Highlighted dates show future plans that may be subject to adjustment.

Tuesday
Thursday
[outline] Jan 11
About this course
Teaching reading: Controversies
[outline] Jan 16
Linguistics and mental grammar
Phonological awareness
[outline] Jan 18
The consonant and vowel sounds of "mainstream" American English
[outline] Jan 23 | on Zoom
Phonology: Allophones, syllables
Orthographic depth
Jan 25 | self-paced
Teaching materials for beginning readers
[outline] Jan 30
Word structure: Morphemes/morphology
Sentence structure: Syntax
[outline] Feb 1
Eye movements in adult reading
Extracting visual information from text
[outline] Feb 6
Discussion: Writing systems, language structure, and visual text processing
[outline] Feb 8
How to approach a research paper
Research questions, experiment design
Feb 13
WELL-BEING DAY
[outline] Feb 15
Basic statistics for research consumers
Research results and data graphics
[outline] Feb 20
Psycholinguistics of reading
Early phonological access in silent reading
[outline] Feb 22
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 1 prep)
Phono. awareness in bilingual children
[outline] Feb 27
Article presentation: Group 1
Phono. awareness in bilingual children
[outline] Feb 29
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 2 prep)
Age-of-acq. effects in ambiguity resolution
[outline] Mar 5
Article presentation: Group 2
Age-of-acq. effects in ambiguity resolution
[outline] Mar 7
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 3 prep)
Dyslexia, language disorders, and reading
Mar 12
SPRING BREAK
Mar 14
SPRING BREAK
[outline] Mar 19
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 4 prep)
Morph. awareness in bilingual children
[outline] Mar 21
Article presentation: Group 3
Dyslexia, language disorders, and reading
[outline] Mar 26
Article presentation: Group 4
Morph. awareness in bilingual children
Mar 28
WELL-BEING DAY
[outline] Apr 2
Final project workshop day
Topic consultations
[outline] Apr 4
Discussion: Spelling reform for English?
Project topic proposal due 11:55pm
[outline] Apr 9
A widespread non-phonics alternative:
The "three-cueing" approach
[outline] Apr 11
Final project workshop day:
Article summaries
[outline] Apr 16
Language varieties and reading
Project article summary #1 due 11:55pm
[outline] Apr 18
Language varieties and reading
[outline] Apr 23
Literacy and writing beyond English
[outline] Apr 25
Course wrap-up and conclusions
Article summary #2 due 11:55pm M Apr 29
Apr 30
Final project workshop day

** Final exam period (final presentations): M May 6, 4-7pm **