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Contributions to Language Learning. Term 1 2004-2005 LAEL, Lancaster University Florencia Franceschina. Popular ideas about SLA. Exercise. Terminology. Second language acquisition Foreign language acquisition Acquisition of additional languages Bilingual language acquisition.
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Contributions to Language Learning Term 1 2004-2005 LAEL, Lancaster University Florencia Franceschina
Popular ideas about SLA Exercise
Terminology • Second language acquisition • Foreign language acquisition • Acquisition of additional languages • Bilingual language acquisition
Big questions • What are L2 grammars like? What is the nature of interlanguage grammars? • How are L2 grammars acquired? How do they develop? • How is L2 knowledge put to use?
Approaches to SLA research • Sociolinguistic • Linguistic • Psycholinguistic
Linguistic approaches • Generativist • Emergentist (usage-based) • Functionalist • …
L2 grammar • The focus of this course will be on the study of L2 grammars (a.k.a. Interlanguage grammars or ILGs, after the term coined by Selinker)
The nature of ILGs • Excercise
Evidence for UG in L1A L1A is: • Quick • Effortless • Uniform across stages of acquisition • Robust in terms of noisy/variable input • It shows equipotentiality across learners
Evidence for UG in SLA? • We will consider the evidence next week
Reading • Gass, S. and L. Selinker 2001: Second language acquisition. An introductory course. (2nd edition) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Chapter 1) • Hawkins, R. 2001: Second language syntax. A generative introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. (Chapter 1) • White, L. 2003:Second language acquisition and Universal Grammar. (2nd edition) Cambridge: CUP. (Chapter 1)
Next week We shall discuss some of the more important theories of SLA, and the empirical evidence available to support them.