There will be 5 one-page responses to the reading assignments and class discussions. These pages should be creative rather than mere summaries of the material. You may not had in more than 1 weekly page in any given week. E-mail submisions will be accepted in either RTF attachment format, HTML format, or text format. There will be numerous short homework assignments that deal with real L2 data.
Students can work together on the solutions.
A final paper of approximately 10 double-spaced typed pages in length is required. The paper can be on any theoretical topic. A prospectus for this paper is also required. This will be a description of a focussed topic for the final paper and a short list of tentative bibliographic sources. The entire prospectus will not exceed one page.