Department of General & Applied Linguistics
Working Papers in Applied Linguistics–- Volume 6, 2004
Department of General & Applied Linguistics
Working Papers in Applied Linguistics
Undergraduate ..............................................................................................................7
Paper LING204B
Introduction to Applied Linguistics .......................................... 7
Assignment by Kate Wynyard ............................................................................................7
The impact of culture on the work of language teachers..................................................7
Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 7
Culture defined................................................................................................................................ 7
The effects of culture on the classroom .......................................................................................... 8
The effects of culture for the langueage teacher ............................................................................. 9
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 10
References..................................................................................................................................... 11
The Postgraduate Diploma in Second Language Teaching......................................13
Paper APPL700B
Linguistics for Language Teaching........................................ 13
Assignment by Jianying Liu..............................................................................................13
Teaching aspect: Present perfect ..................................................................................... 13
Introduction................................................................................................................................... 13
The relationship between time, tense, aspect, modality and voice................................................ 13
Aspect: The present perfect........................................................................................................... 14
Formal complexities...................................................................................................................... 15
Semantic complexities .................................................................................................................. 15
Learner difficulties........................................................................................................................ 16
Formal difficulties......................................................................................................................... 16
Semantic difficulties ..................................................................................................................... 17
The course book............................................................................................................................ 19
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 21
References..................................................................................................................................... 22
Paper APPL702B ..............Social and Psychological Aspects of Language Teaching
and Learning ...................................................................23
Assignment by Gene Thompson .......................................................................................23
Different world views-Examining the implications of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis in
language learning and teaching ........................................................................................23
Introduction................................................................................................................................... 23
Language, thought and culture...................................................................................................... 24
Different world views in English and Japanese ............................................................................ 26
Implications for language teaching teaching................................................................................. 27
Is a consciousness-raising approach suitable for dealing with this issue? .................................... 28
Issues for further study.................................................................................................................. 29
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 30
References..................................................................................................................................... 31
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Paper APPL724YBLK Reflective Practice in Language Teaching .........................33
Assignment by Barbara Chamberlain .............................................................................33
Reflective practice: Review and results............................................................................33
Introduction................................................................................................................................... 33
Background................................................................................................................................... 33
Issues............................................................................................................................................. 35
Strategies....................................................................................................................................... 35
Journaling-A strategy for reflective practice................................................................................. 36
Limitations of journaling .............................................................................................................. 36
Method .......................................................................................................................................... 36
Data-analysis................................................................................................................................. 37
Journals ......................................................................................................................................... 37
Results........................................................................................................................................... 37
Reviews of reflections................................................................................................................... 38
Questionnaire ................................................................................................................................ 39
Problems and issues identified in the questionnaire...................................................................... 40
Discussion..................................................................................................................................... 40
Limitations .................................................................................................................................... 41
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 41
References..................................................................................................................................... 42
Appendix 1: The Questionnaire .................................................................................................... 44
Paper APPL750A Issues in Computer Assissted language Learning (CALL).........45
Assignment by Christopher Lee .......................................................................................45
MOO environments for CALL purposes .........................................................................45
Introduction................................................................................................................................... 45
Issues to be explored..................................................................................................................... 45
Theory: Autonomous learning ...................................................................................................... 46
Theory: Tandem learning.............................................................................................................. 46
Theory: Collaborative learning ..................................................................................................... 47
The MOO...................................................................................................................................... 47
MOO Websites.............................................................................................................................. 48
Using the MOO: Students ............................................................................................................. 48
Using the MOO: Teachers ............................................................................................................ 51
Culture .......................................................................................................................................... 52
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 53
References..................................................................................................................................... 55
Appendix 1: Virtual Reality Environments (VRE) ...................................................................... 57
MA(Applied) in Applied Linguistics...........................................................................59
Paper APPL501A Research Methods in Applied Linguistics ...................................59
Assignment by Jenny Field and Sang Myung Kim .........................................................59
A description of the roles of a bilingual assistant in a pre-literate adult language
learning classroom .............................................................................................................59
Background of the research........................................................................................................... 59
The research setting ...................................................................................................................... 59
Description of the major issues of the research............................................................................. 60
Theoretical perspectives on the issues .......................................................................................... 61
Methodology................................................................................................................................. 64
Data collection .............................................................................................................................. 64
Analysing and categorising the data ............................................................................................. 64
Analysis of the categories through Activity Theory ..................................................................... 64
Findings ........................................................................................................................................ 66
Discussion of findings................................................................................................................... 67
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Conclusions and suggestions for future directions........................................................................ 68
References..................................................................................................................................... 70
Paper APPL520B Educational Linguistics................................................................71
Assignment by Katherine Brown......................................................................................71
Error Analysis ....................................................................................................................71
Introduction................................................................................................................................... 71
Error analysis: Local errors........................................................................................................... 72
Error analysis: Global errors ......................................................................................................... 73
Strategies for addressing learner problems: Learner group........................................................... 75
Error correction: Academic conventions....................................................................................... 75
Error correction: Illogical information.......................................................................................... 76
Grammar: a) The passive .............................................................................................................. 76
Grammar: b) Expressing obligation .............................................................................................. 76
Grammar: c) Degrees of possibility .............................................................................................. 77
Grammar: d) Mistakes .................................................................................................................. 77
Vocabulary.................................................................................................................................... 78
Spelling ......................................................................................................................................... 78
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 78
References..................................................................................................................................... 80
Paper APPL522YBLK Current Issues in Applied Linguistics ..................................81
Assignment by Jonothan Ryan .........................................................................................81
The case for direct vocabulary teaching ..........................................................................81
Introduction: I. Background: The current state of vocabulary teaching........................................ 81
Outline .......................................................................................................................................... 82
The importance of vocabulary learning ........................................................................................ 82
Definitions: Focused and incidental vocabulary learning ............................................................. 82
Essential vocabulary ..................................................................................................................... 83
The alternative to direct vocabulary teaching: Incidental learning ............................................... 84
II. Building a case for direct vocabulary teaching......................................................................... 85
In defence of word lists................................................................................................................. 86
Quality versus quantity of word knowledge ................................................................................. 89
Multi-word items .......................................................................................................................... 90
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 90
References..................................................................................................................................... 92
Paper APPL550A CALL for Language Teaching.....................................................95
Assignment by Adrian Welsh............................................................................................95
Designing, developing and testing an ESOL web-conferencing site ..............................95
Introduction................................................................................................................................... 95
Stage 1-Initial design and report ................................................................................................... 95
Background................................................................................................................................... 95
The learners................................................................................................................................... 95
The need for a syllabus add-on ..................................................................................................... 96
Objectives of the site..................................................................................................................... 96
Assessment.................................................................................................................................... 97
Learning theories behind the activities ......................................................................................... 97
Design process .............................................................................................................................. 97
Page by page ................................................................................................................................. 98
Testing the online product........................................................................................................... 100
Conclusions about this stage ....................................................................................................... 100
Stage 2-Project trial, evaluation and final report......................................................................... 100
Data collection method ............................................................................................................... 100
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Pre-trial question reults ............................................................................................................... 101
Walkthrough results .................................................................................................................... 101
Summative evaluation of user walkthrough................................................................................ 105
Final changes resulting from user walkthrough .......................................................................... 105
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 106
References................................................................................................................................... 107
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