言語情報科学専攻

• 科目コード: 0824023
• 開講学期: 夏
• 曜限: 月曜3限
• 教室: 21KOMCEE K401
• 単位数: 2.0
• 担当教員: グレノン　イザベル

授業の目標・概要

This course is intended to provide a review of psycholinguistic research in language acquisition with a particular focus on the production and perception of speech sounds by first and second language learners. Topics include infants' sensitivity to statistical distribution during early language development, the critical period hypothesis, a review of the different testing methods used with infants and adults, etc.

At the end of this course, students should be familiar with the terminology and methods used in the field of language acquisition, and able to understand and discuss experimental and theoretical work addressing topics related to language acquisition.

授業のキーワード

• First language acquisition
• second language acquisition
• speech sounds
• psycholinguistics

授業計画

1. Introduction to early language acquisition (L1)
2. Initial perceptual abilities not unique to humans
3. Phonetic unit versus phoneme
4. Categorical perception
5. Testing paradigms with infants and children
6. Statistical learning in L1
7. Role of social interaction in L1
8. Infant-directed speech
9. The critical period hypothesis in L1
10. Language and the brain (a very brief introduction)
11. Introduction to second language acquisition (L2)
12. First language interference in L2
13. Testing methods with adult language learners
14. Statistical learning in second language acquisition
15. Explicit versus inferential learning

授業の方法

The course format is primarily made of lectures and in-class discussions, all of which are conducted exclusively in English.

成績評価方法

• Participation 5%
• Midterm 35%
• Written report 10%
• Final exam 50%

教科書

The reading material will be provided by the instructor.