Week 12 -- Pair Presentations

This week's reading tries to make SLA much more practical by examining six different proposals for classroom teaching.

Please read How Languages Are Learned -- Lightbrown & Spada.

Find a partner. Then look over the chapter and decide which proposal you want to present to the class. 

You only have to read your section: How Languages Are Learned -- Lightbrown & Spada.

Post your pair (both names) and choice in the comments section of this post. First come, first served.

Your Presentation/Discussion should be about 10-15 minutes long (including discussion). This is to be a very brief, informal overview of the proposal, examples of research, pros/cons, personal experience, suggestion for future research, and whatever else you want to include to make it meaningful/memorable for your classmates.

You'll be given 15 minutes to meet with your partner next week at the beginning of class to finalize your presentation/discussion plans. Then we'll start.

The presentation/discussion should be:

• informative -- mention the key points
• interactive -- ask questions to the class
• interesting/meaningful -- be creative; allow classmates to personalize

Please make a simple ppt to give us a visual with your key points and to save time writing. Nothing fancy. Don’t overdo it. Content over style. 

The presenters have the option of standing in front of the class or remaining seated in a round table discussion format.

This will be graded as part of your homework grade.