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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Paper IV - LLT

Intro to Types of Syllabuses
http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/syllabi
http://www.btinternet.com/~ted.power/esl0508.html (refer to links here - v.good site for other topics as well)
http://knol.google.com/k/micha-b-paradowski/needs-analysis-as-the-first-step-in/2qpvzotrrhys1/9 Needs Analysis as the first step in Syllabus Designing
http://web2.adfl.org/adfl/bulletin/v15n3/153001.htm - Notional - functional syllabus
http://www.finchpark.com/afe/tbs12.htm - functional syllabus - good - pointwise almost
http://www.sil.org/LinguaLinks/LanguageLearning/WaysToApproachLanguageLearning/CommunicativeLanguageTeaching.htm - Communicative language teaching - in short
http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=1074&p=education&a=5 - Excellent intro to syllabus designing
http://www.askildson.com/MaterialsDevelopHandout2.pdf - handout on Communicative Lg Teaching
http://209.85.175.132/search?q=cache:2MHZxJtPArIJ:www.pthc.chc.edu.tw/%E5%85%AC%E5%91%8A/%E6%95%99%E5%8B%99%E8%99%95/%E6%95%99%E5%AD%B8%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6%E6%9C%83/922/%E8%8B%B1%E6%96%87%E7%A7%91%E9%99%B3%E6%83%A0%E7%8F%8D%E8%80%81%E5%B8%ABA%2520Process%2520approach%2520to%2520syllabus%2520design%2520takes%2520into%2520account%2520task%2520demands%2520and%2520the%2520way%2520language%2520is%2520processed%2520by%2520the%2520leaner..doc+Procedural+syllabus+%2B+process&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=in - Excellent for syllabus designing
http://www.finchpark.com/afe/tbs21.htm - intro to Procedural syllabus

ERROR ANALYSIS
http://www.cels.bham.ac.uk/resources/essays/farooq2.pdf - parts good for Error analysis history etc.
http://d.scribd.com/docs/31iihyghksh18cbzl6s.pdf - Error analysis and EFL classroom teaching
http://leo.meikai.ac.jp/~tono/analysis.htm - Intro
http://efd.mersin.edu.tr/dergi/meuefd_2005_001_002/pdf/meuefd_2005_001_002_0261-0270_erdogan.pdf - Contribution of Error to Foreign Lg Teaching
http://72.14.235.132/search?q=cache:bteSyOyHACUJ:sunzi1.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/4/400024.pdf+elt+%2B+Error+analysis+%2B+correction+of+errors&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=in Notion of error and appropriate corrective treatment

DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
http://users.utu.fi/bredelli/cda.html - Critical Discourse Analysis - good

TESTING
http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/elt/catalogue/0-19-437222-7-a.pdf - what is a language test - good
http://miguelbengoa.com/elt/2008/02/18/a-short-history-of-testing/ - V.GOOD
http://www.ewaygo.net/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85:testing-and-teaching-brief-introduction&catid=47:esl-teaching&Itemid=64 Testing and teaching - abrief intro - page 1 of 5
http://webh01.ua.ac.be/didascalia/downloads%5COnlineartikels%5CDecoo%5CDecoo_Comp&Perf.pdf - competence adn performance in testing
http://www.edunet.tn/ressources/resdisc/anglais/tnelt/tutorials/elt_train/pdf/Alternatives_Assessment.pdf Differnce between Testing, Assessment and Evaluation

New Syllabus - 2008 onwards MA - I - Paper I

Paper I - Indian Writing in English

Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Calcutta_Chromosome - basic synopsis from Wikipedia
http://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1334 - brief review - useful
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1997/10/26/RV55421.DTL Review good
http://www.fflch.usp.br/dlm/crop/PDF%20CROP/Rajalakshmi.N.K..pdf - Philosophy and politics of Science in The Calcutta Chromosome
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=15709339 - The importance of the concept of time in the second last para of this review
http://analepsis.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/the-calcutta-chromosome/ - Excellent review on Calcutta Chromosome as sci-fi
https://hal9000.cisi.unito.it/wf/FACOLTA/Lingue-e-L/Docenti/Piciucco/Publications/Calcutta-Chromosome.pdf - Excellent - for narrative technique USE.

A Touch of Brightness by Pratap Sharma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partap_Sharma - on Pratap Sharma - Wikipedia

A Matter of Time by Shashi Deshpande
http://literaryindia.com/Literature/Indian-Authors/794.html - use a few lines here and there referring to A matter of time
http://www.contentwriter.in/articles/book-reviews/shashi-despande-novels.htm - Shashi Deshpande's style and thematics
http://www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/Abstracts2005/mem&performancegender.htm - short analysis of A matter of Time - good - read
http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/viewArticle/284/93 - can use parts of this for the novel
http://biography.jrank.org/pages/4267/Deshpande-Shashi.html - last para - brief on Narrative technique

http://vehilan.blogspot.com/2007/12/feministic-perspectives-in-sashi.html - very good for background on Indian Literature