Second Language Learning

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• review and evaluate empirical research in the field, and assess how far it confirms/ disconfirms particular learning theories
• carry out small scale analyses of child language and second language learner data, from a variety of theoretical perspectives
• compare and evaluate current theories of first and second language acquisition
• evaluate language instruction in the light of developments in language learning theory.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• key theoretical constructs in language learning theory;
• different approaches to the empirical analysis of learner language, from a variety of theoretical perspectives;
• the major theoretical perspectives on second language acquisition, and be able to compare and contrast them;
• the implications of different theoretical positions for classroom language learning and teaching.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• develop and maintain a personal bibliography;
• Plan and produce an extended academic paper, using current primary research literature;
• analyse authentic data and communicate your analysis orally, in discussion and in formal presentations;
• identify, select and draw upon a wide range of reference resources, printed and electronic;
• use information technology appropriately to support oral presentations and produce written reports

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.