Second lang acquisition

SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION [ENG06EX012]

Course Outline

UNIT I: Theories of second language acquisition
The critical period; contrastive and developmental Hypotheses; the role of L1 in SLA; Krashen’s Monitor Model;
Schumann’s Acculturation Model; Accommodation theories; theories of learner varieties; SLA in multilingual settings;
sociolinguistic perspectives; social psychological and psycholinguistic perspectives.

UNIT II: Linguistic aspects
Sturctural properties of the input; input-output relationship; phonological, morphological and syntactic aspects;
acquistion of vocabulary; sociolinguistic perspectives; functional and communicative competence.

UNIT III: Social-psychological aspects
Role of attitudes and motivation in SLA; aptitude and attitudes; attitude-motivation index; integrative and
instrumental motivation; accounting for individual difference in SLA.

UNIT IV: Teaching a second language
Role of and focus on the learner; the affective filter; role of the teacher and teaching materials; methods of second
language teaching; second and foreign language teaching; interaction between theory, research and pedagogy;
bilingualism and cognitive development; SLA and bilingual education; metalinguistic awareness; bilingualism.

Lectures
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