TESL 490/590
Course Information
Instructor: Linda Houts-Smith
Office: 279 B MacLean Hall
Email: houtsli@mnstate.edu
Phone: (218) 477-4059
Office hours: T 3:00-4:00 pm, 7:00-8:00 pm
Th 3:00-4:00 pm, 7:00-8:00 pm
By appointment
Required Materials
Textbooks:Conversation Analysis & Second Language Pedagogy: A Guide for ESL/EFL Teachers, by Jean Wong and Hansun Zhang Waring
Teaching Pronunciation: A Course Book and Reference Guide, 2nd ed., by Marianne Celce-Murcia, Donna Brinton, & Janet Goodwin
Course Packet: Lifeguards for the English Ocean: Oral Discourse Structures
Audio Player: You will need at least one way to listen to digital audio files. A computer with speakers, a digital recorder that has playback, an ipod or MP3 player all should work.
Internet access: Moodle course web site: http://appserv.mnstate.edu/instrtech/dnes/moodle/
Catalogue Course Description
In-depth study of how English is structured in oral contexts as well as methods and strategies for teaching oral language. Covers a review of phonetics and phonology including place and manner of articulation of phonemes, stress, intonation, and how articulation alters when sounds are produced within larger units of discourse. Delves into the structure of oral discourse above the sentence, including such features as adjacency pairs, referencing and gapping, and how participants negotiate meaning. Introduces students to techniques used in oral discourse analysis. Prerequisites: TESL 451/551, TESL 454/554.