D.,  Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

15759 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Darcy, I,  Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

SLST - S 700 Seminar in Applied Linguistics (3 cr.)

15093 PERM, 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm, MW, BH 208, Sprouse, R., Topic: Bilingual Mental Lexicon, Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

 

27903 RSTR, 9:30 am - 10:45 am, TR, SY 022, Trix, F., Topic: Discourse Analysis. Class open to graduate students only. Class meets with ANTH - L 600 and LING - L 700.

 

SLST – S 800 Dissertation Research in Second Language Studies (1-12 cr.) 15099 PERM,  ARR, ARR, ARR, Bardovi-Harlig, K.  Topic : Dissertation Research in SLS.  Obtain on-line authorization for class from instructor.  Class open to graduate students only.

SLST T 550 Language Testing (3 cr.) 8354 RSTR, 8:00 am - 9:15 am, MW, BH 336, Shin, S., Above class open to graduate students only.

SLST - T 690 Advanced Readings in TESOL/Applied Linguistics (1-4 cr.)

8355 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Bardovi-Harlig, K., Class requires permission of instructor willing to supervise readings.  Obtain on-line authorization for class from Department.  Class open to graduate students only.

 

27054 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Johnston, B., Class requires permission of instructor willing to supervise readings.  Obtain on-line authorization for above class from Department.  Class open to graduate students only.

 

SLST - T 695 MA Thesis Research TESOL/Applied Linguistics (1-4 cr.) 8356 PERM, ARR, ARR, ARR, Bardovi-Harlig, K., Above class requires permission of instructor willing to supervise thesis.  Obtain on-line authorization for class from Department.  Class open to graduate students only.