Calendar for AL 8460 English Grammar for ESL/EFL Teachers

Spring Semester, 2009 (14252)

Note on Spring Breaks: We will observe the Official GSU Spring Break (March 2-8).
Teachers who have other breaks need to communicate with the course instructor to make
adjustments in assignments.
Updated 2/25/2009
Weeks Assigned Reading Quizzes WebCT Vista Small
in Group Discussion of
Lectures on Based on Readings on the
English Longman Student Longman Teaching and
Grammar and Grammar of Student Learning of English
Support Spoken & Written Grammar of Grammar
Materials to go English Spoken &
with the Written
Longman English
Student
Grammar of
Spoken &
Written English
Course materials posted on Thursdays at 5:00
Lecture 1 Chp. 1 Introduction: Quiz Set 1 (1/8 through 1/22)
A discourse (Completed 5
Begins on:1/8 perspective on pm, 1/22) Topics: Getting_Started
grammar & Using Examples in
Teaching
ESL/EFL/ESOL
Lecture 2 Reading: Exemplification
and Examples (on
Begins on:1/15 WebCT)

Topic Coordinator: Pat

Byrd
Lecture 3 Chp. 2 Words and Quiz Set 2 (1/22 through 2/5)
word classes
Begins on: 1/22 (Completed 5 Topic: Teaching_Gr
pm, 2/5) Reading: Larsen-Freeman,
Lecture 4 Chp. 3: Introduction Quiz Set 3 D. (2001). Teaching
to phrases and clauses grammar.
Begins on: 1/29 (Completed 5
pm, 2/5) Group 1 Topic
Coordinator: Polat,
Britanny B.

Group 2 Topic
Coordinator: Underwood,
Ruth A.
Lecture 5 Chp 4: Nouns, Quiz Set 4 (2/5 through 2/19)
pronouns, and the (Completed 5
Begins on:2/5 simple noun phrase pm, 2/19) Topic: Cognitive_Gr
Reading: Fotos, S. (2001).
Lecture 6 Cognitive approaches to
grammar instruction.
Begins on: 2/12
Group 1 Topic
Coordinator: Talbert, Neil
J.

Group 2 Topic
Coordinator: Kleinhans,
Michelle M.
Lecture 7 Chp 5: Verbs Quiz Sets 5 & (2/19-3/12)
Begins on: 2/19 6
Topic: Gr_Writing
Reading: Frodesen, J.
Lecture 8 Chp 6: Variation in (Completed 5 (2001). Grammar in
Begins on: 2/26 the verb phrase: pm, 3/12) writing.
tense, aspect, voice,
Use these dates and modal use Group 1 Topic
for Lecture 8 Coordinator: Larson,
because of break: Lauren A.

2/26, 2/27, 2/28, Group 2 Topic

3/1 3/9, 3/10, Coordinator: Ma, Hong.
3/11, and 3/12
Official GSU Spring Break March 2-March 8

Paper #1 due on 3/12 (after the Official GSU Spring Break)

Lecture 9 Chapter 8: Exploring Quiz Set 8 (3/12-3/26)
the grammar of the
Begins on 3/12 clause (Completed 5
pm on 3/26)
Lecture 10 Topic: Corpus
Begins on:3/19 Linguistics & Grammar
Teaching
Reading: Conrad, S.
(2008). Myth #6: Corpus-
based research is too
complicated to be useful
for writing teachers.

Group 1 Topic
Coordinator: Simon,
Tommie W.

Group 2 Topic
Coordinator: Nighman,
Elizabeth L.
Lecture 11 Chapter 9: Complex Quiz Set 9 (3/26-4/9)
Begins on: 3/26 noun phrases (completed 5
Lecture 12 pm, 4/9) Topic: Modals_Culture
Begins on: 4/2 Reading: Hinkel, E.
(1995). The use of modals
verbs as a reflection of
cultural values.

Group 1 Topic
Coordinator: Robinson,
Courtney L.

Group 2 Topic
Coordinator: Sarkisyan,
Nina V.
Lecture 13 Chp. 11: Adverbials Quiz Set 11 4/9-4/23
(completed
Begins on: 4/9 AND MORE 4/23) Topic: Grammar_Levels
Reading: Byrd, P. (1998).
Rethinking grammar at
Lecture 14
various proficiency levels.
Begins on: 4/14
Group 1 Topic
TWO sets of
Coordinator: Shiver,
lectures in ONE
Brittany N.
WEEK!!
Group 2 Topic
Coordinator: Compton,
Camelle L.
Lecture 15 Summary and final (4/23-4/30)
Begins on: 4/23 evaluation
for the course Wrap Up: Looking back
over the semester at the
readings and our learning
from them

Course evaluation

Topic Coordinator: Pat

Byrd
April 30, 2009 Paper #2 is due by 5:00 p.m.