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Course Description and Objectives
This course addresses TESOL Standards 1a: Describing Language
and 1b: Language Acquisition and Development and ACTFL Standard
3a: Understanding Language Acquisition and Creating a Supportive
Classroom by examining and comparing major second language acquisition
theoretical issues and research findings and applications. In this
course students will:
- Gain an understanding of the nature of second language acquisition
processes and how they affect student learning;
- Study the differences and similarities between first language
development in children and second language acquisition by children
and older learners;
- Relate second language acquisition processes to general learning
theories;
- Identify cognitive variations in second language acquisition,
including learning styles and learning strategies.
- Identify personality and affective factors
that influence a student’s learning of a second or foreign
language;
- Identify social and cultural aspects of the second language
acquisition process;
- Analyze learners’ errors and relate
them to their stage of language development, proficiency level,
and acquisition of communicative competence;
- Identify different models of instructional delivery in the
ESL and foreign language classroom;
- Investigate the language development of a second language learner
and relate findings to research on second language acquisition;
and
- Explore classroom applications of language acquisition theory
and research
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