Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2019-2020
Teacher(s)
Meunier Fanny; Paquot Magali;
Language
English
Main themes
Familiarize students with SLA theories and more specifically English as a Foreign Language (EFL).
The course will address two main issues: theories in SLA and learner language analysis.
The course will address two main issues: theories in SLA and learner language analysis.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | By the end of the course, students will be familiar with the main theories and issues in second and foreign language acquisition. The students will be able to read scientific articles in the domain critically and to apply some of the research methods to carry out a small scale personal research project. |
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Main themes :
- description of learner language.
- data analysis in SLA (e.g. elicitation tests vs learner corpus data).
- internal and external factors in SLA.
- language transfer.
- cognitive accounts of SLA.
- linguistic universals and SLA.
- individual learner differences and strategies.
- classroom SLA (e.g. explicit instruction vs implicit learning).
Teaching methods
Reading of scientific articles, classroom discussions.
Evaluation methods
Oral exam. The active participation in class will also be taken into account in the attribution of the final mark.
Bibliography
Portfolio d'articles scientifiques mis à disposition sur Moodle ou accessibles via les bibiothèques UCLouvain
Portfolio of scientifc articles made available on the Moodle learning platform or available through the UCLouvain library services
Portfolio of scientifc articles made available on the Moodle learning platform or available through the UCLouvain library services
Faculty or entity
LMOD
Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)
Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Modern Languages and Literatures : General
Master [120] in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English
Master [60] in Modern Languages and Literatures : German, Dutch and English
Master [120] in Linguistics
Master [120] in Modern Languages and Literatures : General