1. Second Language Acquisition
Lynn W. Zimmerman, PhD

2. Introduction to course
Assignment
100%
Attendance
15%
Class participation
Tests, course papers
Topic paper (10%)
Quiz on Krashen (15 %)
Case study (15%)
40%
Final exam/Project -
Lesson Plan Analysis
30%

3. Class file Write your name – and how to pronounce your first name
What languages you know and how well
Why you are in this course
Write 1 thing you already know about SLA
Write 1 question you hope this course answers

4. What is language? Language sample Who is talking? How can you tell?
What is being talked about?

5. Functions of Language
Interactional – used primarily to establish and maintain social relations
Transactional - to transmit knowledge, skills or information
Direct communication – intentional – often direct factual type statements
Indirect communication – inferential – involves metaphors and idioms

6. First Language Acquisition
Vocalizations
Sound differentiation
Words
Sentences
Meta-linguistic awareness

7. Stages by age
By 1 year
By 2 years
3-4 years
By 4 years

8. Developmental Sequences
Children learn language in predictable patterns, developmental sequences.
Related to
cognitive development
mastery of linguistic elements for expressing ideas which the child has understood for some time

9. Theories of Language Acquisition
Behaviorism
language learning - the result of imitation, practice, feedback, and habit formation.
Innatism
children are biologically programmed for language
Interactionism
Language development - result of complex interplay between child and environment

10. Interactionism (cont.)
Piaget – language is a symbol system used to represent knowledge that children have acquired through physical interaction with the environment.
Vygotsky – language develops entirely from social interaction.
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - difference between what a learner can do without help and what he/she can do with help.

11. Resources Linguistics for L2 Teachers – Larry Andrews
Educating Second Language Children – Fred Genesee, ed.
How Languages are Learned - Patsy Lightbrown and Nina Spada