Below there are three different categories in which to pick a topic for your research paper due at the end of this semester. The paper should be between 5-10 pages, typed, double-spaced, and in a normal font and font size. Use proper documentation where appropriate. DUE APRIL 25.

For these topics, research and give an explanation of the various views, issues, history, and/or controversy associated with the chosen selection. You are not limited to the possibilities below:

1. Bilingualism

2. Motivation Theories

3. Learning Styles

4. Left- and Right-Brain Theories

5. Strategies-Based Instruction

6. Roger's Humanistic Psychology

7. Critical Period Hypothesis

8. Communicative Language Teaching

9. Schools of Thought (Behaviorism, Cognitive, Constructivists)

10. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator / Keirsey Temperament

11.Universal Grammar

12.Generative grammar

13. Nature vs. Nurture

14. Culture Shock

15. Language and Politics/Society

16. World Englishes

17. Error Analysis

18. Functional Approaches

19. Social Modeling (Behaviorism)

For this paper, choose a particular theory or specialized area and do research on the studies that have been done. Again, you are not limited to the possibilities below:

1. Language Ego

2. Field Independence/Dependence

3. Ambiguity Tolerance

4. Behaviorism

5. Interference

6. Critical Period Hypothesis

7. Sociobiological Critical Period

8. Morpheme Order Studies

9. Cloze Testing

10. Personality Types

11. Left- and Right-Brain

12. Reflectivity/Impulsivity

13. Multiple Intelligences

14. L1 to L2

15. Hemispheric Lateralization

16. Accents

17. Comprehension Strategies

18. Alex the Parrot

For this paper, research one of the following noted critics of first and second language acquisition, citing major contributions, ideas, and theories. Again, you are not limited to the possibilities below:

1. Benjamin Bloom

2. Eric Lenneberg

3. Lev Vygotsky

4. Ivan Pavlov

5. Charles Osgood

6. Carl Rogers

7. Howard Gardner

8. Thomas Scovel

9. Alexander Guiroa

10. Stephen Krashen

11. Edward Sapir

12. Francois Gouin

13. Karl Ploetz

14. Charles Berlitz

15. David Keirsey

16. Benjamin Whorf

17. Lois Bloom

18. Noam Chomsky

19. Jerome Kagan

20. B.F. Skinner

21. David Ausubel

22. Robert Gagne

23. Robert Sternberg

24. Jean Piaget

25. Rod Ellis

26. Jean Berko

27. Ferdinand de Saussure

28. Alexander von Humboldt

29. Charles Curran

30. Zoltan Dornyei

31. Abraham Maslow

32. James Asher