Second Language Acquisition

Second Language Acquisition

Chapter 1 Introduction

Preliminary

(1)Why study the course?

(1) About SLA/L2A 1)definition: the study of how people learn a language other than their mother tongue. 2)a multidisciplinary field: related with linguistics, psychology, sociology, etc.

3) It studies ① how L2s are learnt; ② how learners create a new lg. sys; ③ What is learnt of an L2 and what is not learnt; ④ Why most L2 learners do not achieve the same degree of proficiency in an L2 as they do in their L1; ⑤ Why only some learners appear to achieve native-like proficiency in more than one lg.

4) goals: 1.describe how learners learn an L2 and how their language changes over time; 2.explain why learners acquire an L2 in the way they do; identify the external and internal factors that influence learners’ L2A 5) objects of study: 1. external and internal factors that influence L2A; 2. similarities among learners and their individual differences in LA.

(3) some basic terms 1．L1, native language, mother tongue, primary language 2．L2 vs. FL exercise: raise the countries in which English is spoken as an L2 or FL 3．target language 4．learner language 5．LA vs. LL Assignment: Question 4

Reference books: 1.王初明，1990，《应用心理语言学》，湖南教育出版社。 2.蒋祖康，1999，《第二语言习得研究》，外语教学与研究出版社。 3.Ellis, Rod. 1997, 《第二语言习得》，上海外语教育出版社。 4.Lightbown, P. M. & Nina Spada. 1999,《语言学习机制》，上海外语教育出版社。 5.杂志：《中小学外语教学》（北师大）《中小学英语教学与研究》（华东师大）

Second Language Acquisition