The course will introduce students to what is known about how languages are learned. We will first look briefly at the stages children go through in acquiring their first language and review the major theories which attempt to account for this remarkable achievement. We will then consider what makes a language learner successful, looking at factors such as intelligence, aptitude and age. We will then reflect on the idea of language learner language. We will also look at how the theories of first language acquisition are reflected in the multitude of second language acquisition theories, briefly touching on some of the cognitive and sociocultural theories of language learning. In the middle of the semester, we will analyse different classroom settings, language error, different types of error feedback and teacher questions. As the course draws to a close we will consider the implications of what we have learned for language teaching in schools, examining six different approaches to teaching English as a foreign language.
It is recommended that this BM3 course be taken after Introduction to Linguistics I & 2 II.
Students are required to buy the course book, which is:
Lightbown, P. and Spada, N. (2013). How Languages are Learned. (4th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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23-ANG-AngBM3 Basismodul 3: Linguistics/Language Acquisition | BM 3.3:Second Language Acquisition | Studieninformation | |
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23-ANG-AngBM3_b Basismodul 3: Linguistics/Language Acquisition | BM 3.3: Second Language Acquisition | Studienleistung
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Studieninformation |
- | benotete Prüfungsleistung | Studieninformation |
Die verbindlichen Modulbeschreibungen enthalten weitere Informationen, auch zu den "Leistungen" und ihren Anforderungen. Sind mehrere "Leistungsformen" möglich, entscheiden die jeweiligen Lehrenden darüber.
In this course all students are expected to work on small-scale projects in small groups. The 'Modulabschlussprüfung' for BM3 takes the form of a written exam offered each semester break.
Zu dieser Veranstaltung existiert ein Lernraum im E-Learning System. Lehrende können dort Materialien zu dieser Lehrveranstaltung bereitstellen: