Cobb County ESOL

Linguistic Case Study & Participant Forms

The Linguistic Case Study is the field experience activity that is not only required for the class, but is also one of the four items required for submission for your ESOL Endorsment Portfolio.

This activity entails an in-depth linguistic case study of a student who has learned/is learning English as an additional language. Specifically, you will transcribe and analyze a 20- to 30-minute recording of the student’s natural speech (not an interview), focusing on the language from the perspectives of phonology, morphology/syntax, pragmatics, first-language influence, and/or other areas that seem relevant. You will contextualize your description of the language learner and language learning situation, to consider how that might influence the language sample. You must explicitly link your discussion of the learner’s language to elements we have discussed in class and from our readings. Be sure to consider the learner’s achievements with the language, not simply perceived deficits. Finally, you will provide instructional/assessment recommendations for the student based on your analysis. You will turn in the transcript and your case study analysis (about 3-5 pages), and will make a short oral presentation on your findings to the class. See the Rubric for more details. Your must receive at least 24 points out of a total of thirty (30) on this assignment to receive credit for this course.  Expected time allotted: 8 hours.

 In accordance with CCSD Research and Accountability Department requirements, you must ask your participant to complete a Participant Consent Form. This form must be submitted with your transcription and analysis. In an effort to ensure that your participant understands the case study assignment, the form is offered below in various languages. Please make sure to copy the form with English on one side and the language of your participant on the other. Should your participant need a language other than those listed below, do not hesitate to inform your ESOL Endorsement instructors.

English: Download Participant_Consent_Form_Linguistics_Study

Korean: Download Participant_Consent_Form_Linguistics_Study-Korean

Portuguese: Download Participant_ Consent_Form_Linguistics Study_PORTUGUESE

Spanish: Download Participant_Consent_Form_Linguistics_Study_SPANISH

Sample Case Study: Download Linguistic Case Study redacted

Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does--and Does Not--Say

Claude Goldenberg, a professor of education at Stanford University, takes an in depth look at current research on the teaching of English Language Learners. Check out his article in the Summer 2008 issue of the American Educator at http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/summer08/goldenberg.pdf

Myths and Misconceptions article

McLaughlin discusses the common myths and misconceptions about second language learning. Click here to access the article: Download McLaughlin Myths and misconceptions

Symbaloo - Cobb Linguistics

Symbaloo is a virtual bookmarking web 2.0 tool that allows you to create "webmixes" or pages of bookmarked pages. Thus, you can create a webmix by topic. Check out the webmix for Cobb Linguistics:

http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/cobblinguistics

Linguistics Syllabus - Smitha 2012

Click here to download a copy of the ESOL Endorsment Linguistics Course syllabus: Download Linguistics syllabus WS 2012 Ewing smitha

 

Linguistic Case Study Example: Download Linguistic Case Study redacted

Linguistics Internet Research Example: Download Sample Internet Research into Language and Linguistics

What is Language?

Check out this resource from the National Science Foundation.

Forvo: All the words in the world. Pronounced.

Ever wonder how to pronounce something in another language? Check out Forvo! I have found out how to pronounce names of places around the world, names of some of my favorite authors and other words in several languages! Forvo currently boasts over a million words in 281 languages. If the word/name that you would like pronounced is not there, you can add it and someone in the Forvo community will pronounce it.

Linguistics Terminology - practice and quiz

PRACTICE
Not sure if you have learned all of those terms from class?
Click on the link to try your hand at the Linguistic Terms.

 

QUIZ

After you have practiced the terms, click on the link to take the quiz on Linguistics Terminology. You will need to enter your name in order to take the quiz. The quiz is timed (you will only have 10 minutes), but you may take the quiz multiple times.

Pragmatics Resources

To develop a greater understanding of pragmatics, check out the resources below:

American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Video "Pragmatics of Hello": Download Pragmatics of Hello

 

Resource for phonology (and a lot more!)

Frankfurt International School has a wonderful site that provides resources that will help grade 6-12 ESOL students learn English as effectively and enjoyably as possible. The site, therefore, contains advice and activities that are of direct use to the students themselves; but it also contains information for their parents and mainstream teachers on what they should know and can do to facilitate the learning process. The site also contains hundreds of quiz pages (grammar, vocabulary, reading) that will be of use to anyone learning English in whatever situation.

To find the resources on phonology, follow the links: "Grammar" > "Language differences" > "Phonetics and phonology."

The Entabulator

Is this how YOU sound to your students?

 

Download Entabulator

Download Entabulator copy

McGurk Effect

McGurk Effect: Should you believe what you see or what you hear?

 

 

 

Check out this story from NPR.
The video in the story is played through youtube, so click the video below in case the video player in the story is blocked:

Download Try The McGurk Effect! - Horizon_ Is Seeing Believing_ - BBC Two

"Do you speak American?" - website

The PBS website for this video is full of resources and information for educators of ESOL students.

Language Policy Websites

Select from one of these, or find a link on these pages to take you to another language policy website!

Most of the following links and annotations for bilingual education were taken from http://www.cal.org/resources/faqs/rgos/bi.html:

www.ncela.gwu.edu    The National Clearinghouse on Bilingual Education (NCBE) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information relating to the effective education of linguistically and culturally diverse learners in the U.S. NCBE provides information through its World Wide Web site and produces a bi-weekly news bulletin, Newsline, and manages a topical electronic discussion group, NCBE Roundtable. ASKNCBE FAQs are particularly helpful.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwcrawford     James Crawford’s Language policy Web Site & Emporium. Dr. James Crawford--an independent writer and lecturer, formerly the Washington Editor of Education Week--specializes in the politics of language. Since 1985, he has been reporting on bilingual education, the English Only movement, efforts to save endangered languages, and language rights in the USA.

http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/index.htm Jim Cummins’ Second Language Learning and Literacy Development Website. Lots of good resources and articles from this well-known linguist, on academic/social English, on bilingual education, and more.

http://www.ceousa.org/          The Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO). CEO sponsors conferences, supports research, and publishes policy briefs and monographs on issues related to race, ethnicity, assimilation, and public policy, and is an organization leading the movement to eliminate bilingual education programs.

http://www.nabe.org/  The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) is a national organization exclusively concerned with the education of language-minority students in American schools.

http://www.trpi.org/   Tomas Rivera Policy Institute is dedicated to conducting timely and objective policy-relevant research on issues of concern to the nation’s Latino communities.

http://www.bilingualeducation.org/    The California Association for Bilingual Education promotes and supports educational excellence for all in California. CABE collaborates and builds partnerships with families, schools, communities, businesses and government, provides preparation for moral and ethical leadership, disseminates relevant information based on sound educational theory and research, and conduct professional development opportunities to share, expand and build upon the expertise of parents, educators, administrators, community leaders and policy makers.

http://www.asu.edu/educ/sceed/         Arizona State University maintains a bilingual education research site.

Varieties of English

The Language Samples Project has collected information on a number of varieties of English. Click on the link to learn more.

For additional varieties, go to the World-English site.

Karen's Linguistics Issues explores many differences that exist between the varios types of English.

British English and American English utilize many different terms. The Oxford Dictionary site provides a list of many of the differences in terminology.

About.com provides an overview of the differences between American English and British English. After reviewing the differences, then try your hand at the online quiz. How good are you at spotting the differences?

The American Dialect

The number of regional dialects of American English range from 3 - 24. Some researchers estimate that the number may eeven be higher. Do you know what kind of American English you speak? Check out the following sites:

Take the quiz: What kind of American do you speak?

Explore the dialect survey results of over 30,000 participants: Dialect Survey Results

Check out the dialect map of the U.S.: Dialect Map

Are you a Yankee or a Rebel? Read or listen to the NPR story and then take the online quiz.

 

1066 A.D.

Click here to download the video from the History Teachers: Download William the Conqueror (_Sexyback_ by Justin Timberlake)

For more great videos, go to the History Teachers Channel. This channel is a website hosted by youtube, so you must access it from outside of the district.

The Super Translator

 

Click here to download the video: Download Catherine_Tate_Show-7_Language_Interpreter_1

Light History of the English Language

Dr. Elliot Engel's lecture, "Light History of the English Language," reveals why the English language evolved in such a fascinating way from the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, to the invading French. Click the link to find out more about Dr. Engel.

Dr. Engel has provided great lectures on American and English authors. Click on "Products" to see the list of author names. Many of his lectures are available on www.youtube.com

 

Communicating with Gestures

"Very few gestures are universally understood and interpreted. What is perfectly acceptable in the United States may be rude, or even obscene, in other cultures." Check out Judy Haynes' website.

http://www.everythingesl.net/inservices/body_language.php

experts featured in "Do you speak American?"

Barbara Johnstone, Carnegie Mellon University

John Baugh, Stanford University

 

 

forms of who online quiz

 Still confused about "who" and "whom?" Read this lesson at http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm#who

Try your hand at this online quiz: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/who_quiz.htm

For an additional explanation, check out Grammar Girl.

Why English is soooo Hard!

From David Smith's Mapping.com

Heteronyms, homographs, and homophones: words that are spelled alike but have different pronunciations or meanings

• We must polish the Polish furniture.
• He could lead if he would get the lead out.
• The farm was used to produce produce.
• The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
• After dessert, the soldier decided to desert his post in the desert.
• No time like the present to present the present.
• A bass and a trout were painted on the head of the bass drum.
• When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
• I did not object to the object.
• The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
• The bandage was wound around the wound.
• There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
• They were too close to the door to close it.
• The buck does funny things when the does are present.
• They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.
• To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
• The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
• After a number of injections my jaw got number.
• Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear.
• I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
• How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
• I live next to the stadium where bands play live. (thanks M. Durham)
• A minute is a minute part of a day. (Thanks M. Durham)
• The clothes were too close to the closet door to close it. (Thanks M. McKay)

The homographs of "-ough" would confuse anybody:

• A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

World Language Statistics and Facts

Explore this website to discover interesting statistics and facts about world languages and cultures.

Immigration Interactive Map

The New Immigrants and their Impact