Undergraduate Course: Second Language Acquisition (Honours) (LASC10030)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | 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. |
| Course description |
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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. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
50 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework (50%) and an exam (50%)
Coursework Deadline: Thursday 12th March 2015, 12 noon
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| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Second Language Acquisition | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will have gained understanding of the basic issues in second language acquisition (SLA) including:
- Individual differences in SLA
- Age effects on SLA
- The role of the native language in SLA
- Second language processing
- The initial state and end state of second language grammar
- Native language attrition
- Childhood bilingualism
Students will also have gained experience in analysing learner data using the concepts and models taught in the course.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mitsuhiko Ota
Tel: (0131 6)50 3949
Email: mits@ling.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Francesca Kerr-Dineen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3961
Email: f.kerr-dineen@ed.ac.uk |
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