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Second Language Acquisition

Second Language Acquisition. SS 2007. Topics. How do adult speakers acquire a second language? What characterizes the process of second language acquisition? How do we account for the development? What are the factors determining the process of second language acquisition?

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Second Language Acquisition

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  1. Second Language Acquisition SS 2007

  2. Topics • How do adult speakers acquire a second language? What characterizes the process of second language acquisition? • How do we account for the development? What are the factors determining the process of second language acquisition? • How can we study the process of L2 acquisition? How do we elicit L2 data? How do we analyze L2 data?

  3. Syllabus • L1 and L2 acquisition • Error analysis and interlanguage • Nonlinguistic aspects of L2 acquisition • Research methodology • Development of selected morphosyntactic phenomena: negation, word order, relative clauses, tense aspect, issues of phonological development • Theories of L2 acquisition: Nativism, functionalism, Monitor Model • Presentation of research projects

  4. Class readings Gass, Susan M. and Larry Selinker. 2001. Second Language Acquisition. An introductory course. Mahwah: Erlbaum. Mackey, Alison and Susan M. Gass. 2005. Second Language Research. Methodology and design. Mahwah: Erlbaum. Dancey, Christine and John Reidy 1999. Statistics without Math for Psychology. Prentice Hall. Oldin, Terence. 1989. Language Transfer. Cross-linguistic influence in language learning. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Mitchel, Rosamund and Florence Myles. 2004. Second Language Learning Theories. London: Arnold. Lightbown, Patsy and Nina Spada. 2004. How Languages are Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  5. Class readings Ellis, Rod. 1997. Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Krashen, S. 1982. Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. London: Pergamon. Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen and Dudley W. Reynolds 1995. The role of lexical aspect in the acquisition of tense and aspect. TESOL Quarterly 29: 107-131. Eckman, Fred R., Lawrence Bell, and Diane Nelson. 1988. On the generalization of relative clause instruction in the acquisition of English as a second language. Applied Linguistics 9: 1-20.

  6. Background readings Doughty, Chaterine J. and Michael H. Long (eds.) 2003. The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Oxford: Blackwell. Ellis, Rod and Gary Barkhuizen. 2005. Analysing Learner Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

  7. Recommended readings Mackey, Alison and Susan M. Gass. 2005. Second Language Research. Methodology and design. Mahwah: Erlbaum. Chap 1 structure of research paper (obligatory), Chap 5, 8, 9 analysis of quantitative data (optional)

  8. Term paper Presentation on July 12.: 1. Precise research question 2. Methodology (materials, procedure, subjects) 3. Results of pilot study

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