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Lecturer(s)
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Madsen Richard, M.A., Ph.D.
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Course content
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Academic year 22/23 - only part-time course has been opened Class 1: Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Introduction and Overview. What is SLA? What is a first language? The language learning process. Class 2: The Psychology of Second Language Acquisition. Nativist Theories of SLA. Languages and the brain. Differences in learners. The effects of multilingualism. Explanations for differential success among second language learners. Class 3: Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Second Language Learning. Environmentalist Theories of SLA. Sociocultural theory. Communicative competence. Microsocial factors. Macrosocial factors. Class 4: L2 Learning and Teaching. Interactionist theories of SLA Integrating perspectives. Approaching near-native competence. Implications for L2 learning and teaching. Literature Larsen-Freeman, D., and Michael H. Long. 2014. An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research. Routledge. Long, M. 2015. Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Mitchell, R., and Florence Myles. 2013. Second Language Learning Theories. Routledge Saville-Troike, M. 2006. Introducing Second Language Acquisition. CUP VanPatten, B., and Jessica Williams. 2015. Theories in Second Language Acquisition. Routledge
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to give the students insight into various theories of second language acquisition. The objective is to provide the students with a foundation so that they can better understand the process of acquiring a language and the challenges that their future pupils face when going through this process. The students will learn to analyze the language use of their future pupils and assess their linguistic capabilities. The purpose is to enable the students to make informed choices regarding the facilitation of their pupils' language acquisition.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Attendance: highly recommended The credit will be awarded to students who have: viewed and studied regularly the material in the E-learning course participated in all class activities completed all the reading tasks by the due date achieved 70 % on the Final Test provided a presentation on a selected topic
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Recommended literature
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Ellis, Rod. Second Language Acquisition. OUP, 1997.
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Ellis, Rod. Understanding Second Language Acquisition. OUP, 2015.
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Johnson, Keith. An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Pearson, 2017.
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Mitchell, Rosamond, Florence Myles and Emma Marsden. Second language learning theories. 2019.
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Saville-Troike, Muriel. Introducing Second Language Acquisition. 2014.
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