Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: LING 6810/6811 or LING 6410; currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program or permission of instructor.
Description
Covers issues central to any comprehensive understanding of second language acquisition (L2A): role and nature of optimal input and interaction, role of the L1, nature of interlanguage (including variation and learner errors), naturalistics vs. instructed learning, and individual learner factors. Proposed models of L2A are compared with respect to these central issues.