言語情報科学専攻

• 科目コード: 08C1525
• 開講学期: 冬
• 曜限: 火曜4限
• 教室: 150
• 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 second language acquisition research, and apply this knowledge to evaluate various teaching methods and testing tools. Topics covered in this course include the learning and teaching of sounds, words and grammar, how to teach and evaluate speech perception and production in the language classroom, the critical period hypothesis, etc.

At the end of this course, students should be familiar with the terminology used in second language acquisition research and education, and able to criticize or explain the relevance of language teaching and testing tools.

授業計画

1. Introduction to second language learning
2. Language and the brain (a very brief introduction)
3. The Critical Period Hypothesis
4. Learning to communicate in a second language
5. Perception versus production
6. Learning sounds
7. Learning words
8. Learning lexical bundles
9. Learning semantics and pragmatics
10. Learning grammar
11. Introduction to second language teaching and testing
12. Teaching speech perception
13. Testing speech perception
14. Teaching speech production
15. Testing speech production

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.