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Possible Research or Materials Development
Projects
Topics in this first group are closely aligned with my own research -Augmented Reality games for language-learning and cross-linguistic analysis in English, German, Hungarian, French, Japanese, Spanish (Steve Thorne, Tanya Sydorenko, Peter Fodor, Vanessa Howe, Jamalieh Haley, Adam Okoye) -Topic development in conversation -Prosody, gesture and language structuring during tasting sessions (with Steve Thorne) or improvisation lessons (with Tanya Sydorenko) Specific thesis or project ideas: 1) Materials development for language learning 'in the wild' This relates to the AR game work (see above). You can find some interesting examples of how practitioners and researchers are using the immediate community environment to aid language learning at this website, especially the Språkskap project.
2) Connecting Applied Linguistics
with the community.
-Investigating language use and attitudes toward language use in Portland (with LAMP) -Designing interactive exhibits for museums, libraries, public places -Develop a podcast that focuses on applied linguistics, language learning, 'grammar' topics -Designing promotional materials for an MA TESOL program and an Applied Linguistics department -Developing language teaching materials based on sequential analyses of mundane talk
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