Lingua inglese 2007-08

Laurea specialistica

LAUREA SPECIALISTICA IN TRADUZIONE LETTERARIA: 2° ANNO



Insegnamento
L-LIN/12 Lingua Inglese

Ore lezioni frontali
20

Corso
Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Language Transfer

- definitions and key issues

- behaviourism vs mentalism

- interlanguage theory

- linguistic, social and psychological aspects of the interlanguage

- individual differences in SLA

- language teaching and error analysis

- language transfer or cross-linguistic influence

Testi/Materiali
Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis (1997), Oxford University Press



Chapter 15 ‘Cross-Linguistic Influence’ by Terence Odlin in The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition edited by Doughty and Long (2003), Blackwell Publishing n.b. Odlin’s chapter represents a low percentage of an 880-page volume, which means that photocopying for private study purposes is legal.

Esame
Oral exam + a presentation *



* Students who attend lessons will be required to choose an aspect of SLA to study in greater depth and then give a short presentation (about ten minutes) in English during the last lessons of the course. Those who cannot attend lessons will give their presentation during the oral exam.