sap course 1564645505

First and second language acquisition theories (behaviorism, innatism, information processing, connectivist models, interactionist position); stages and processes of first and second language acquisition; case studies, comparative analysis of first and second language use from lexical data, transcription of second language classroom interactions and comparison of first and second language acquisition using transcriptions; first language acquisition developmental stages, second language form-syntactic developmental stages, second language acquisition processes, learner characteristics and factors individual differences in second language acquisition (eg., the effect of personality, aptitude, intelligence, age, motivation and attitude, learner preferences and beliefs); differences of first and second language learning contexts (eg., natural and instructional settings).