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ENG-1040 Language Acquisition - 10 stp
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Type of course
The course LRU-1301 Engelsk 5.-10. trinn: språk og didaktikk is recommended, but not required.
Course contents
The course will provide the students with a good background in how English is acquired as a first and a second language, as well as some information on the acquisition of Norwegian, and the combination of these will provide them with a better basis for understanding the error patterns that can be observed in the English of Norwegian learners.
Application deadline
Admission requirements
Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) or prior learning and work experience (realkompetanse).
A good command of oral and written English is required.
Application code 9199
Objective of the course
Knowledge and understanding:
At the end of the course, the students should have a good knowledge of the acquisition of English as a native and a foreign language.
This means that they should
- be able to identify different characteristics of (English) child language
- be able to identify different characteristics of second language acquisition
- have a general overview of when different structures are acquired in first language acquisition
- be aware of differences between acquiring a native and a foreign language
- have some knowledge of different theoretical approaches to both first and second language acquisition.
Skills:
Having completed the course, the students should
- have an overview of various methods used in language acquisition studies
- be able to describe child language data
- be able to anticipate what kinds of errors Norwegian learners of English will make
- be able to discuss issues related language acquisition both orally and in writing.
Language of instruction
Teaching methods
The course will be taught four hours per week and will consist of lectures and seminars.
Quality assurance:
The course undergoes a midterm evaluation or an end-of-term evaluation every third year.
Assessment
Coursework requirement:
One oral presentation.
Assessment method:
A 4-hour school exam.
The obligatory coursework requirements must be approved in order to take the final exam.
Performance in the course will be assessed on an A-F grades scale. Grades are A-E for passed and F for failed. A re-sit examination is offered in the event of an F grade. The deadline to register for a re-sit examination is January 15th for the autumn semester and August 15th for the spring semester.
Date for examination
The date for the exam can be changed. The final date will be announced at your faculty early in May and early in November.
Recommended reading/syllabus
Textbook: Patsy M. Lightbown & Nina Spada (2013). How languages are learned. Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers. (4th edition).
Compendium for ENG-1040 Language Acquisition
Both are/will be available at the bookstore "Akademisk Kvarter".
The Compendium includes:
1. Roeper, T. (2007) The prism of grammar: How child language illuminates Humanism. Chapter 2. pp-19-29. ISBN: 978-0-262-18252-2, ib., 0-262-18252-1, ib.
2. Pinker, S. (1994). The Language Instinct. Chapter 2, Chatterboxes. pp. 25-54 (same as in Compendium ENG-1040 Spring 2014). ISBN: 978-0-1401-7529-5, h., 0-14-017529-6, h.
3. Crain & Lilo-Martin (1999) Linguistic Theory and Language Acquisition. Chapter 3: Stages of Language Acquisition. pp. 25-32 (same as in Compendium ENG-1040 Spring 2014). ISBN-13: 978-0631195368 ISBN-10: 063119536X
4. O¿Grady, W. How Children Learn Language. Chapter 4. Words all in a row. pp. 80-113 (same as in Compendium ENG-1040 Spring 2014). ISBN: 0-521-82494-x, ib., 0-521-53192-6, h., 978-0-521-53192-4, h.
5. Saffran, J.; Senghas, A. & Truswell, J. (2001). The acquisition of language by children, PNAS, vol.98, no.23, pp. 12874-12875
6. Senghas, A. Language Emergence: Clues from a New Bedouin sign language. Current Biology, vol 25, no 12.
7. Stager, C. & Werker, J. (1997) Infants listen to more phonetic detail in speech perception than in word-learning tasks. Nature, vol 388, pp-381-382.
8. Kroll, J. F., & Bialystok, E. (2013). Understanding the consequences of bilingualism for language processing and cognition. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 25, 497¿514.
9. Roeper, T. (2007) The prism of grammar: How child language illuminates humanism. Chapter 5: pp. 63-87. ISBN: 978-0-262-18252-2, ib., 0-262-18252-1, ib.
10. Westergaard, M. (2003) Unlearning V2. (same as in Compendium ENG-1040 Spring 2014). EUROSLA Yearbook 2003. pp. 77-101. ISBN 9789027254535 (Eur)
11. Mihalicek, V. & Wilson, C. (2011) Language Files: Materials for an introduction to language and linguistics. 11th edition: Chapter 8: Language Acquisition. pp. 311-353. ISBN-13: 978-0814251799 ISBN-10: 081425179X