Unit 3: Second Language Acquisition
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Unit 3 - Second Language Acquisition
Desired Results
Essential Questions:
Evidence
Assessments include informal discussions (f2f and online) and academic prompts taken from current research.
Learning Progression
Title (Week 9)
Through-line Questions
How do mental processes and social influences impact second language acquisition (SLA)?
Evidence of Understanding (Assessment)
- Socratic Seminar
- Informal discussion
- Academic prompts
Topics
- Topic 1
Readings
Title (Week 10)
Through-line Questions
- How do mental processes and social influences impact second language acquisition (SLA)?
- How does social interaction influences impact SLA?
Evidence of Understanding (Assessment)
- Socratic Seminar
- Informal discussion
- Academic prompts
Topics
- Anderson's ACT model (Anderson, 1983/1985)
- Processability Theory (Pienemann, 1998/2003)
Readings
- Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course (Gass & Selinker, 2008): Chapter 1
- Cognitive approaches to SLL (Chapter 4) (Mitchell & Myles, 2004)
Title (Week 11)
Through-line Questions
How does what we know about L2 acquisition research and teaching influence our current and future perspectives?
Evidence of Understanding (Assessment)
- Socratic Seminar
- Informal discussion
- Academic prompts
Topics
- Socio-cultural theory
Readings
- Second Language Learning Theories (Mitchell & Myles, 2004): Socio-cultural perspectives, pp. 193-222
Title (Week 12)
Through-line Questions
How will my current experiences with teaching EFL and my own curiosity about issues I recognize in the EFL classroom merge into a worthwhile, research topic?
Evidence of Understanding (Assessment)
- Socratic Seminar
- Informal discussion
- Academic prompts
Topics
- Topic 1
Readings
- How Languages are Learned (Lightbrown & Spada, 1999): Chapters 2-3
