110年第1學期-5181 外語習得理論 課程資訊

評分方式

評分項目	配分比例	說明
Class preparation/active participation, attendance	40
Journal paper presentation	20
Final project presentation	20

教育目標

Second language acquisition, or SLA, is a theoretical and experimental field of study which, like first language acquisition studies, looks at the phenomenon of language development -- in this case the acquisition of a second language. The term "second" includes "foreign" and "third", "fourth" (etc.). Since the early nineteen seventies, SLA researchers have been attempting to describe and explain the behavior and developing systems of children and adults learning a new language. The dominant aim behind this research is to extend our understanding of the complex processes and mechanisms that drive language acquisition. The field of second language acquisition, as a discipline, focuses on the many problems associated to three general questions: • How do humans learn additional languages after they have learned their first? • What factors contribute to the variability observed in rates and outcomes of second language learning? • What does it take to attain advanced language and literacy competencies in a language other than the mother tongue? As we deal with the various topics, we will always look at the implications of SLA findings for L2 teaching. A range of SLA epistemologies and theories will be examined.

基本資料

必修課，學分數：3-0
上課時間：二/2,3,4[A119-B]
修課班級：華語碩學程1
修課年級：年級以上
選課備註：開放全校大學部3-4年級學生修習，非本學程學生需人工加選

參考書目

Textbooks and References
1. Selected chapters from
•White, Lydia. 2003. Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar. Cambridge University Press.
•Ortega, Lourdes. 2009. Understanding second language acquisition. London: Hodder.
•Gass, Susan M & Machey, Alison. 2012. The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. NY: Routledge.
•Herschensohn, Julia & Young-Scholten, Martha. 2013. The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge University Press.
•Saville-Troike, Mureil. 2012. Introducing second language acquisition. 2nd edition: Cambridge University Press.
•Herschensohn, Julia & Young-Scholten, Martha. 2013. The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge University Press.
•Hummel, Kirsten M. 2014. Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices. Wiley Balckwell.
•Fromkin, Victoria et al. 2017. An Introduction to Language. 11th edition. Boston: Congage.

2. Relevant materials taken from a variety of sources will be provided by the instructor.

3. Main journals that publish SLA research, in alphabetical order:
•Applied Psycholinguistics
•The Canadian Modern Language Review
•International Journal of Applied Linguistics
•International Review of Applied Linguistics
•Language Learning
•The Modern Language Journal
•Second Language Research
•Studies in Second Language Acquisition System
•TESOL Quarterly