IDENTIFYING DATA 2016_17
Subject (*) SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION Code 12695101
Study programme
Foreign Language Teaching (2010)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
6 Compulsory First AN
Language
Català
Department English and German Studies
Romance Studies
Coordinator
FRUMUSELU ., ANCA DANIELA
OLTRA MASSUET, MARIA ISABEL
E-mail ancadaniela.frumuselu@urv.cat
Lecturers
FRUMUSELU ., ANCA DANIELA
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General description and relevant information Esta asignatura pretende sentar los fundamentos teóricos de los procesos de adquisición y aprendizaje de una lengua extrajera o segunda lengua. Para ello se estudiarán diversas teorías sobre la adquisición de una lengua (tanto de la L1 como de la L2) así como los factores personales que influyen en la adquisición de una L2.
In this subject you only have the right to make the exam, because the degree you are studying is going to be extinguished. You have to take a look the timetable of the subject to know the exam's date. If you need an extraordinary exam session, you have to enrol for this, presenting an application to the secretariat of your campus or faculty.

Continguts
Topic Sub-topic
First Language Acquisition 1. Language and the brain
2. Theoretical approcahes to explaining first language acquisition.
3. Stages in the acquisition of the L1 (English).
4.Child-directed speech

Second Language Acquisition 1. Second Language Acquisition in context
2. Second language acquisition theories
3. The role of input
4. Bilingualism
Interlanguage 1. The concept of IL
3. Characteristics of IL
4. IL and the developmental sequences
4. Selinker five processes
5. Errors.
Individual learner differences 1. Age of acquisition.
2. Aptitude and Intelligence
3. attitude and motivation
4. personality
5. Anxiety, self-esteem and willingness to communicate.
6. Learner preferences.
7. Learner believes
8. Learner styles.

The role of the L1 in ESL/AFL 1. Definition of transfer in SLA
2. Terminological issues
3. Types of transfer
4. New directions in the study of transfer
5. Constraints on transferability
6. What can be transferred?
7. Identification of transfer.

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