Courses
| Catalogue Description |
Examines the factors that affect second language
acquisition, including age, motivation, language background,
environment and universal constraints. Three credits
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Information from
the Current Syllabus |
About the Course
Second Language Acquisition examines
empirical and theoretical studies of second language acquisition and
processing in order to respond to several questions:
- How and
why do people learn second languages?
- What is
the effect of the first language on second language acquisition?
- How can we
best describe and explain the characteristics of "interlanguage"?
- What roles
do motivation, personality, and environment play in second language
acquisition?
- How can
classroom teachers facilitate second language acquisition?
These are only a
few of the issues that will be addressed in the Second Language
Acquisition course. |
Textbook
More Information
The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition (2003). Doughty,
C. & Long,
M. (editors). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Hard cover (2003): ISBN 0-631-21754-1
Softcover (2005): ISBN: 9781405132817
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Course
Requirements
Requirement
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Percentage of Course Grade
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| Online Discussions |
30%
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Assignments
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16%
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| Midterm |
12% |
Annotated Bibliography
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10%
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| Final Exam |
30%
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| Homepage |
2%
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Schedule
| Class |
Topic |
| 1 |
Introduction:
The Nature of Language
Acquiring a
First Language |
| 2 |
Second
Language Acquisition: Interlanguage |
| 3 |
History
of the Role of Native Language |
| 4 |
Recent
Perspectives on the Role of Native Language
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| 5 |
SLA,
Linguistics, and Universal Grammar |
| 6 |
Interlanguage
Processes |
| 7 |
Interlanguage
in Context
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| 8 |
The
Second Language in Use |
| 9 |
Second
Language Instruction
video: The Secret Life of
the Brain |
| 10 |
Nonlanguage
Influences
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| 11 |
The
Lexicon |
| 12 |
An
Integrated View of SLA |
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