COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
YDI 5027 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION ELECTIVE 2 0 0 7

Offered By

English Language Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR FATMA FERYAL ÇUBUKÇU

Offered to

English Language Teacher Education

Course Objective

The aim is to familiarize the students with the principles of first and second language acquisition theories and teach them to think critically about the phenomenon of learning versus acquisition.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain the claims and scope of different theories about second language learning
2   Interpret relevant SLA research that will inform language teaching
3   Apply SLA theories to analyze a language learning case study
4   Explain sociocultural, psychological and political variables that afford or constrain the process
5   Explain the role of individual learner variables in the process of learning English & investigate
6   Pose new questions about relevant issues in the field of SLA research
7   Compare and contrast different theoretical perspectives of language, the learner, and the
8   Evaluate the nature and extent of empirical support for SLA theories define the basic concepts related to second language acquisition

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the content of the course
2 The basic concepts related to second language acquisition
3 First language acquisition
4 Linguistic, sociological and linguistic theories for SLA
5 Linguistic, sociological and linguistic theories for SLA
6 second language acquistion
7 second language acquistion
8 Universal Grammar
9 Krashen
10 Innatists
11 Mid term exam
12 Cognitivists
13 Connectionists
14 Constructivism
15 Individual differences

Recomended or Required Reading

Doughty, C., & Long, M. (2005). (Eds.) The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. London:
Blackwell Publishing.
Gass & L. Selinker (Eds.) Second language acquisition: An introductory course. (2nd edition), (pp. 192 221). Mahwah, NJ:Erlbaum
Lightbown, P. & Spada, N. (2006). How languages are learned. Oxford: OUP.
Mitchell, R., & Myles, F. (2004). Second language learning theories. London & New York: Arnold.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

: Explaining, question-answer, discussion, projects

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

leyla.harputlu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

tue 12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparing assignments 13 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 185

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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