Language Development (Theory) - Einzelansicht

The class provides an overview of research on first and second language acquisition. In the first part of the course we will discuss some seminal research on the emergence of children's early words and early multi-word utterances and will consider different theoretical approaches to the study of child language acquisition. In the second part of the course we will focus on aspects of second language acquisition and will consider the differences and similarities between L1 and L2 acquisition. MA students are expected to attend this class together with the class Language Development: Methods. Students of the teacher training program are also welcome to attend the methods class (especially if they want to get some hands-on experience with empirical research on first and/or second language acquisition); but for them the attendance of the methods class is not obligatory.