DCJN002 Second Language Acquisition

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
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: Helena Rytířová
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.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, a student will be able to:
explain the approaches and theories of second language acquisition;
understand the implications of the theories for foreign language teaching;
understand factors influencing second language acquisition;
outline the relevance of the theories for their dissertation research.
Syllabus
  • Hypotheses and theories of language acquisition. Behaviorism and nativism. Current theories: constructivism, social interactionism, connectionism, information processing. Factors influencing language acquisition.
Literature
    required literature
  • LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. Fourth edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, ix, 256. ISBN 9780194541268. info
  • GÜNTHER BRITTA and Herbert GÜNTHER. Erstsprache, Zweitsprache, Fremdsprache : eine Einführung. 2. Aufl. Basel: Beltz, 2007, 222 s. ISBN 9783407254740. info
    recommended literature
  • Handbuch Fremdsprachenunterricht. Edited by Karl-Richard Bausch - Hans-Jürgen Krumm - Eva Burwitz-Melzer - Grit M. 6., völlig überarbeitete u. Tübingen: A. Francke Verlag, 2016, xxi, 692. ISBN 9783825286552. info
  • MÜLLER, Horst M. Psycholinguistik - Neurolinguistik : die Verarbeitung von Sprache im Gehirn. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink, 2013, 203 stran. ISBN 9783825236472. info
  • ELLIS, Rod. The study of second language acquisition. Second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008, xxvii, 114. ISBN 9780194422574. 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
  • WODE, Henning. Psycholinguistik :eine Einführung in die Lehr- und Lernbarkeit von Sprachen : Theorien, Methoden, Ergebnisse. 1. Aufl. Ismaning: Max Hueber Verlag, 1993, 399 s. ISBN 3-19-006619-1. info
    not specified
  • Defays, J.-M. (2018) Enseigner le français langue étrangère et seconde: Approche humaniste de la didactique des langues et des cultures. Bruxelles: Mardaga éditions.
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion
Assessment methods
Examination: presentation, debate, seminar work
Language of instruction
German
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2021, recent)
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