EDU 540 02 Elicitation Project CHECKLIST (25%)

Elicitation Project (25 points)

Group Answers (21 points)

1.   Phonological Findings (4 points)

       What phonological differences did you notice between the language you studied and English? Were there any unfamiliar vowel sounds? Were there any unfamiliar consonant clusters? What did you notice about the intonation or rhythm of the language? Was there vowel harmony?

2.    Morphological and Syntactical Findings (4 points)

         What morphological differences did you notice between the language you studied and English? Were there any inflectional endings (such as  for the plural, past tense, or possessive)? What word order is used in the target language (subject-verb-object, subject-object verb, and so on)?

3.     Writing System Findings (2  points)

         What did you learn about the writing system?

4.    Nonverbal Behavior  (4 points)

         What did you learn about nonverbal behavior in the target culture?  Are the emblems similar? What are other features of their nonverbal behavior, e.g. proxemics, eye contact, and so on?

5.  Culture, Greetings, Number Systems, and Other Information (4 points)

      What did you learn about the target culture? Which greetings did you learn? Does the target culture use a number system similar to ours? What other information did you elicit?

6. Provide the list of lexical items that you collected. (3 points)

Individual Reflection (4 points)

Write a reflection on the experience of elicitation. Discuss the value of such a project and any implications it may have for teaching English language learners. (300-word minimum)