2014_15
Guia docent 
Facultat de Lletres
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català 
Grau d'Anglès (2009)
 Assignatures
  LINGÜÍSTICA ANGLESA APLICADA
   Continguts
Tema Subtema
Introduction 1.What is Applied Linguistics (AL)? Definition and scope. A historical introduction. Subfields in AL
2. AL and Second Language Acquisition (SLA). Key issues in SLA
Language Acquisition. English as a First Language 1. The brain and language acquisition
2. Theoretical approaches to explaining first language acquisition
3. Stages in the acquisition of L1 English
4. Child-directed speech
5. Bilingual acquisition
Second language acquisition. Theories 1. Theory and research
2. Behaviourism
3. Innatism
4. Psychological theories
5. Interactionism
6. The monitor theory
Interlanguage 1. The concept of interlanguage (IL)
2. Characteristics of IL
3. IL and developmental sequences
4. Errors: Contrastive analysis (CA) and Error Analysis (EA)
5. Interlanguage and Lingua Franca. Similarities and differences
The role of the L1 in ESL / EFL 1. Definition of transfer in SLA
2. Terminological issues
3. Types of transfer
4. The development of transfer. A historical perspective
5. New directions in the study of transfer
6. Additional language acquisition. Transfer in multilingual contexts (models). Native vs. non-native transfer. The multilingual mind. Multilingual speech production
7. Constraints on transferability
8. What can be transferred?
9. Identification of transfer
Individual Learner Differences 1. Definition, brief history and taxonomy of individual differences
2. Age of acquisition. Critical period hypothesis (CPH)
3. Aptitude and intelligence.
4. Personality.
5. Motivation and attitudes.
6. Anxiety, self-esteem and willingness to communicate
7. Learner preferences
8. Learner beliefs
9. Learning styles