Tema Subtema
1.- INTRODUCTION 1.1.Why do we use different languages?
1.2. ‘Common sense’ beliefs about languages
1.3. Languages in the contemporary world
1.3.1. Attitudes to languages
1.3.2. English and Englishes
1.3.3. Native speakers
1.3.4. English as a Lingua Franca
2.- LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY 2.1. Language and the brain
2.2. Types of language pathology
2.3. Assessment and Treatment
3.- BILINGUALISM AND MULTILINGUALISM 3.1. Defining bilingualism and multilingualism
3.2. The benefits of being bilingual
4. – LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION 4.1. The language of home, community and school
4.2. Educating linguistic minorities and learners with special needs
4.3. Bilingual and multilingual education
5. –FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 5.1. Stages in the acquisition of L1 English
5.2 Theoretical approaches to explaining first language acquisition
5.3. Child-directed speech. Definition and main features
6.- ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 6.1. Interlanguage and Fossilization
6.2. Stages in the acquisition of L2 English
6.3. Theoretical approaches to explaining L2 acquisition
6.4. Language transfer
6.5. Contrastive analysis and Error Analysis