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CLASS REQUIREMENT # 2--A 1500 WORD MINIMUM TERM PAPER
: 

A term paper of no less than 1500 words will be written on a Topic which you should select from a list of Language Development Hypotheses
.  This list is provided at the very end of this survival message, and is also available in the Class Requirements Section of the online Course.  The Term Paper is to present a discussion based on a minimum of three articles, books or chapters in a book (excluding the class Text, of course), that describe, or support or refute the hypothesis you have selected from the list.  A minimum of three citations with references in APA format will be included at the end of the paper. An example of APA format is also provided in the Class Requirements Section of the online Class.  

Also, at the end of the paper you should include a short Appendix, which will answer three questions:  1. What were the databases, if any, that you used to find each article or book; 2. What was the search strategy you used (i.e., the search words you used) in each database to find the articles; and 3.  Was each article that you cited an example of Primary or Secondary research? The Term Paper will be sent to the instructor in an email, both as an attachment and, and for back-up purposes, as text copied and pasted directly into the email message.

ONE 
annotated citation, 
which is simply
 
the Class Text, will be included at the end of the paper.  The annotation should reflect one thing you learned from the Text that you thought was worthwhile or at least interesting.  For more details on how to write an annotated citation, see the discussion and samples provided in the Class Requirements Section CD 361 Online. The Thirty Question Test with the Answers and Page Numbers, and the annotated reference will be sent to the instructor both as an attachment and as text copied and pasted directly into an email message.

CLASS REQUIREMENT # 4--TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND PRACTICE
:  An 
Annotated Bibliography
 will be developed including 
Five (100 word minimum per annotation) Annotated Citations.
  With the exception of the first, these references will be based on topics obtained from the Language Development Hypotheses in the list provided at the end of this survival document, and again in the Class Requirement Section online. You may use the same Topic for all, or different Topics for each.  The choice is yours.

The First annotated citation will be on the Topic of the “Legal and Ethical Dimensions of the Use of Information.”  This information can be obtained from the Internet using a search engine such as ONE Google.  The annotated citation should be in APA format as much as possible, and should include the URL (address) of the of the Internet site; or a citation of the book or article if that was used.  The annotation should provide a short overview of the article and/or list the most critical points.  Please note that the subject of this article need not be associated with language Development.  It only needs to address information delivery.

The 
second two
 of these citations will be full Text articles or books obtained through Databases of professional books and journals available at, or online through the CSUN Library.  For more information on how to find these databases please see the discussion in the Class Requirements Section Online.  These citations will be reported in 
APA format
.  Included in the annotation portion of each citation will be a paragraph, which briefly summarizes the article (you can usually get this information from the abstract), and answers following questions:

1. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history of research in the area as perhaps reflected by past articles in the bibliography)?

2. Who is the intended audience (i.e., professionals, laypersons, women etc.)?

3. How does this work compare or contrast with others you may have cited or be aware of?  If you are not aware of any others, simply state that as the situation.

4. What is the scope and relevance of this work to the selected topic (hypothesis)?  What the heck do I mean by that?  Well, is it highly or only vaguely relevant to the hypothesis; and is it of minor or major importance.   

The Last Two citations will be obtained through the Internet using any search engines provided online such as “Google Scholar.”  These citations will follow an APA format as closely as possible, including the URL information.  Included in each citation will be a paragraph, which briefly summarizes the site, and addresses the following questions related to, for the purpose of this exercise, the voracity of the Website:

1. Is the site owner/manager’s identity available and is it associated with a reputable organization, company or educational institution?

2. What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., degree and type of education, affiliated institution, history of research in the area as perhaps reflected by past articles in the site bibliography. If this information is not available, simply state that fact.)

3. What is the level of objectivity?  For example, are there advertisements on the site related in anyway to the topic?

4. Is the Website current?  Cues to the contrary, for example, include broken or expired links and/or no posting date or updated notations.

5. Is the information correct; error free, verifiable, and/or backed by full citations?

This annotated bibliography may be submitted as an attachment to an email message to the instructor, and as a back up measure, by being copied and pasted directly into the same email message text.

would result in a lowering of the Final Course Grade a letter grade each, from what was achieved on Class Requirement #1.

tweaked a bit. My grad assistant is not here anymore and I am really not discriminating enough to notice the difference. 

Topic 1: What Language isn't...(Communication modes that are not language)

Topic 2: What Language is...(How Language differs from other forms of communication.

Topic 3: The "Guts" of Language...(What the Language Processes are)

Topic 4: Oral Language is a Bag of Air...(How the Environment is 

responsible for Speech and Oral Language.)

Topic 5: Hearing to Speak of...(The role of Hearing in language development)

Topic 6: Perception and Language...(The role of Perception in language development)

Topic 7: Concepts and Language...(The role of Concepts in language 

development)

Topic 8: Thought & Language...(How Language and the Thought processes interact...Language and Culture, Dialects & Accents and the Educational Implications)

Topic 9: Memories are made of these...(The role of Memory in language development)

Topic10: Milestones of Speech Development...Windows of Opportunity to facilitate Speech and Language Development.

IMPORTANT
:

· Information Competency Exercise: Language Development Hypotheses (TOPICS) List for Student Research for the Term Paper (Class Requirement #2), and the Annotated Bibliography (Class Requirement #4).

1. The effects of watching television for young children are detrimental to language development.

2. The number of siblings and their position in the family in terms of birth effects language development.

3. Increased opportunities to experience (play with) many objects as a young child is beneficial to concept (and hence) language development.

4. Letting the infant cry at night so that she/she will learn to sleep all night long is detrimental to language development if not the psychological development of the baby.

5. Exposing the child in the first five years of life to classical music like Bach and Beethoven is beneficial for cognitive and/or language development.

6. The more you talk to a child in the first five years, the better cognitive and/or language development will be.

7. Children who are read to (or who read) have better imagery and/or language development than children who watch Television.

8. A plentiful diet of sugar based cereals, soft drinks, pastries, cookies, and/or fast foods, is developmentally detrimental to a child’s ability to sustain attention.

9. Reading to a child every day (even an infant) is beneficial for language development.

10. A baby, who immediately after birth is allowed to remain with the mother rather than being immediately put in a nursery, will demonstrate more vocalization in later months.

11. Babies who are not touched will perish at worst or have diminished brain development at best.

12. Children who watch Television spend less time reading or drawing than children who don’t.

13. Children with stay-at-home moms (or dads) have better language development than those having parents who both work away from the home.

14. Sustained middle ear infections among children from birth to 5 years will have a detrimental effect on language development.

15. Learning to read and play music facilitates attention (focused, sustained, selective, alternating and dual).

16. For the normal baby, being exposed to two, three or more languages is simultaneously is a good policy for language development.

17. A person’s first language can not be acquired after puberty.

18. Parrots, porpoises, and/or primates do not acquire language

19. Children have better eidetic imagery than adults

20. Syntax is only found in human communication.

21. (Wild Card) You develop a hypotheses and then do the research for your report. But be sure to clear this with the instructor first.

(Please note that you don’t have to prove the hypotheses one way or the other. Just discuss them as you see fit. Excluding the first, you may address all references to one Topic, or use separate topics for each reference)

Not so Important:

· For Foreign Students and Tropical Agriculture Majors: The term Jekyll and Hyde, now a part of our common language, can be found in most dictionaries. For example, Random dictionary definitions of Jekyll and Hyde include: 1) One who has quasi-schizophrenic, alternating phases of pleasantness an unpleasantness. 2) A person having a split personality, one side of which is good and the other evil. 3) This phrase refers to a person who alternates between charming demeanor and extremely unpleasant behavior. 4) The qualities of the stereotype professor at a second class University such as CSUN.  This Professor profile, was first described in the literary works of Stevenson, and revolves around the experiences of a Dr. Jekyll, who after drinking a potion he concocted from tomato juice, dried yeast, Spiralina and Cod Liver Oil, turned into a living monster, whom he named Professor “Hyde” (which was really a root distortion of the word  “Hall” because Stevenson had a severe speech impediment). Stevenson intended Jekyll’s character to be pronounced Je (French word for I) Kill (Je-Kill = I kill). The pronunciation of the word "Hyde" in recent years has been corrupted in areas of academia, where, for example, many buildings on University Campuses are named after Professor Hyde, more incorrectly pronounced now as “Hall,” such as in Monterey Hall.  Stay alert this Semester and survive!!!

Dr. Hall