Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate:
1. awareness of factors influencing "successful" outcomes in second language acquisition
2. an understanding of competing theories of language acquisition as applied to the acquisition of a second language
3. the ability to analyse learner output and to identify possible sources of "error"
4. advanced presentational skills relevant to specialist studies in Linguistics
5. advanced research and general information literacy skills

Investigation of the process of second language acquisition from the perspective of the learner, with particular emphasis on the following areas:
1. The role of L1: Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis; Creative Construction Hypothesis; markedness.
2. Error Analysis: classification, explanation and evaluation of errors.
3. Interlanguage: systematic nature of interlanguages; order of acquisition; variability within interlanguage.
4. Individual learner differences: age, aptitude, motivation, personality factors.
5. Learner strategies and communication strategies.
6. Instructed second language acquisition: SLA in the classroom; Pienemann's (1985) Learnability/Teachability Hypothesis; effective modes of instruction.
7. Major theories in SLA: Krashen's Monitor Theory; Schumann's Acculturation Model; Pienemann's Multidimensional Model

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LING1110, LING1120

Internal Mode

Lecture

Lecture: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term