LIN3550 - Second language acquisition and attrition
6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL
Undergraduate Faculty of Arts
Leader(s): Dr Julie Bradshaw
Offered
Not offered in 2009
Synopsis
The distinction between language learning and acquisition; the social context of these; the relation between first, second and bilingual acquisition; interlanguage and interference; grammaticalisation phases; factors in successful second language acquisition; bilingual education; attrition as the inverse of acquisition; activation and reactivation of language skills.
Objectives
As for LIN2550 and in addition a more in-depth critical appreciation of the theoretical underpinnings of second language acquisition and the research literature.
Assessment
Written work: 90%
Class participation: 10%
Contact hours
2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week
Prerequisites
A second-year sequence in Linguistics.
Prohibitions
GRN2135, GRN3135, GRN2130 or GRN3130, CHI2550, CHI3550, ITA2550, ITA3550, MGR3550 or SPN3550