Ling 60 | Schedule

This schedule may be subject to adjustment.

Tuesday

Thursday

[outline] Aug 20
About this course
Approaches to reading education

[outline] Aug 22 (RE #1 due)
Linguistics — the science of language
Language in the mind

[outline] Aug 27
The consonant and vowel sounds of "mainstream" American English

[outline] Aug 29
Sound structure: Phonology
Phonological awareness

Sept 3
WELL-BEING DAY

[outline] Sept 5
Writing systems
Orthographic depth

[outline] Sept 10 (RE #2 due)
Word structure: Morphemes/morphology
Sentence structure: Syntax

[outline] Sept 12
Eye movements in adult reading
Extracting visual information from text

[outline] Sept 17
Tests for measuring abilities:
Reading and cognition

[outline] Sept 19 (RE #3 due)
Discussion: Language, writing, visual text processing, skills assessment

[outline] Sept 24
How to approach a research paper
Research questions, experiment design

[outline] Sept 26
Basic statistics for research consumers
Research results and data graphics

[outline] Oct 1
Psycholinguistics of reading
Early phonological access in silent reading

[outline] Oct 3
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 1 prep)
Age-of-acq. effects in skilled readers

[outline] Oct 8
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 2 prep)
Morph. awareness in bilingual readers

[outline] Oct 10
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 3 prep)
Orthographic learning and reading difficulty

[outline] Oct 15
Psycholinguistics of reading (article 4 prep)
Phono. awareness in bilingual early readers

Oct 17
FALL BREAK

[outline] Oct 22 (RE #4 due)
Discussion: Spelling reform for English?

[outline] Oct 24
Article presentation: Group 1
Age-of-acq. effects in skilled readers

[outline] Oct 29
Article presentation: Group 2
Morph. awareness in bilingual readers

[outline] Oct 31
Article presentation: Group 3
Orthographic learning and reading difficulty

[outline] Nov 5
Article presentation: Group 4
Phono. awareness in bilingual early readers

[outline] Nov 7
Language varieties and reading

[outline] [info] Nov 12
Final project workshop day: Topics
Topic consultations

[outline] Nov 14
Research results we've seen:
Summary and discussion

[outline] Nov 19
Literacy and writing beyond English
Adult literacy education

[outline] [info] Nov 21
Final project workshop day:
Article contribution reports

[outline] Nov 26
"Science of reading" laws
Reading education in NC and in the US

Nov 28
THANKSGIVING

Dec 3 (RE #5 due F Dec 6)
Course wrap-up and conclusions
Preparing for project presentations

** Final exam period (project presentations): Th Dec 12, 4-7pm **

Schedule of topics