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Introduction to Second Language Acquisition

University of Macau via XuetangX

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Overview

This course will satisfy students’ curiosity through interactive and animated PPT presentations, various reading materials, and online and offline discussions on key issues involved in different stages of second language development.
This course will also help students gain hands-on experience in conducting empirical studies through engaging in real data collection and analysis, and by exploring different research designs used in the second language acquisition field.
Key words:Second language acquisition, age effects, transfer, cross-linguistic influence, vocabulary, cognition, language aptitude

Syllabus

  • Course Outline
    • Course Introduction
  • Unit 1: Introduction
    • Key Concept 1: Field of SLA: A complex picture
    • Key Concept 2: Scope of SLA & its related fields
    • Key Concept 3: First Language Acquisition
  • Unit 2: Age Effects
    • Key Concept 1: Age Effects and Their Related Key Issues
    • Key Concept 2: Studies on the Critical/Sensitive Period Hypothesis from Different Fields
    • Key Concept 3: Studies on Learning Rate and Ultimate Attainment of Different Age Groups
    • Key Concept 4: Evidence from Cognitive- Neurological Studies
  • Unit 3: Methodology
    • Key Concept 1 (part 1): Basic Concepts
    • Key Concept 1 (part 2): Basic Concepts
    • Key Concept 2: Data Analysis & Interpretation
    • Key Concept 3: Data Collection
    • Key Concept 4: Related Issues
  • Unit 4: The Role of Native Language
    • Key Concept 1 (Part 1): Three Periods of SLA Research
    • Key Concept 1 (Part 2): Three Periods of SLA Research
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 1): Contrastive Analysis
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 2): Contrastive Analysis
    • Key Concept 3 (Part 1): Error Analysis
    • Key Concept 3 (Part 2): Error Analysis
  • Unit 5: Cross-linguistic Influence
    • Key Concept 1: A Mentalist View: Creative Construction Theory (CC)
    • Key Concept 2: Morpheme Order Studies Under Creative Construction Theory: From Child to Adult
    • Key Concept 3 (part 1): New Perspectives on the Role of Native Language (NL)
    • Key Concept 3 (part 2): New Perspectives on the Role of Native Language (NL)
  • Unit 6: Lexicon
    • Key Concept 1: The Significance of Vocabulary
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 1): Vocabulary Knowledge
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 2): Vocabulary Knowledge
    • Key Concept 3: Processing Vocabulary Knowledge
    • Key Concept 4: Lexical Development
  • Unit 7: Cognition and SLA
    • Key Concept 1: Information Processing and SLA
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 1): Memory Systems and Learning
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 2): Memory Systems and Learning
    • Key Concept 3 (Part 1): Attention and Learning
    • Key Concept 3 (Part 2): Attention and Learning
  • Unit 8: Foreign Language Aptitude
    • Key Concept 1: An Introduction to Foreign Language Aptitude (FLA)
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 1): Factors Closely Related to FLA
    • Key Concept 2 (Part 2): Factors Closely Related to FLA
    • Key Concept 3: Recent Development of FLA

Taught by

Jin Honggang

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