Summer Course in Second Language Acquisition

15th June 2017 – 16th June 2017

Keynote speaker: Susan Gass (Michigan University)
Chair: Stefano Rastelli (Greenwich University)

  1. Introduction
  • What is second language acquisition?
  • Perceptions and misperceptions
  • Why is it important?
  1. Basic principles
  • How are languages learned?
  • Interlanguage
  • Behaviorism/innate principles
  • Role of native language
  • Order of acquisition
  • Input
  • Interaction
  • Output
  • Role of the environment
  • Exemplars
  • Salience
  1. What about individual differences?
  • Aptitude
  • Motivation
  • Attitude
  • Age
  • Anxiety
  1. What does a classroom have to offer?
  • Does teaching=learning?
  1. Perceptions and misperceptions revisited

For more information, please visit: http://assisisummerschool.com

post a cura di Rosanna Carlostella

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