Tentative Schedule
(Subject to Change As Necessary)

Materials That Will Be Covered During Weekend #1:

Discussion (Forums and/or Classroom) and Overview of the Following by Dr. Schmidt:

History of Sociolinguistics (Chapters 1 & 2)
Ethnography (Chapters 3 & 4)
Pragmatics (Chapters 5, 6, & 8)
Language Variation (Chapters 13 & 14)
Individual Bilingualism (Chapters 17, 18, & 19)
Group Multilingualism (Chapter 23)

Assignments:

Week 1+:

MyHeritage and Elluminate Orientation

Complete Check-In Tasks (watch videos, read Syllabus, attend Elluminate orientation session, etc.)

Begin reading the chapters above

Week 2 (by Start of Weekend #1)

Sign up for Seminar Leadership Section (Read/View Overview):

Pragmatics (Chap. 7, 9, or 10)
Language & Gender (Chap. 11 or 12)
Language Variation (Chap. 15)
Pidgins & Creoles (Chap. 16)
Diglossia (Chaps. 20, 21, or 22)
Linguistic Minorities & Language Policies (Chap. 24)
Language Policy & Planning (Chap. 25)
Language Planning Goals (Chap. 26)
Literacy and Language Planning (Chap. 27)
Multilingualism, Policies & Education (Chap. 28)
Language Policies and Language Rights (Chap. 29)

Weekend #1 (June 16-18)

Discuss Research Topic Ideas; Start Your Research Blog

Research: Finding Sources for Review of Lit

Prior to Weekend #2 (Weeks 3-5):

Read and Prepare Your Chapter Presentation

Work on Forum Responses

Work on Review of Lit

Start Field Research Projects (individual or group)

Materials That Will Be Covered During Weekend #2:

Research Assignments:

Half of Research Journal Entries due during Weekend #2

Forums on Dr. Schmidt's Chapters due during Weekend #2

Draft of Review of Literature Due (bring what you have to Weekend #2)

Seminar Topics (as chosen and assigned; to be presented during Weekend #2 (July 14-16 as listed below):

Pragmatics (Chaps. 7, 9, & 10)
Language & Gender (Chaps. 11 & 12)
Language Variation (Chap. 15)
Pidgins & Creoles (Chap. 16)
Diglossia (Chaps. 20, 21, & 22)
Linguistic Minorities & Language Policies (Chap. 24)
Language Policy & Planning (Chap. 25)
Language Planning Goals (Chap. 26)
Literacy and Language Planning (Chap. 27)
Multilingualism, Policies & Education (Chap. 28)
Week 9: Language Policies and Language Rights (Chap. 29)

Prior to Weekend #3 (Weeks 6-8)

Complete Research Journal

Prepare Field Research Presentation

Work on Student Forums

Materials That Will Be Covered During Weekend #3:

Assignments:

Weekend #3 (July 28-30):

Review of Lit Due (All Students)

All Research Journal Entries Due for UG

Undergraduate Field Research Presentations

Discussion of Sociolinguistics Topics on the ESL and BLE WEST-E Exams

As Desired by Students: Review of Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) or other technical aspect of linguistics, etc. for WEST-E

AFTER Weekend #3:

(1) All Forum posts due by Aug. 1.
(2) Submit final draft of Field Research Paper by Aug. 2.