Summer course in Second Language Acquisition

Keynote speaker: Susan Gass (Michigan University)

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1. Introduction

• What is second language acquisition?
• Perceptions and misperceptions
• Why is it important?

2. 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

3. What about individual differences?

• Aptitude
• Motivation
• Attitude
• Age
• Anxiety

4. What does a classroom have to offer?

• Does teaching=learning?

5. Perceptions and misperceptions revisited

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