ELT541 LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
| Course Code: | 8200541 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | English Language Teaching |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. DUYGU SARISOY |
| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will:
- Understand the epistemological aspects of language acquisition.
- Analyze the interplay between linguistic and cognitive processes in language learning.
- Evaluate theories and research findings in first language acquisition.
- Be able to apply a critical stance towards various theoretical accounts assessing their proposals from a cross-linguistic perspective.
Course Content
The nature of child language; universal grammar; theories and research methods in the acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics; an overview of second language acquisition.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students, who passed the course satisfactorily will be able to:
- Show familiarity with the epistemological aspects of language acquisition.
- Be familiar with the interplay between linguistic and cognitive processes in language learning.
- Evaluate theories and research findings in first language acquisition.
- Demonstrate a critical stance towards various theoretical accounts assessing their proposals from a cross-linguistic perspective.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | demonstrate awareness of theoretical and applied knowledge about contemporary approaches, methods and techniques and use this awareness effectively in practice for various educational settings. | ✔ | |||
| 2 | synthesize, critically assess, and improve theoretical and practical findings on contemporary research. | ✔ | |||
| 3 | evaluate the existing instructional procedures, methods and techniques and make suggestions to improve new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 4 | carry out studies with a scientific point of view in order to meet the educational needs in national and international contexts with the aim of making contributions to the field. | ✔ | |||
| 5 | demonstrate the necessary skills to conduct independent research with scientific research methods and share research findings at academic meetings or other settings both orally and in written form. | ✔ | |||
| 6 | evaluate national and international instructional materials, exams and programs and design new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 7 | analyze innovative theories, applications and tools, and conduct research to suggest new ones. | ✔ | |||
| 8 | investigate the cultural differences and similarities that can be found in countries where English is spoken as native, second and foreign language, and use this knowledge to improve national English learning and teaching practices. | ✔ | |||
| 9 | analyze the theories and applications about the acquisition of English language as a second and foreign language and applied linguistics, and use this knowledge in relation to English language teaching and learning. | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution