| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
Assignment |
| 1 |
Jan. 9 |
What are heritage languages?
How do we read, discuss & write to learn?
|
Read syllabus and Quercus
Escholz, Rosa & Clark 05 (on reading) |
HW 1: Your own heritage language (HL) experiences
(due Jan. 16, solo) |
| 2 |
Jan. 16
|
How do we do library research at U of T?
[Today's class in Robarts Library room 4033]; Guest speaker: L. Soglasnova |
Escholz, Rosa & Clark 05 (on sources)
APA site & tutorial |
HW 2: Library resources webpage
(due Jan. 23, solo) |
| 3 |
Jan. 20 |
Last day to add a class |
| Jan. 23 |
What are your HL experiences?
How does fieldwork work?
|
|
HW 3: First neighbourhood study report
(due Feb. 6, pair) |
| 4 |
Jan. 30 |
What are some connections between ethnicity and language? |
Read 1 carefully; skim the rest:
- Cunha 05
- Marquez 99
- Oh & Fuligni 09 (to p. 208, at least)
|
| 5 |
Feb. 6 |
What are some connections between social factors and language?
How do we write about research?
|
Your choice of 1 of 6 (to present in class):
- Hrycyna et al 11
- Łyskawa et al. 16
- Iannozzi 15
- Pabst et al. 17
- Shkvorets 15
- Tse 16
|
HW 4: Learning about the structure of a HL
(draft due Feb. 27, group) and second Neighborhood Visit (by Feb. 27, pair) |
| 6 |
Feb. 13 |
What can happen to HLs?
|
Polinsky & Kagan 07 (pp. 368-84)
|
| Feb. 18-22 | Reading Week -- NO CLASSES, No office hours |
| 7 |
Feb. 27 |
How do we analyze linguistic structure? |
|
HW 5: EOQ or linguistic analysis
(draft due Mar. 20, group) |
| 8 |
Mar. 6 |
How do we analyze language mixing? |
Meyerhoff 06:102-121 &
your choice of 1 of 4 (to present in class):
- Goldstein 97
- Chumak-Horbatch 87
|
| 9 |
Mar. 13 |
How are language, ethnicity and attitude related? |
Your choice of 1 of 4 (to present in class):
|
| 10 |
Mar. 17 |
Last day to drop a "W" class |
| Mar. 20 |
What do we know about HLs in school? |
Ricento 2013:525-537
Polinsky & Kagan 07:384-390 |
HW 6: Final report on Neighborhood Visits
(due Mar. 27, pair) |
| 11 |
Mar. 27 |
How are politics and globalization relevant to HLs? |
Crystal 05
|
| 12 |
Apr. 3 |
Wrap-up and catch-up |
| HW 7: Formal report on HWs 4 and 5
(due Apr. 3, solo) |
Updated
Jan. 4, 2019
