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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2005/2006
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Second Language Acquisition (Honours) (U00558)? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-3-SLA-LI The aim of this course is to: Entry Requirements? Pre-requisites : Honours Foundation: Language & Cognition (U00616) or equivalent ? Prohibited combinations : Second Language Acquisition (LI0011) Subject AreasHome subject areaLanguage Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I) Delivery Information? Normal year taken : 3rd year ? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4) ? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 9 weeks First Class Information
All of the following classes
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of this course the student will have gained understanding of the basic issues in second language acquisition (SLA) including:
- Implicit vs. explicit learning in SLA - The roles of input, frequency and attention in SLA - The role of language universals in SLA - Second language processing - The initial state and end state of second language grammar Students will also have gained experience in analysing learner data using the concepts and models taught in the course. Assessment Information
A data-based exercise (50%) and a 2000-word essay(50%)
Contact and Further InformationThe Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries. Course Secretary Mrs Annabel Lee Williams Course Organiser Dr Mitsuhiko Ota School Website : http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/ College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/ |
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