Learning outcomes

To introduce students to language learning and its theories from different viewpoints.

Contents

Absorbing mother tongue, its prerequisites and development; prerequisites and progress of learning a foreign language; an introduction to the theories of foreign language learning.

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Evaluation by participation in exercises and final exam or essay. Alternatively a book exam.

Study materials

Apeltauer, E., Grundlagen des Erst- und Fremdsprachenerwerbs. 1997. OR Edmonson/Hause, Einführung in die Sprachlehrforschung. 3. Aufl. 2006.

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