1500 WORD MINIMUM TERM 

PAPER:  A term paper of no less than 1500 words (you can have as 

many over that amount as you wish) will be written on a Topic which 

you should select from a list of Language Development Hypotheses. 

 This list is provided at the very end of this survival message, and is 

also available in the Class Requirements Section of the online 

Course.  The Term Paper is to present a discussion based on a 

minimum of three articles, books or chapters in a book (excluding 

the class Text, of course), that describe, or support or refute the 

hypothesis you have selected from the list.  A minimum of three 

citations (you can have as many above that number as you wish) with 

references in APA format will be included at the end of the paper. An 

example of APA format is also provided in the Class Requirements 

Section of the online Class.

Also, at the end of the paper you should include a short Appendix, 

which will answer three questions:  1. What were the databases, if 

any,that you used to find each article or book; 2. What was the 

search strategy you used (i.e., the search words you used) in each 

database to find the articles; and 3.  Was each article that you cited 

an example of Primary or Secondary research?

Second assigment 

CLASS REQUIREMENT # 4–TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION AND 

PRACTICE:  An Annotated Bibliography will be developed including 

Five (100 word minimum for each) Annotated Citations.  With the 

exception of the first, these references will be based on topics 

obtained from the Language Development Hypotheses in the list 

provided at the end of this survival document, and again in the Class 

Requirement Section online. You may use the same Topic for all, or 

different Topics for each.  The choice is yours.

The First annotated citation will be on the Topic of the “Legal and 

Ethical Dimensions of the Use of Information.”  This information 

can be obtained from the Internet using a search engine such as 

Google Scholar.  The annotated citation should be in APA format as 

much as possible, and should include the URL (address) of the 

Internet site; or a citation of the book or article if that was used.  The 

annotation should provide a short overview of the article and/or list 

the most critical points.  Please note that this one citation can 

relate to any topic and not only Language Development.

The second two of these citations will be full Text articles or books 

obtained through Databases of professional books and journals 

available at, or online through the CSUN Library.  For more 

information on how to find these databases please see the discussion 

in the Class Requirements Section Online.  These citations will be 

reported in APA format.  Included in the annotation portion of each 

citation will be a paragraph, which briefly summarizes the article 

(you can usually get this information from the abstract), and answers 

following questions.  If the answer is not available, you simply state 

1.   What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., degree and 

type of education, affiliated institution, history of research in the area 

as perhaps reflected by past articles in the bibliography)?

2.   Who is the intended audience (i.e., professionals, laypersons, 

women etc.)?

3.   How does this work compare or contrast with others you may 

have cited or be aware of?  If you are not aware of any others, simply 

state that as the situation.

4.   What is the scope and relevance of this work to the selected topic 

(hypothesis)?  What the heck do I mean by that?  Well, is it highly or 

only vaguely relevant to the hypothesis; and is it of minor or major 

The Last Two citations will be obtained through the Internet using 

search engines provided online such as “Google Scholar.”  These 

citations will follow an APA format as closely as possible, including 

the URL information.  Included in each citation will be a paragraph, 

which briefly summarizes the site, and addresses the following 

questions related to, for the purpose of this exercise, the voracity of 

the Website.  If the answers are not available in the site information, 

simply state so:

1.   Is the site owner/manager’s identity available and is it associated 

with a reputable organization, company or educational institution?

2.   What is the background (authority) of the author (viz., degree and 

type of education, affiliated institution, history of research in the area 

as perhaps reflected by past articles in the site bibliography. If this 

information is not available, simply state that fact.)

3.   What is the level of objectivity?  For example, are there 

advertisements on the site related in anyway to the topic?

4.   Is the Website current?  Cues to the contrary, for example, 

include broken or expired links and/or no posting date or updated 

5.   Is the information correct; error free, verifiable, and/or backed by 

full citations?