Summer 2005
Professor Mark G. Goldin
Thompson 233
Phone 993-1231; Fax 993-1245
e-mail mgoldi2@gmu.edu
Office hours Monday through Thursday, 11:45-12:15
Understanding Second Language Learning Difficulties, by Madeline E. Ehrman. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996.
Affect in Foreign Language and Second Language Learning, ed. by Dolly J. Young. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998.
| Date | Readings and other activities |
| June 27 | Human subjects research: http://cme.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/humanparticipant-protections.asp |
| June 29 | Ehrman, chapters 1-3; Young, chapter 1 |
| July 6 | Ehrman, chapter 4;
Young, chapters 2-3 First visit to a class |
| July 8 | Ehrman, chapter 5; Young, chapter 4 |
| July 11 | Ehrman, chapter 6;
Young, chapter 5 Second visit to a class First portfolio assignment |
| July 13 | Ehrman, chapter 7;
Young, chapter 6 Visit with Madeline Ehrman |
| July 15 | Ehrman, chapter 8; Young, chapter 7 |
| July 18 | Ehrman, chapter 9;
Young, chapter 8-9 Second portfolio assignment |
| July 20 | Ehrman, chapter 10; Young, chapter 10 |
| July 25 | Young, chapter 11 |
| July 27 | Young, chapter 12 |
| August 1 | Young, chapter 13 Case study complete |
20%: Young, page 61, portfolio assignment 1 or 2 (July 11)
20%: Young, page 103, portfolio assignment 1 or 2 (July 18)
40%: Case study (August 1)
20%: Class participation (including the personal reflections at the beginning of each chapter in the Young volume)