School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsInvestigating Second Language AcquisitionWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 100919.2
Discipline: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 7
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Knowledge of a LOTE and/or some Linguistics and/or some language teaching experience.
Equivalent Units
A7449 - Investigating Second Language Acquisition
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in a postgraduate course.
About this Unit
This is unit is intended for Linguistics Honours students as well as TESOL and Interpreting and Translation Postgraduate students aiming to provide a focused theoretical and research framework in the area of second language acquisition (SLA) from a psycholinguistic viewpoint. This unit widens the theoretical and methodological basis of students intending to undertake further studies and/or research in the Linguistics and SLA area and also serves the TESOL and languages teachers interested in applying SLA-based knowledge to language learning, pedagogy and classroom research.