IDENTIFYING DATA 2007_08
Subject ADQUISICIÓ DE LA LLENGUA ANGLESA Code 12141119
Study programme
Filologia Anglesa (2001)
 Cycle 1er
Descriptors Credits Theory credits Practical credits Type Year Period
6 4.5 1.5 Obligatòria Tercer Primer
Modality and teaching language See working groups
Department Filologia Anglogermànica
Coordinator
GUTIÉRREZ-COLON PLANA, MA. DEL MAR
 E-mail mar.gutierrezcolon@urv.cat
Lecturers
GUTIÉRREZ-COLON PLANA, MA. DEL MAR
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General description and relevant information To offer a critical survey of research on the acquisition of English as a second and foreign language and how these findings can be applied to classroom language teaching.

Competències
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Objectius d'aprenentatge
Objectives Competences
To offer a critical survey of research on the acquisition of English as a second and foreign language and how these findings can be applied to classroom language teaching. At the end of the course students should have acquired: - a scientific perspective on what learning an additional language entails - the relevant skills to analyse the output produced by second language learners - and knowledge and skills in order to have an informed critical opinion on issues related to language learning and language planning

Continguts
Topic Sub-topic
I: Introduction - Applied Linguistics. Definition and scope. Key issues in second language acquisition research.
- Terminological questions in second language acquisition research.
II: Learning a first language - Patterns in development
- Theoretical approaches to explaining first language learning
III: Second language learning - Theoretical approaches to explaining second language learning (Behaviourism, Innatism, Recent psychological theories, The interactionist position)
- Factors affecting second language learning
IV: Interlanguage - The concept of Interlanguage
- Developmental sequences
V: Context of acquisition - Observing second language teaching instruction and natural settings for language learning, feedback in the classroom)
- Second language learning in the classroom
VI: Topics about language learning: Facts and opinions

Planificació
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours Hours outside the classroom (**) Total hours
Activitats Introductòries
2 4 6
 
Sessió Magistral
30 30 60
Pràctiques a través de TIC
0 60 60
 
Atenció personalitzada
22 0 22
 
Proves objectives de preguntes curtes
2 0 2
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Metodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Activitats Introductòries Definition and key issues in Second Languiage Acquisition.
Sessió Magistral Students will have to read and prepare in avance the different readings that will serve as the text for the course. Most of these readings are journal articles or book chapters on the specific topics. These articles and chapters will then be explained in class.
Pràctiques a través de TIC Students will have to hand in several on-line activities based on the different topics studied in class. These activities will conform part of the final grade of the subject.

Atenció personalitzada
 
Sessió Magistral
Pràctiques a través de TIC
Description
Throughout the course, the student will have to fulfill several tasks that will be set up by the teacher and handed in by the student through the virtual environment Moodle. Therefore, the teacher expects the students to send all their questions, doubts, comments, etc on the activities by e-mail, or by visiting the teacher in her office.

Avaluació
  Description Weight
Sessió Magistral
Pràctiques a través de TIC 40%
Proves objectives de preguntes curtes 60%
 
Other comments and second exam session

Fonts d'informació

Bàsica

Spada, N., Lightbrown, P.M. (1993). How languages are learned, Oxford University Press

Brown, D., H.(1994). Principles of language learning and teaching.

Brown, H.D.,Gonzo, S.(1995).  Readings on second language acquisition.

Ellis, R. (1987). Second language acquisition in context, Cambridge

Ellis, R. (1996). Understanding second language acquisition, Oxford University Press

Littlewood, W. (1984). Foreign and second language learning, Cambridge University Press

Cook, V. (2002). Portraits of the L2 user. Multilingual Matters

[A compilation of required readings will serve as the text for the course]

 

 
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