The development of this course has been funded by the Curriculum Resource Center (“CRC”) at the Central European University (“CEU”), whose programs are partially funded by the Higher Education Support Program (“HESP”). The opinions expressed herein are the author’s own and do not necessarily express the views of CEU. Lecturer: Host Institution: Course Title: Year of CDC Grant: Meilutė Ramonienė Vilnius University Applied Linguistics 2002 / 2003 I. Introduction The course of Applied Linguistics intends to examine the role of the increasingly complex linguistic phenomena in human society, the diverse range of interdisciplinary problems of the field as well as the problem-oriented approaches and means being applied to help solving specific problems in society. The course of Applied Linguistics is designed as a part of the MA program of Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University. It is an obligatory introductory course included in the curriculum of the faculty for MA studies, which lasts for 2 years. Students from other programs are also free to choose it as an elective course. Students’ assumed knowledge basis: Linguistics. II. Objectives of the course The aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge on the theoretical and methodological fundamentals of Applied Linguistics and to introduce students to the current state of this multi-disciplinary field. The Learning outcomes are for students: - to comprehend the focal issues of applied linguistics and to be able to discuss the diversity of questions facing applied linguistics today; - to be able to work with sources and discuss dominant paradigms guiding research in this complex and vigorous field, - to be able to analyze specific language-based problems of Lithuania and specific language communities in the country, - to be able to apply theoretical principles in practical work. III. Course details The course combines theory with practice. It consists of 32 hours: 2 hours per week for 16 weeks. Every week there is a one-hour lecture and a one-hour seminar during which students present papers, analyze and interpret selected literature. Lecture/ Seminar synopsis: 1 Week 1 Applied linguistics: analysis and the history of the term. An overview of applied linguistics. Linguistics applied and applied linguistics. Applied linguistics during the 20th century. Week 2 Research approaches in applied linguistics. The interrelationship of the areas of applied linguistics. Institutional applied linguistics. Practice and theory. Week 3 Applied linguistics and teaching second/foreign languages. Development of teaching methods and approaches. Week 4 Communicative competence: linguistic competence, socio-linguistic competence, sociocultural competence, discourse competence, strategic competence, social competence. Curriculum development, teaching content. Week 5 Communication and language use. Spoken and written language. Speaking and listening. Week 6 Reading as a skill. Reading strategies: bottom-up, top-down. Reading professional texts. Week 7 Writing as a skill. Aspects of writing: strategic, textual. Second language writing (theory, research and pedagogy). Academic writing. Week 8 Language assessment. Testing, test types, language proficiency testing. Validation, test analysis. Language assessment and language teaching. Portfolios. Self-assessment. Week 9 Learning second languages. Theories of second language acquisition. Language behaviour. Contrastive and error analysis. Learner characteristics: age, motivation, styles and strategies. Week 10 Language and culture. Spoken language, oral culture. Print language, literate culture. Language and cultural identity. Socio-cultural theory and second language acquisition. Week 11 Language and the deaf. Sign language. The acquisition of sign languages. Forensic linguistics. Analysis of transcripts and the individual’s speech behaviour. Week 12 Language and new technologies. Corpus development and applied linguistics. Text and speech analysis. Frequency analysis, concordances, collocations. Information retrieval and summarization, spell checkers. Computational phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics. Computer models of grammar. Computer assisted language teaching. Week 13 Discourse analysis and applied linguistics. Text, context, spoken and written discourse. Coherence, cohesion, cohesive devices. Conversation analysis. Discourse analysis and classroom interaction. 2 Week 14 Mediation, translation, interpretation and applied linguistics. New technologies and translation. Week 15 Language contacts, ecology of languages, multilingualism in society. Language death and language revival. Week 16 Language policy and planning, identity and language learning. Bilingualism and bilingual education. Socio-linguistic situation in Lithuania. IV. Assessment The grading of the students at the end of the course is based on: - class participation and contribution to class discussions (25%), - the analytical review/research paper and its oral presentation (25%), - written in-class examination (50%). A formative test was used in the middle of the course with 3 tasks: - to find in a list and to define the main concepts of different areas of applied linguistics; - to analyze a text (semi-formal e-mail letter) as an example of discourse (written/spoken language aspects); - to analyze colleagues’ answers. V. Reading list 1 Lecture/ Seminar Davies A. (1999), An Introduction to Applied Linguistics. From Practice to Theory, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. Schmitt N. (2002) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, London: Arnold 2 Lecture/ Seminar Kaplan, R. B. (eds) (2002), Handbook of Applied Linguistics, New York: Oxford University Press. Schmitt N. (2002) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, London: Arnold. Akmajian A., Demers R.,A., Farmer A.,K., Harnish R., M. (2001), Linguistics. An Introduction to Language and Communication, Cambridge, London: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 3 Lecture/ Seminar Brown, H. D.(2000), Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, London: Longman. van Els, Theo (1987), Applied Linguistics and the Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages, Baltimore: Edvard Arnold Publishers. Grigaliūnienė, J. (ed) ( 2002), Kalbų vaidmuo Europos integracijos procese, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 4 Lecture/ Seminar Brumfit C. (1984), Communicative Methodology in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (2001), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3 Ramonienė M., Narbutas E., Pribušauskaitė J., Skapienė S., Vilkienė L., Slenkstis, Strasbourg: Council of Europe Press, 1996/2002. Pribušauskaitė J., Ramonienė M., Skapienė S., Vilkienė L. (2000), Aukštuma, Strasbourg: Council of Europe Press. 5 Lecture/ Seminar Crystal, D. (1995), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. McCartny Michael (1998), Spoken Language and Applied Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kaplan, R. B. (eds) (2002), Handbook of Applied Linguistics, New York: Oxford University Press. Ur, Penny, Teaching Listening Comprehension, Cambridge, 1987. 6 Lecture/ Seminar Nuttal, C. (1996) Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language, London: Heinemann. Crystal, D. (1995), The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of the English Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Kaplan, R. B. (eds) (2002), Handbook of Applied Linguistics, New York: Oxford University Press. 7 Lecture/ Seminar Katkuvienė, L.E. (2003), Writing Matters, Vilnius: Vilnius University Press. Kaplan, R. B. (eds) (2002), Handbook of Applied Linguistics, New York: Oxford University Press. Swales J.M. and Feak CH.B. (1997), Academic Writing for Graduate Students, Michigan: The University of Michigan Press. 8 Lecture/ Seminar Davies, A. (1992), Principles of Language Testing, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, teaching, assessment (2001), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Schmitt N. (2002) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, London: Arnold 9 Lecture/ Seminar Brown, H. D. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching, London: Longman. Schmitt N. (2002) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, London: Arnold Cokk ,V. (2001), Second Language Learning and Language Teaching, London: Arnold. Ellis R. (1997), Second Language Acquisition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Aitchison, J. (1996), The Language Web, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 10 Lecture/ Seminar Kramsch, C. (1993), Context and culture in language teaching, Oxford. M. Byram, G. Zarate, G. Neuner (1997), Sociocultural competence in language learning and teaching. Studies towards a Common European Framework of references for language learning and teaching, Strasbourg: Council of Europe Press. Ramonienė M., Tarpkultūrinė komunikacija ir lietuvių kalbos kaip svetimosios mokymas(is), in: Tarpdisciplininiai ryšiai lituanistikoje, Vilnius, 1999, p.123 - 132. 11 Lecture/ Seminar Crystal, D. (1995), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 4 Lewis W. (Ed.) Bilingual Teaching of Deaf Children in Denmark – Description of a Project 1982-1992. Døveskolernes Materialcenter, Aalborg, Denmark, 1995; Mantrimas, D. (1999), Gestų kalba. Trumpa apybraiža, Vilnius: Jandrija Newport, Elissa L., Meier Richard P. The Acquisition of American Sign Language. In: D. I. Slobin (Ed.) The crosslinguistic study of language acquisition: Vol 1. The data. Hillsdale, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985; Johnson, Robert E., Liddell, Scott K., Erting, Carol J. Unlocking the Curriculum: Principles for Achieving Access in Deaf Education. Gallaudet Research Institute Working Paper 89-3, Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., 1989 12 Lecture/ Seminar Gudaitis L. (ed.), Darbai ir dienos, tekstynų lingvistika (2000), Kaunas:Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto leidykla. Crystal, D. (2001), Language and the Internet, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Hunston, S. (2002), Corpora in Applied Linguistics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 13 Lecture/ Seminar Hatch, E. (1992), Discourse and Language Education, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Schmitt N. (2002) An Introduction to Applied Linguistics, London: Arnold Jaworski, A., Coupland N. (eds)(1999), The Discourse Reader, Routledge: London. 14 Lecture/ Seminar Kaplan, R. B. (eds) (2002), Handbook of Applied Linguistics, New York: Oxford University Press. Ambrasas-Sasnava K. (1984), Vertimo tyrinėjimai, Vilnius: Mokslas. Armalytė O., Pažūsis L. (1990), Vertimo teorijos pradmenys, Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 15 Lecture/ Seminar Karaliūnas S. (1997), Kalba ir visuomenė. Psichologiniai ir komunikaciniai kalbos vartojimo bruožai, Vilnius: Lietuvių kalbos instituto leidykla. Trudgill P. (2000), Sociolinguistics. An introduction to language and society, London: Penguin books. Chambers J.K. (2003), Sociolinguistic Theory. Linguistic Variation and its Social Significance, Oxford: Blackwell Publichers. Crystal, D. (2000), Language death, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 16 Lecture/ Seminar McKay, S.L., Hornberger, N.(eds) (1996), Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Baker C. (2001), Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Clevedon: Multilingual Matters. Hogan-Brun, G., Ramonienė M. (2003), Emerging Language and Education Policies in Lithuania, Language Policy 2, 27-45. VI. Teaching Methodology During the lectures students are presented with theoretical and applied aspects of the subject. The seminars involve discussions, small group work and paper presentations by the students who are also encouraged to discuss relevant additional issues. Students are provided with additional material in the reader. 5 VII. Number of participating students In 2002/3 there were 11 students: 9 students of MA Applied Linguistics, 1 student of MA Lithuanian linguistics, 1 student of MA Scandinavian linguistics VIII. Additional remarks Two experts involved in fields of Sign Language and Forensic Linguistics were invited to the seminars to introduce their field of work and to answer students’ questions. 6