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Contributions to Language Learning

This course delves into the nature of second language grammars, also known as interlanguage grammars (ILGs). We will explore key questions around the characteristics, acquisition, and utilization of L2 grammars. Discussions will cover a range of approaches including sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, generativist, emergentist, and functionalist perspectives. Additionally, we will analyze the empirical evidence surrounding Universal Grammar (UG) in first and second language acquisition and consider important theories and frameworks in SLA research.

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Contributions to Language Learning

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  1. Contributions to Language Learning Term 1 2004-2005 LAEL, Lancaster University Florencia Franceschina

  2. Popular ideas about SLA Exercise

  3. Terminology • Second language acquisition • Foreign language acquisition • Acquisition of additional languages • Bilingual language acquisition

  4. Big questions • What are L2 grammars like? What is the nature of interlanguage grammars? • How are L2 grammars acquired? How do they develop? • How is L2 knowledge put to use?

  5. Approaches to SLA research • Sociolinguistic • Linguistic • Psycholinguistic

  6. Linguistic approaches • Generativist • Emergentist (usage-based) • Functionalist • …

  7. L2 grammar • The focus of this course will be on the study of L2 grammars (a.k.a. Interlanguage grammars or ILGs, after the term coined by Selinker)

  8. The nature of ILGs • Excercise

  9. Evidence for UG in L1A L1A is: • Quick • Effortless • Uniform across stages of acquisition • Robust in terms of noisy/variable input • It shows equipotentiality across learners

  10. Evidence for UG in SLA? • We will consider the evidence next week

  11. Reading • Gass, S. and L. Selinker 2001: Second language acquisition. An introductory course. (2nd edition) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. (Chapter 1) • Hawkins, R. 2001: Second language syntax. A generative introduction. Oxford: Blackwell. (Chapter 1) • White, L. 2003:Second language acquisition and Universal Grammar. (2nd edition) Cambridge: CUP. (Chapter 1)

  12. Next week We shall discuss some of the more important theories of SLA, and the empirical evidence available to support them.

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