LINGUIST List 9.45

Tue Jan 13 1998

FYI: Research Fellowship,Quechua en UPenn,URL Update

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Lorraine Williams, Baker Research Fellowship

Message 1: Baker Research Fellowship

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:23:10 +0000
From: Lorraine Williams <Lorraine_Williamsflannet.middlebury.edu>
Subject: Baker Research Fellowship

THE MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

1998 Guidelines for Proposals

The Robert L. Baker Summer Research Fellowship for Second Language Acquisition in an Environment of Immersion

Program Description

The Baker Research Fellowship will be awarded for an eight-week residency on the Middlebury College campus to study adult language acquisition. Research will be carried out during the summer session of the Language Schools in 1998. Each fellow may hold only one summer fellowship. Applicants should be experienced researchers in second-language acquisition or applied linguistics. They must be native or near-native speakers of one or more of the eight languages taught at Middlebury: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Russian or Spanish. Researchers who have interests or expertise in secondary education, or in teacher preparation are encouraged to apply. Successful fellows will live with the faculty and students of the target Language School, will be expected to participate linguistically and socially in the life of the School and to return the following summer to present findings. The fellowship carries a stipend of $3,000-$4,000, depending upon the fellow's experience and the scope of the project.

An applicant's proposed research plan should address the questions:

-How do adults learn second languages? -What are the strategies used by expert learners of second languages? -What results does an immersion program produce? Why?

Selection Criteria

Middlebury will not determine specific projects but will consider the following criteria in evaluating proposals:

-The achievement of the project's objectives will add significantly to our understanding of how adult learners learn languages.

-The achievement of the project's objectives will add significantly to our knowledge of effective language teaching methods.

-The project design takes the immersion conditions of language learning at Middlebury into consideration, e.g., by incorporating both classroom and non-classroom activities.

-Methods of data collection will be seamlessly incorporated in the curriculum and therefore non-intrusive in nature.

-The methods of data collection will make appropriate use of technology to ensure accurate and objective results.

-The conclusions drawn from the research project will create a framework of assumptions about language acquisition upon which curriculum development can be based.

We assume that each project will adhere to a commonly accepted typology of educational research with such necessary components as participant observation, surveys, in-depth interviews, case studies, computer-aided tracking of learner behavior, data collection and analysis.

Applicants should submit a three-page application consisting of the following:

-A one page narrative describing the proposed project. -A one page outline of the plan of action to be followed in carrying out research. -A one page resume that should reflect the applicant's experience in language research, linguistics, teaching, materials development, or any work done in furthering language pedagogy in secondary or higher education that would support the candidacy for a research fellowship.

The complete application should consist of no more than three pages. If supporting material is needed we will request that it be forwarded after reviewing the initial application. Applications should be submitted to:

Professor Michael R. Katz Dean of Languages and International Studies Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont 05753

Deadline for Receipt of Applications is March 15, 1998

If you have any questions, please e-mail Elizabeth Karnes: KarnesFlanNet.middlebury.edu

Message 2: Quechua en UPenn

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 16:44:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Gonzalo Rubio <gonzalorjhu.edu>
Subject: Quechua en UPenn

*Elementary Quechua I and II will be offered at The University of Pennsylvania in Summer 1998.* These courses are open to graduate students, advanced undergraduates, professionals and other interested individuals. They will be taught by Serafin Coronel-Molina, a native speaker of Quechua, using a combination of traditional and multimedia texts. The course has been developed in close consultation with Dr. Nancy H. Hornberger of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

Elementary Quechua I (LING 140 for undergraduates; LING 508 for graduates) will be offered in the first summer session (May 19 to June 26, 1998), and will meet five days a week from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. Elementary Quechua II (LING 141 for undergraduates; LING 509 for graduates) will be offered in the second summer session (June 29 to August 7, 1998), and will also meet five days a week from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon.

Elementary Quechua I is intended for students with no previous study experience in Quechua. It introduces students to the language and culture of the Quechua people. This is the language that was spoken by the ancient Incas and is still spoken today by more than 10 million speakers throughout the Andean countries of South America. The variety taught will be from the Southern Quechua family spoken in Peru. The course will promote the development of the four language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing, providing a good practical command of oral and written skills appropriate for everyday situations. In addition, classwork will include discussion of native Andean culture, as well as the changing face of Quechua culture in light of recent migration trends.

Elementary Quechua II is a continuation of Elementary Quechua I for students who have taken the first session course or who have previously studied Southern Peruvian Quechua at the beginning level. The format will be the same as for Elementary Quechua I, with continued building of the four essential language skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Grammatical structures will be continually reviewed throughout this course, while a rich input of material in Quechua is provided with the goal of increasing the range of vocabulary and linguistic structures as well as knowledge of the culture.

For further information and registration, contact the Penn Language Center, 401 Lauder-Fischer Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6330. Telephone (215) 898-6039, fax (215) 573-2139. E-mail <vassiliesas.upenn.edu> (Ms. Lada Vassilieva).

Message 3: URL correction for online corpus

Date: Fri, 26 Dec 1997 15:41:22 -0500
From: kroch <krochlinc.cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: URL correction for online corpus

The URL you have for the Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Middle English is out of date. correct URL is: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/mideng. Thanks for updating it.