ASU Applied Linguistics Speaker Series, Jeff Bale, November 6th

 The Applied Linguistics Speakers Series Announces:

 

Dr. Jeff Bale

 

 “A Clever City Needs Everyone’s Talent” –

School Reform in Hamburg and its Pedagogical Implications

for German Language Learners

 

Starting in August, 2010, the school system in Hamburg, Germany will embark on a radical restructuring of their schools. School officials have justified these changes as a response to Germany’s poor showing on the last three rounds of the PISA exams. In particular, they have drawn attention to the strong correlation in Germany between social class, language background and results on the PISA. The central argument is, in their words, that “a clever city needs everyone’s talent” – that is, that changes to school structure and to pedagogy are required to ensure a more equitable education for what the PISA studies label "risk groups," including German language learners. 

 

This presentation outlines a research proposal recently submitted to the Humboldt Foundation for funding. Adopting an interpretive perspective that understands educational policy as social practice, this study is  broken in to two phases. The first focuses on how policy-relevant actors make sense of the stated goals and implementation of Hamburg’s reform policy itself. The second extends this interpretive analysis by using ethnographic methods to understand the impact of the reform policy on pedagogical practice in secondary schools in which German language learners comprise the majority of students.

 

 

About the Speaker:

Jeffrey Bale is an assistant professor of second language education. His research interests center on educational  language policy analysis. Currently, his research investigates the impact of national security ideologies on heritage language education, especially programs for Arabic. His work also looks comparatively at the language education policies in the United States and Germany. As subject area leader for the world language teacher preparation program at Michigan State, he is working with colleagues in linguistics to establish a new Arabic teacher certification program.

 

Date: 11.06.2009                      Time: 11:00-12:00 P.M.                 Location:  Payne 129

For more information, contact karen.lillie@asu.edu or taunalee.bradshaw@asu.edu

For information about the new Applied Linguistics Ph.D. program, visit http://appliedlinguistics.asu.edu

 

 

 

Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition with expertise in ESL Writing

Lecturer in Rhetoric and Composition. Beginning August 16, 2009.
Required: Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition or in a related discipline
with appropriate relevant coursework; experience in teaching
college-level first-year ESL writing courses; evidence of effective
teaching. Desired: Theoretical grounding, expertise, and teaching
experience in second language writing; evidence of participation in
professional conferences in applied linguistics, composition, rhetoric
or TESOL.

Teaching load is 4 composition courses each semester. Appropriate
professional university service responsibilities. Three-year renewable
appointment.

Applicants must submit: Letter of application; vita; teaching
philosophy; unofficial graduate transcripts; three letters of
recommendation; and copies of recent teaching evaluations to D. Baker,
Rhet/Comp ESL Writing Lecturer Search Committee, Department of English,
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 870302, Tempe AZ 85287-0302,
postmarked by January 2, 2009, if not filled postmarked by the 15th of
every month until search is closed. E-mailed materials will not be
accepted. A background check is required for employment. AA/EOE.

Assistant Professor History of Rhetoric

Assistant Professor History of Rhetoric

Assistant Professor in History of Rhetoric The Department of English at
Arizona State University (ASU) seeks an assistant professor and
scholar-teacher in rhetoric and composition who has compiled a
compelling record of scholarship appropriate to rank in any area of the
history of rhetoric. ASU is a Research I university with outstanding
research facilities and infrastructure support and is located within the
rapidly growing and dynamic metropolitan Phoenix area. Our English
department is a large and diverse unit of faculty committed to
excellence in teaching, to new and exciting research, and to ongoing
community outreach.

Required: Ph.D. in rhetoric and composition or related discipline;
college-level teaching experience appropriate to rank; ability to teach
and develop graduate and undergraduate courses in the history of
rhetoric; and a compelling record of ongoing scholarship appropriate to
rank in any area of the history of rhetoric.

Desired: Record of scholarship and publications on classical and/or
medieval rhetoric; experience in teaching courses in the history of
rhetoric, especially classical rhetoric. Teaching load is 2/2 for track
faculty with a significant research agenda. Teaching opportunities are
at undergraduate, Master's, and PhD levels. Departmental, university,
and professional related service appropriate to rank.

Applicants must send: Cover letter, curriculum vita, and three letters
of recommendation with contact information to Chair of Assistant
Professor of Rhetoric and Composition (History of Rhetoric) Search
Committee, Department of English, Arizona State University, P.O. Box
870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Application Deadline (no faxes or
e-mails): Postmarked by November 30, 2009; if not filled, then every
Monday thereafter until the search is closed. ASU is an affirmative
action/equal employment opportunity employer and is dedicated to
recruiting a diverse faculty community. (AA/EOE) A background check is
required for employment.

Job Opening: Assistant Professor in Historical/Comparative Linguistics

Assistant Professor in Historical/Comparative Linguistics

Required: Ph.D. in Linguistics or a related discipline; college-level
teaching experience; and evidence of a compelling record of ongoing,
high quality research and publication in Historical/Comparative
linguistics. A demonstrated interest in the history of English.

Desired: Experience using historical and contemporary corpora in
research and teaching; a demonstrated interest in non-European
languages.

Teaching load is 2/2 for tenure-track faculty with a significant
research agenda. Teaching opportunities are at undergraduate, Master's,
and Ph.D. levels. Candidates will be expected to teach relevant courses
on historical and comparative linguistics and typology.

The appointment will be in the Department of English. Arizona State
University is a large metropolitan university with programs in
linguistics housed in various departments.

Applicants must send: Cover letter, vita, names and contact information
for three professional references. Send to: Chair of
Historical/Comparative Linguistics Search Committee, Arizona State
University, Department of English, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Application
deadline (no faxes or emails): postmarked by November 16, 2009; if not
filled, then every Monday thereafter until the search is closed. A
background check is required for employment. Arizona State University is
an equal opportunity employer (AA/EOE).

Job Opening: Assistant Professor: Second Language Acquisition Syntax

Assistant Professor: Second Language Acquisition Syntax

Required: Ph.D. in Linguistics or a related discipline; college level
teaching experience; and a evidence of ability to maintain a compelling
record of ongoing, high quality research and publication in Second
Language Acquisition Syntax.

Teaching load is 2/2 for tenure-track faculty with a significant
research agenda. Teaching opportunities are at undergraduate, Master's,
and Ph.D. levels. The appointment will be in the Department of English.
Arizona State University is a large metropolitan university with
programs in linguistics housed in various departments.

Applicants must send: Cover letter, vita, three letters of
recommendation, and a brief sample of relevant academic writing.
Application deadline (no faxes or emails): postmarked by October 9,
2008; if not filled, then every Monday thereafter until the search is
closed. Send to: Chair of Second Language Acquisition Syntax Search
Committee, Arizona State University, Department of English, Tempe, AZ
85287-0302. A background check is required for employment. Arizona
State University is an equal employment employer (AA/EOE).

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I'm not on this committee, but I hope the committee will receive
applications from many people who can contribute to our Master's in
TESOL program as well as Ph.D. in Rhetoric, Composition and Linguistics.

Reforming the Humanities Ph.D.

Here is an interesting article on "Reforming the Humanities Ph.D."

CFP: Second Call: 4th International Writing Research Conference - Feb 17-20, 2011

Second Call for Proposals: Writing Research Across Borders II

 

George Mason University

 

February 17-20, 2011

 

Proposal Deadline May 3, 2010

 

As societies become more knowledge-intensive and communication technologies draw us more closely together, the importance of writing in economic, scientific, civic, personal, and social development becomes more apparent. Correspondingly, the imperative to conduct research on writing in schools and the workplace, in relationship to learning and development, and in all aspects of our lives has invigorated work among scholars in all regions of the world. The conference Writing Research across Borders II will provide an opportunity for researchers to share their findings and set research agendas for the coming years.

 

Continuing the success of the three previous international research conferences held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the 2011 Writing Research Across Borders II will be held at George Mason University in the Washington D.C./Northern Virginia area.  We invite proposals that will continue to deepen the cross-disciplinary, international dialogues across the many different domains of writing research. 

 

As in past years, this conference will focus on writing development across the lifespan, including the impact of new technologies on learning to write, early acquisition of writing, writing across grade levels (K-20), writing in the disciplines and professions, and writing in the workplace or other community and institutional settings. We invite proposals presenting research in these areas. We also invite proposals on any other areas of writing use and practice, such as writing in progressive or large scale educational programs, or proposals that link writing research and policies.  We welcome papers raising methodological issues about researching writing. We invite work from any research tradition that is grounded in the tradition’s previous research and pursues the methodical gathering of qualitative or quantitative data appropriate to its claims. 

 

Proposals should identify the format preferred (panels, roundtables, individual presentations, and poster presentations). Individual or poster proposals should be a maximum of 500 words. Proposals with multiple presentations (panel and roundtable) should contain a short overview statement and then no more than 400 words per speaker. Proposals should specify the relevant research literatures, research questions, methods, data, and findings, as well as the scope and duration of the research projects.  

 

The deadline for proposals is May 3, 2010. Please submit proposals in .doc or .rtf format by email attachment to <writing@education.ucsb.edu>.  Also, be sure to include a title for your proposal and each speaker’s individual talk, as well as contact information for each individual presenter. 

 

 

Writing Research across Borders II Scientific Committee

 

 

Paula Carlino	Argentina	University of Buenos Aires
Kate Chanock	Australia	Latrobe
Luuk van Waas	Belgium	University of Antwerp
Desiree Motta-Roth	Brasil	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
Dilamar Araujo	Brazil	Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE)
Angela Dionisio	Brazil	UFP, Recife
Angela Kleimann	Brazil	Unicamp-Sao Paulo
Céline Beaudet	Canada	Université de Sherbrooke
Anthony Pare	Canada	McGill University
Catherine Schryer	Canada	University of Waterloo
Graham Smart	Canada	Carleton University
Doreen Starke-Meyering	Canada	McGill University
Giovanni Parodi Sweis	Chile	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Vijay Bhatia	China	City University of Hong Kong
Chen Huijun	China	China University of Geosciences
Blanca Yaneth Gonzalez Pinzon	Colombia	Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Denis Alamargot	France	University of Poitiers
Francoise Boch	France	Université Stendhal
Michel Fayol	France	University Blaise Pascal
Sylvie Plane	France	IUMF de Paris
Pietro Boscolo	Italy	University of Padua
Fatima Encinas	Mexico	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Nancy Susan Keranen	Mexico	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Emilia Ferreiro	Mexico	National Polytechnic Institute
Gert Rijlaarsdam	Netherlands	University of Amsterdam
Olga Dysthe	Norway	University of Bergen
Sigmund Ongstad	Norway	Oslo University College
Lilliana Tolchinsky	Spain	University of Barcelona
Magnus Gustaffson	Sweden	Chalmers University of Technology
Åsa Wengelin	Sweden	Lund University
Otto Kruse	Switzerland	Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Daniel Perrin	Switzerland	Zurich University of Applied Sciences
David Barton	UK	Lancaster University
David Galbraith	UK	University of Staffordshire
Ken Hyland	UK	University of London
Roz Ivanic	UK	Lancaster University
Gunther Kress	UK	University of London
Greg Myers	UK	Lancaster University
Brian Street	UK	Kings College-London
Mark Torrance	UK	University of Staffordshire
Chris Anson	USA	North Carolina State
Arthur Applebee	USA	SUNY Albany
Arnetha Ball	USA	Stanford
Chuck Bazerman	USA	University of California, Santa Barbara
Anne Beaufort	USA	University of Washington, Tacoma
Virgina Berninger	USA	University of Washington
Deborah Brandt	USA	University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ralph Cintron	USA	University of Illinois at Chicago
Ulla Connor	USA	Indiana University-Purdue University
Christiane Donahue	USA	University of Maine, Farmington
Peter Elbow	USA	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sarah Freedman	USA	Berkeley
Steve Graham	USA	Vanderbilt
Christina Haas	USA	Kent State University
Richard Haswell	USA	TAMU Corpus Christi
Dick Hayes	USA	Carnegie-Mellon University
Doug Hesse	USA	University of Denver
George Hillocks	USA	University of Chicago
Tom Huckin	USA	University of Utah
Ron Kellogg	USA	St. Louis University
Gesa Kirsch	USA	Bentley College
Paul LaMaheiu	USA	University of California, Berkeley
Neal Learner	USA	MIT
Andrea Lunsford	USA	Stanford
Karen Lunsford	USA	University of California, Santa Barbara
Skip MacArthur	USA	University of Delaware
Paul Kei Matsuda	USA	Arizona State University
Sandra Murphy	USA	University of California, Davis
Cezar Ornatowski	USA	San Diego State
Mike Palmquist	USA	Colorado State University
Paul Prior	USA	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Anne Ruggles Gere	USA	University of Michigan
David Russell	USA	Iowa State University
Mary Schleppegrell	USA	University of Michigan
Peter Smagorinsky	USA	University of Georgia
Clay Spinuzzi	USA	University of Texas, Austin
Chris Thaiss	USA	University of California, Davis
Joanna Wolfe	USA	University of Louisville
Terry Myers Zawacki	USA	George Mason University

 

 

CFP: CALICO Journal Special Issue

Title: Second Language Acquisition Theories, Technologies, and Language Learning

Co-editors: Bryan Smith (Arizona State University) and Steven L. Thorne (Penn State)

This special issue of the CALICO Journal is intended to provide a state-of-the-art overview of diverse approaches to the processes, methodologies, and findings associated with second language acquisition theory and research in the context of new media and second/foreign language education. We solicit technology-related research that examines foreign and second language learning and teaching taking place in traditional instructional settings, blended learning formats, distance education contexts, as well as language use and learning in organic and open internet environments (e.g., internet interest communities, online gaming and virtual worlds, etc.). Empirical studies are particularly encouraged and critical review pieces are also welcome.

The editors seek original submissions that represent diverse research methodological and theoretical approaches including (but not limited to):

Psycholinguistics
Human-computer interaction
Ecological approaches
Conversation analysis
Critical applied linguistics/critical pedagogy
Corpus and/or computational linguistics
Cognitive neuroscience
Discourse analysis
Interactional sociolinguistics
Language socialization
Systemic functional linguistics
Interaction approach to SLA
Sociocognitive approaches
Cultural-historical activity theory and/or Vygotskian sociocultural theory
Linguistic anthropology
Cultural studies
Communication theory

Each author will be expected to provide a concise description of the SLA approach and/or research methodology employed in the article, important research and pedagogical findings produced from this framework, and to address the strengths and limitations of the theory in relationship to applied linguistics research, pedagogical practice and technology design.

Please send inquiries and suggestions for contributions to both Steve Thorne (stevenlthorne@gmail.com) and Bryan Smith (bryansmith@asu.edu). Please list CALICO Journal Special Issue in the subject line.

Extended abstracts (~500 words) are due by January 15th, 2010.
Full-length manuscripts are due by May 15th, 2010.

The CALICO Journal is the journal of the Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium (CALICO) and is devoted to the dissemination of information concerning the application of technology to language teaching and language learning. The CALICO Journal is fully refereed and publishes articles, research studies, reports, software reviews, and professional news and announcements. The CALICO Journal (ISSN 0742-7778) is published three times a year (September, January, and May).

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Bryan Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics
Arizona State University
Department of English
Box 870302
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302

Office Location: LL549-B
Office Phone:    No office phone, sorry :-(
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