SL 378 - Second Language Acquisition

Institution:

Boston College

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Description:

An introduction to what it means to learn, and know, a second or foreign language. The course focuses on research carried out since the development of the "interlanguage hypothesis": the role of the learner's native language, Krashen's Monitor Model, application of Greenbergian language universals in the analysis of learner language, generative grammar-based proposals, debate about the role of input and interaction, and research on the social and psychological factors that bear on second language learning. Emphasis is on the acquisition of second-language morphology, grammar, and vocabulary by adults, with some treatment of child language acquisition.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bc.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 552-8000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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