DCJDR_ATO1 Foreign Language Acquisition I

Faculty of Education
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Světlana Hanušová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Věra Janíková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Renata Jančaříková, Ph.D.
Department of English Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Chocholatá, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of English 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 overview the current knowledge in the field of theory of the first and second language acquisition in a natural environment and in class.
Syllabus
  • Theory of foreign language acquisition is a core subject of the didactic section and is the basis for a further choice of optional courses in this section. The aim of the course is to overview the current knowledge in the field of theory of the first and second language acquisition in a natural environment and in a school class. Students will learn about individual hypotheses and theories of foreign language acquisition and about the role of important factors which influence these processes. They will discuss implications of the theories of foreign language acquisition for educational practice and possibilities of research in the given field from a linguo-didactic point of view. Topics to cover: • Behaviorism, nativism, constructivism, social interactionism, connectionism, theory of information processing. • Billingual language acquisition. • Critical period. • Factors which influence foreign language acquisition.
Literature
  • GASS, Susan M. and Larry SELINKER. Second language acquisition : an introductory course. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 2008, xiii, 593. ISBN 9780805854985. info
  • LIGHTBOWN, Patsy and Nina Margaret SPADA. How languages are learned. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006, ix, 233. ISBN 0194422240. info
  • LEAVER, Betty Lou, Madeline Elizabeth EHRMAN and Boris SHEKHTMAN. Achieving success in second language acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xiv, 265. ISBN 052154663X. info
  • MITCHELL, Rosamond and Florence MYLES. Second language learning theories. 2nd ed. London: Hodder Arnold, 2004, xiii, 303. ISBN 0340807660. info
  • The handbook of second language acquisition. Edited by Catherine J. Doughty - Michael H. Long. Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 2003, ix, 888. ISBN 1405132817. info
  • COOK, Vivian. Second language learning and language teaching. 3rd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001, vii, 262. ISBN 034076192X. info
  • ELLIS, Rod. The study of second language acquisition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994, vii, 824. ISBN 0194371891. info
  • BUTZKAMM, Wolfgang. Psycholinguistik des Fremdsprachenunterrichts : natürliche Künstlichkeit : von der Muttersprache zur Fremdsprache [Butzkamm, 1993]. 2. verbesserte und erweitert. Tübingen: Francke Verlag, 1993, xvi, 334 s. ISBN 3-85215-059-0. info
Teaching methods
lecture, class discussion
Assessment methods
Credit requirement: students critically evaluate at least two foreign studies related in their theme to the field of theory or research of second language acquisition. Interview.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2012, Spring 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2013, recent)
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