Undergraduate Course: Second Language Acquisition (Honours) (LASC10030)
Course Outline
School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
Home subject area | Language Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
Course description | The aim of this course is to:
- give an introduction to current research on second language acquisition (SLA) by reviewing key issues, concepts, findings and theories;
- provide the opportunity to critically evaluate models and theories of SLA by applying them to the analysis of second language data. |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Linguistics/Language Sciences courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | | | Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | Central | Tutorial | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 09:50or 10:00 - 10:50 | |
First Class |
Week 1, Monday, 09:00 - 09:50, Zone: Central. Dugald Stewart Building, Rooms 3.10/3.11 |
Additional information |
Locations:
Dugald Stewart Building Rooms 3.10/3.11 |
Exam Information |
Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Second Language Acquisition (Hons) | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will have gained understanding of the basic issues in second language acquisition (SLA) including:
- Implicit vs. explicit learning in SLA
- The roles of input, frequency and attention in SLA
- The role of language universals in SLA
- Second language processing
- The initial state and end state of second language grammar
Students will also have gained experience in analysing learner data using the concepts and models taught in the course. |
Assessment Information
Coursework (50%) and an exam (50%) |
Special Arrangements
None |
Additional Information
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Syllabus |
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Transferable skills |
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Reading list |
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Study Abroad |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Prof Antonella Sorace
Tel: (0131 6)50 3493
Email: A.Sorace@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel:
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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