FYI: Virtual recitation, Search engine results
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taimi metzler
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Dear Subscribers, We, a Course Instructor and a Recitation Instructor for a course 'LINGUISTICS 1000: Language in US Society' at University of Colorado at Boulder, would like to invite you to join the recitation discussions which are taking place on-line. This is an experimental recitation section (in its fourth semester) in which the students participate in the discussions without coming to a classroom. (Please visit http://www.colorado.edu/ling/sp99/1000 and click 'Virtual Recitation' from the Web Page Menu to go to the recitation. When a pop-up window opens, please use 'guest' for both login ID [User Name] and Password.) As we are using 'Language: Readings in Language and Culture, 6th ed.' by Clark, Escholz and Rosa as a text, we would welcome comments of the contributors of this book as well as teachers and researchers of the topics (described below) covered by the course. (Also, please refer to 'Calendar' page for the assigned readings.) The topics and the dates (approximate) for the discussion are: 1. Intro to Language Development -- Jan. 11 - 22 2. Language Acquisition -- Jan. 25 - 29 3. Dialects in the United States -- Feb. 1 - 12 4. Gender-based Language Difference -- Feb. 15 - 19 5. American Sign Language -- Feb. 22 - 26 6. Bilingualism -- Mar. 8 - 19 7. Literacy and School Languages -- Mar. 29 - Apr. 9 8. Endangered Languages -- Apr. 12 - 16 9. Language Legislation -- Apr. 19 - 23 10. Mediated Language -- Apr. 26 - 30 The discussion will begin with a couple of summaries of the assigned readings to be posted on a forum for each topic (accessible from 'Virtual Recitation Homepage' by clicking 'bulletins' icon) and then flow rather freely just as an in-class recitation goes. The students in this recitation may be excited to have experts on the various topics participating in their discussions. One of the purposes of the Virtual Recitation is to involve them in a larger academic community and expose them to several perspectives on the topics under discussion. If you are interested in joining our discussion, please visit our 'Virtual Discussion page' and click 'Information' icon for more details. We also welcome comments and recommendations on the Virtual Recitation as it is set up or as a pedagogical tool for large lecture classes. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jule Gomez de Garcia (garciajm@spot.colorado.edu) (Instructor, U. of Colo. at Boulder) Yoshiteru Asano (yoshiteru.asano@Colorado.edu) (Recitation Instructor - Virtual Recitation section) |
