Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: Linguistics

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ***** Review and analysis of major theoretical approaches to second language acquisition among adults. Major topics covered are: linguistic, cognitive and sociocultural factors in language development, instructured and non-instructed settings, research methodologies, development stages of acquisition. Major emphasis on morphosyntactic development, but attention to phonetics and lexicon too. ***** Enrollment limited to 20. ***** Also offered as SPAN 414.