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Focus on the concepts, principles, theories and research in selected major areas of linguistic studies. The main emphasis of the course is on language structure, language use, and first- and second-language development.
Course Outline
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Course Objectives
- Understand universals and differences in language structure and language use
- Apply theories and factors in first- and second-language acquisition
- Contrast languages and analyze students’ linguistic errors
- Relate knowledge of language structure, language use and language development to second-language pedagogy
- Understand sociocultural theory and second-language acquisition
What You Learn
- Theories of first- and second-language acquisition/learning
- Models of second-language acquisition/learning
- Psycholinguistic factors in language acquisition
- Personality factors in second-language acquisition
- Sociocultural factors in second-language acquisition
- Contrastive analysis and error analysis
How You Learn
- Readings
- Oral presentation
- Reflection paper
- Field experience/interview project
- Final exam