DCJDR_ATO Foreign Language Acquisition

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D.
Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of German Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to understand the state of the art in the field of first and second language acquisition both in natural setting and in formal education.
Syllabus
  • Hypotheses and theories of language acquisition. Behaviorism and nativism. Current theories: constructivism, social interactionism, connectionism, information processing. Factors influencing language acquisition.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • ELLIS, Rod. The study of second language acquisition. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, xxvii, 114. ISBN 9780194422574. info
  • GÜNTHER BRITTA and Herbert GÜNTHER. Erstsprache, Zweitsprache, Fremdsprache : eine Einführung. 2. Aufl. Basel: Beltz, 2007, 222 s. ISBN 9783407254740. info
  • Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht. Edited by Karl-Richard Bausch - Herbert Christ - Hans-Jürgen Krumm. 5., gegenüber der vierten u. Tübingen: A. Francke, 2007, xviii, 655. ISBN 9783772082344. info
  • LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, ix, 233. ISBN 0194422240. info
  • RYAN, L. Language acquisition : the age factor. Edited by D. M. Singleton. 2nd ed. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters, 2004, viii, 289. ISBN 1853597570. info
  • The handbook of second language acquisition. Edited by Catherine J. Doughty - Michael H. Long. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ix, 888. ISBN 1405132817. info
  • BUTZKAMM, Wolfgang. Psycholinguistik des Fremdsprachenunterrichts : natürliche Künstlichkeit : von der Muttersprache zur Fremdsprache. 2. veb. und erw. Aufl. Tübingen: Francke Verlag, 1993, xvi, 334. ISBN 3825215059. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion
Assessment methods
Examination - students critically evaluate at least two foreign studies related in their theme to the field of theory or research of second language acquisition. Debate.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2021.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2017, recent)
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