Second Language Learning and Teaching
Subject LING20003 (2010)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2010.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||
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| Level: | 2 (Undergraduate) | ||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2010: Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: 2x 1 hour lectures and 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week. There will be no tutorial in the first and last week of semester. Total Time Commitment: 3 x contact hours/week, 5.5 additional hours/week. Total of 8.5 hours per week. | ||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | Completion of at least 12.5 points at first year in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics or one of the Faculty of Arts’ Interdisciplinary Foundation (IDF) subjects | ||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | None | ||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | None | ||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | Formerly available as 175-201, 175-301 and 672-393 Second Language Learning and Teaching. Students who have completed these subjects are not allowed to enrol in this subject. | ||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: |
For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements for this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
| Subject Overview: |
This subject will examine a range of theoretical models of second language acquisition, including Universal Grammar, interlanguage, the input hypothesis, and the interaction hypothesis. Individual factors including age, aptitude, motivation and individual learner strategies will also be considered. The contribution of applied linguistics to the field of second language teaching will be examined. in particular, the evolution of different approaches to language instruction over the past 50 years, and recent developments in teaching methodology and the place of grammar teaching. Students will write about their own language learning experiences and observe language teaching in action, applying their knowledge of language acquisition theory to these observations. |
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| Objectives: | . |
| Assessment: | Written work totalling 4000 words comprising an 800-word assignment 20% (due in week 6), a 1600-word assignment 40% (due in week 10), and a 1600-word assignment 40% (due at the end of the semester). |
| Prescribed Texts: |
A subject reader will be available for purchase from the University Bookshop.
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| Breadth Options: | This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:
You should visit learn more about breadth subjects and read the breadth requirements for your degree, and should discuss your choice with your student adviser, before deciding on your subjects. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
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| Notes: | Formerly available as 175-201/301. Students who have completed 175-201 or 175-301 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
| Related Majors/Minors/Specialisations: |
Cross Cultural Communication Cross Cultural Communication English Language Studies English Language Studies Major Linguistics && Applied Linguistics Linguistics && Applied Linguistics Major Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Linguistics and Applied Linguistics |
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