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Berkeley Global
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
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Spring enrollment opens on October 17!