English Linguistics: the Acquisition of English

6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4020124FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.

Semester

1e semester

Inschrijving onder examencontract

Niet mogelijk

Beoordelingsvoet

Beoordeling (0 tot 20)

2e zittijd mogelijk

Onderwijstaal

Engels

Faculteit

Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte

Verantwoordelijke vakgroep

Linguistics and Literary Studies

Onderwijsteam

Alexis Housen
Eva Marie Koch (titularis)

Onderdelen en contacturen

6 contacturen Hoorcollege
7 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
25 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen

Inhoud

Course topic

Introduction to the study of the process of second language acquisition and the analysis of learner language, with specific reference to English.

Studiemateriaal

Cursustekst (Aanbevolen) : Reader, A reader to the course English Language Studies - The Acquisition of English, Alex Housen

Bijkomende info

Materials

Lecture slides, a reader containing core reading assignments as well as supplementary readings, and (possibly) handouts.

Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

Leerresultaat AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
At the end of the course, students should:

Become familiar with English learner language and methods for investigating it.
Understand how different aspects of the English language are acquired.
Understand how learner-internal and learner-external factors can affect second language learning.
Become familiar with theories of second language acquisition.
Become familiar with (empirical) research on second language acquisition.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 65% van het eindcijfer

WPO Presentatie bepaalt 35% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

Paper met een wegingsfactor 65 en aldus 65% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie WPO Presentatie dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

Oral presentation met een wegingsfactor 35 en aldus 35% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

First exam session:

Evaluation consists of the following components:

Oral presentation on a topic in research on SLA and ESL (group assignment; in the course of November/December; 30% of final mark)
Oral exam (individual; during first exam session; 70% of final mark)

In order to pass the course, it is required (a) to participate in both the oral presentation and the oral exam, and (b) to obtain at least 10/20 in total.

Students who obtain less than 7/20 on one of the two components of the evaluation cannot pass the course, regardless of their performance on the other evaluation component. In such cases, their final mark will correspond to the score obtained for the lowest evaluated component.

Second (resit) exam session:

Evaluation consists of the following components:

Oral presentation on a topic in research on SLA and ESL (individual; during second exam session; 30% of final mark)
Oral exam (individual; during second exam session; 70% of final mark)

In order to pass, it is (a) required to participate in both the oral presentation and the oral exam, and (b) to obtain at least 10/20 in total.

Students’ marks from an evaluation component from the first session will be transferred to the second session if they obtained at least 10/20 on this component.

Students who obtain less than 7/20 on one of the two components are not able to pass the course, regardless of their performance on the other evaluation component. In such cases, their final mark will correspond to the score obtained for the lowest evaluated component.

Toegestane onvoldoende

Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context