Discussion Board

Course Schedule

tower of babel

Schedule

This schedule will be updated throughout the quarter. Important changes will be announced in class, but you'll want to check back here often to be sure you haven't missed anything.

week 1: Language and Communication

	prep/deadlines	in class
mon 3/26	read: Genesis 11:1-9 read: excerpt from Morrison, Nobel Lecture (7 Dec 1993)	what is communication? what is language? handouts: BIS 317 syllabus Tower of Babel OCEL definitions visuals
tues 3/27
wed 3/28	read: BIS 317 syllabus revise definitions of 'communication' and 'language'	syllabus, microessays, discussion board logistics handouts: GoPost Info Microessays Class Participation

week 2: The Idea of Communication

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 4/01	required reading: Peters, "The Problem of Communication" (1-31) recommended reading: Greenblatt, "Learning to Curse" (561-76) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 4/02	discussion board: read microessays	a history of the concept of communication visuals
tues 4/03	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 4/04	read: discussion board	participation, mis/communication, review Peters, microessay discussions visuals
thur 4/05		optional event: Beyond Borders: Perspectives on U.S. Immigration

week 3: Language, Thought, and Worldview

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 4/08	required reading: Duranti, "Linguistic Diversity" (51-83) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?) microessay schedule changes must be received by midnight
mon 4/09	read: microessays on discussion board	review Peters' models of communication, map Duranti onto Peters visuals
tues 4/10	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 4/11	read: discussion board	digging into Duranti, microessay driven discussion peer advice for microessays and response postings visuals

week 4: Language and Nation

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 4/15	required reading: Anderson, "The Origins of National Consciousness" (37-46); Simpson, "Founding Fathers and the Legacies of Language" (29-51) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 4/16	read: microessays on discussion board	Anderson's "Origins," Simpson's "Founding Fathers," and making the discussion board more useful handout: Overview of peer advice on microessays and responses visuals
tues 4/17	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 4/18	read: discussion board	visuals

week 5: Language Ideology

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 4/22	required reading: Lippi-Green, "Language Ideology and the Language Subordination Model" (63-73); Anzaldua, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue" (75-86) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 4/23	read: microessays on discussion board	visuals
tues 4/24	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 4/25	read: discussion board	visuals

week 6: Intercultural Communication

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 4/29	required reading: Rubin, "Composing Social Identity" (1-30) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 4/30	read: microessays on discussion board deadline: Project Babel proposal due	visuals
tues 5/1	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 5/2	read: discussion board	visuals

week 7: Contact Languages and Language Varieties

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 5/06	required reading: McWhorter, "Some Languages are Crushed to Powder but Rise Again as New Ones" (131-76) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 5/07	read: microessays on discussion board deadline: Project Babel initial draft / mock-up due	visuals
tues 5/08	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 5/09	read: discussion board	visuals

week 8: Language Policy and the Dream of a Common Language

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 5/13	required reading: Schmidt, "Making Sense of Language Policy Conflict"; The English Language Unity Act of 2007 (H.R.997) optional reading: Tollefson, "Language Policy and Democracy" (201-12) discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 5/14	read: microessays on discussion board	visuals
tues 5/15	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 5/16	read: discussion board	debate on H.R.997 visuals

week 9: Language and Communication in Popular Culture

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 5/20	required viewing: Coppola, Lost in Translation discussion board: post microessays by 9pm (Is it your week?)
mon 5/21	read: microessays on discussion board deadline: Project Babel complete draft / working prototype due	discussion of pop culture on communication Project Babel workshop visuals
tues 5/22	discussion board: respond to microessays by 9pm
wed 5/23	read: discussion board	discussion: where do we go from here? apologia brainstorm course evaluations visuals

week 10: Wrapping Up

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 5/27
mon 5/28		Memorial Day — NO CLASS
tues 5/29
wed 5/30	deadline: complete draft of final portfolio due	final portfolio workshop (in UW2-121 unless another location is agreed upon by your group) workshop instructions workshop note sheet

finals week

	prep/deadlines	in class
sun 6/03
mon 6/04		NO CLASS
tues 6/05
wed 6/06	deadline: final portfolio due via Catalyst Collect It by noon	NO CLASS