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1、2023/9/15,1,Third-Year Thesis(?)on Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,2023/9/15,2,Introduction,Learning by being taughtListening memorizing reproducingLearning by exploringRaising questions trying to find answersSearch for questionsSupport your answers with evidence-Challenging your ability for cri
2、tical thinking and independent research,2023/9/15,3,Introduction,What is linguistics?The study of languageMeaningSemantics WordingGrammar and lexicologySounding(signing)Phonology(phonemics)Graphology,2023/9/15,4,Introduction,What is applied linguistics?The use of linguistics in other fields,e.g.,the
3、 study of language learning and language useHow a child learns L1How a young adult learns L2English as L2;Chinese as L2How an L2 learner handles communication pressureHow an L2 learner develops L2 writing skillsWhat a teacher can do to help out the students,2023/9/15,5,Introduction,What is a thesis?
4、An argument in which you put forth your opinion and support your opinion with evidence that comes from your researchA report on the results of your research What is research?The core:raising and answering questions,2023/9/15,6,Introduction,What is primary research?the Research in which you gather ev
5、idence by collecting primary data,e.g.,interviewing students conducting a questionnaire surveyadministering a testPrimary researchcollects data that have not been collected in the past;proves a point that is debatable;can be replicated by another researcher.,2023/9/15,7,Introduction,2023/9/15,8,Exer
6、cises,In the following,what is primary research?What is not?Reporting your classmates opinion on whether third-year students should have P.E.classReporting on how you prove that English and Chinese differ in intonationReporting your opinion on how English should be effectively taught in high schoolR
7、eporting on your teachers opinions about the weaknesses of New Oriental School,2023/9/15,9,Exercises,Interview a classmate of yours,and write up a short report on what he or she thinks is the most effective way of improving his or her English?Part One reports the setting of the interview,the backgro
8、und of your interviewee and the interview questions.Part Two summarizes your interviewees opinion.Part Three reports the details that support that opinion.Use summary,paraphrase and direct quotation.Part Four discusses what the interview does not clarify and should be explored in the future.,2023/9/
9、15,10,Methods to Consider,You may conductTestsoral or writtenSurveysquestionnaireInterviewsstructurednon-structuredObservations participantnon-participantA combination of the aboveE.g.interviews following a test,2023/9/15,11,Ideas for Research,Topic selectionFollow your interest.Select a topic you t
10、ruly fall in love with.Consider the triage approach.Select a topic that is manageable with the current literatureover a period of two semesters with accessible technology,2023/9/15,12,Ideas for Research,Focusing on the nature of EnglishThe use of communication or politeness strategies by a character
11、 in a novel,e.g.,the use of deference strategies by Collins in Pride and Prejudice(how and why)How Chinese address forms are translated in literature,e.g.,address forms in the English translation of A Dream of Red MansionsSexism in the use of English,e.g.,“chick,”“baby,”“pretty face,”“pretty legs”Do
12、 men and women use English differently?,2023/9/15,13,Ideas for Research,Focusing on the nature of EnglishWhat words and grammatical patterns do English advertisements tend to use?More smiles per gallonThe newest eye-deaRhetorical devices as used in newspaper headlines and leadsRhetorical devices as
13、used on webpagesHow personal pronouns are used in advertisementsHow questions are used advertisements,2023/9/15,14,Ideas for Research,Focusing on the nature of EnglishHow international students code-switch(use English with Chinese phrases)in their speech,e.g.,“He nihaoed me,and I nihaoed him”The rol
14、e of ambiguity and fuzziness in communication,e.g.,“I will study with my friend in Beijing”How differently Chinese and American journalists cover the same event?,2023/9/15,15,Ideas for Research,Focusing on L2 learningDifficulties Chinese students encounter in learning English pronunciationThe influe
15、nce of a local dialect on English pronunciation,e.g.,CantoneseHow international students learn tones in ChineseThe effect of topic familiarity and syntactic complexity on EFL listening comprehension,2023/9/15,16,Ideas for Research,Focusing on L2 learningHow do students practice their oral English?Do
16、 they use English in group discussions?Do English movies help with the learning of English?If so,in what way?Is the English Corner is a good way of improving ones English?How English songs help students with their English learning?The influence of Chinese culture on learning Chinese as a foreign lan
17、guage,2023/9/15,17,Ideas for Research,Focusing on L2 learningIs there sexism in the teaching of English?E.g.,textbooks,terms of professions(e.g.,“governor”),comparison of English majors with non-English majorsHow do successful learners learn English vocabulary?What strategies do they use?Are there d
18、ifferences between English majors and other students in vocabulary learning?How pocket-size electronic dictionaries and print dictionaries help students differently,2023/9/15,18,Ideas for Research,Focusing on L2 learningWhat difficulties students encounter when reading newspaper headlinesWhat factor
19、s affect students reading comprehension?Where do Chinese students place the thesis statement when they write an essay?Where do they place the topic sentence when they write a paragraph?Unnecessary redundancy in student written languageA great harvest,investigation and research,2023/9/15,19,Ideas for
20、 Research,Focusing on L2 learningFeatures of Chinglish in student translation work,e.g.,“call the role”vs.“call our names”What type of motivation will contribute to success in language learning?Is text memorization a good language learning strategy?Does TEM-4/8 really measure student proficiency?,20
21、23/9/15,20,Ideas for Research,Focusing on L2 learningHow come there is Chinglish in public signs?“Male Service”for 对公服务“Carefully Hit Your Head”for 小心碰头“Carefully fall into water”for“Be careful not to fall into water”What conversation textbooks work well for us?What books do not?What classes are hel
22、pful?What classes are not?,2023/9/15,21,Readings,What is active reading?You are in control.Read selectively:Brown,H.D.(2001).Principles of Language Learning and Teaching(3rd).Beijing Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press.OMalley,J.M.&Chamot,A.U.1990.Learning Strategies in Second Language Acq
23、uisition.Cambridge:CUP.Stern,H.H.1983.Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching.Cambridge:CUP.,2023/9/15,22,Readings,Read for theoretical foundations.Ellis,R.2000.Second Language Acquisition.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.Kramsch,C.2000.Language and Culture.Shanghai:Shanghai For
24、eign Languages Education Press.McNamara,T.2003.Language Testing.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.Spolsky,B.2000.Sociolinguistics.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.,2023/9/15,23,Readings,Yule,G.2000.Pragmatics.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.Re
25、ad for basics.Chen,X.2007.English Linguistics:A Practical Coursebook.Suzhou:Suzhou University Press.Ding,Y.&Hauck,M.2001.Linguistics for English Learners.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.Ding,Y.2004.Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning.Shanghai:Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press.,2023/9/15,24,Thank you!,
