SPAN 381 - THEORIES OF L2 DEV
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Department: Spanish
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: THEORIES OF L2 DEVELOPMENT
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This course surveys and critiques various theories of second language acquisition. Major topics are: analysis of linguistic, cognitive and social processes in the development of second languages, formal hypotheses of non-academic and classroom L2 learning, analysis of various SLA research methodologies and interprelation of findings from SLA research.
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Prerequisite(s): Third-year Spanish or permission of instructor.