24.904  Language Acquisition

Final remarks & subject evaluation

Hi everyone,

We are writing to let you know that we’ve submitted the grades for 24.904 Language Acquisition, and we’d like to thank you all for your participation in this class. This is a semester unlike any other, and many of you faced unprecedented challenges both in and outside the classroom. We have been very impressed by your continued work and interest to learn in this class, despite significant interruption half way through the semester, and we wish you all the best for the future.

As one final note, we would very much appreciate it if you could fill in the subject evaluation form (which opened at 9AM today), and give us whatever feedback you may have, in order for us to improve this course for future students. Thank you all once again and enjoy your summer!

Best,
Sherry & Athulya

Announced on 21 May 2020  10:37  a.m. by Sherry Yong Chen

Final presentation schedule

Hi all,

Based on the sign-ups, here's the schedule for the final presentations:

05/07 Thursday
Karen & Nghiem
Christine & Jake
Abbie & Danielle
Chris
Sofia & Caroline
Hannah & Jade

05/12 Tuesday
Aria
Harry
Shardul and Rujul
Aaditya & Belinda
Qi Qi, Kristy, Yannick
Shuli & Shinjini
Brody
Rogerio

Please be reminded that (1) since we will need the full 90 mins, the presentations will start at ***9:30AM EST***; (2) Each presentation will last 5 min, followed by 5 mins of questions; (3) Your presentation should include the following aspects of your final project: key question, background, design, hypotheses, prediction, and brief discussion.

We very much look forward to learning about what you have been up to. Let us know if you have any questions!

Best,
Sherry & Athulya

Announced on 04 May 2020  6:49  p.m. by Sherry Yong Chen

Final Project Presentation: Plans & Sign-ups

Hi everyone,

In the end we have decided to go with the option to have the presentation in front of the whole class (instead of doing breakout rooms). Here's some details about what will happen on 5/7 and 5/12:

1. The last two classes will be fully dedicated to presentations of your final projects. There are a total of 15 projects, so we expect to see 7-8 presentations in each class. We will begin at ***9:30AM***.

2. Sign up for the date and order of your presentation here (on a first come first serve basis): https://doodle.com/poll/8bkne3eukryfvu2x

3. Content-wise, your presentation should include the following aspects of your final project: key question, background, design, hypotheses, prediction, and discussion.

4. Each presentation will last 5 min, followed by 5 mins of questions. Be concise and to the point -- it will require some care and skill to keep the presentation tight.

5. The schedule will be finalized on Tuesday night 5/5. If a group doesn’t sign up by that time, they’ll just be assigned a slot (whichever is available at that time).

Let us know if you have any questions!

Best,
Sherry & Athulya

Announced on 28 April 2020  12:35  p.m. by Sherry Yong Chen

Reminders: Critical review 3 & final project assignments

Hi everyone,

Given that we are one class behind, we've decided to push back the deadline for the third critical review (Noveck 2001) to Thursday 04/30. Please submit your review in a pdf document on Stellar.

We will get back to you regarding your final project assignment as soon as possible. In the meantime, as you continue to work on your final project, please feel free to email us with any questions, or set up another meeting with us, before the class presentation.

As mentioned in class, we will have an asynchronous lecture on Tuesday; the recording will be uploaded by 9:30AM. See you all on Thursday!

Best,
Sherry & Athulya

Announced on 26 April 2020  7:39  p.m. by Sherry Yong Chen

Midterm grades & tomorrow's office hour

Hi everyone,

Your midterm grades have been entered into Stellar; please let us know if you have any questions, or if you'd like some specific feedback from me or Athulya.

In addition, next Wednesday (04/22) I will be having the TA office hour at 2pm ES, rather than the regular 10AM. If you would like to discuss your final project progress, feel free to drop by or email me for an appointment. Stay safe!

Best,
Sherry

Announced on 17 April 2020  4:04  p.m. by Sherry Yong Chen