Undergraduate - UnitATS3816 - The social context of language learning

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Louisa Willoughby

Notes

Previously coded LLC3010

Synopsis

The seminars will investigate issues concerned with second language acquisition and will enable students to reflect on the experience of acquiring languages from a Comparative perspective.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to:

Reflect on the experience of acquiring languages from a comparative perspective.
Share experiences with students taking other languages/same language/different combinations of languages.
Engage in informed discussion on methods and outcomes in second language acquisition.
Show familiarity with cultural and social aspects of second language acquisition, multilingualism and contact.

Assessment

Class participation: 30%
Class paper written up as a 3000-word assignment: 70%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Louisa Willoughby

Contact hours

2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Linguistics

Co-requisites

Enrolment in BA (Languages) or current enrolment in 3rd year level LOTE study AND additional 12 points in a second LOTE at first year level OR by permission.