1. Psycholinguistics
Principles for TEFL

2. Psycholinguistics Definition of Psycholinguistics
Goals & branches of Psycholinguistics
Levels of conversation
Linguistic encoding
The mental lexicon
Articulation & control I & II
The nature of the input signal I & II
Pre-lexical processing I: Speech perception
Pre-lexical processing II: Written input
Language acquisition I
Language acquisition II
Language acquisition III

3. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching
A course on the theoretical foundations of language teaching
A survey of what research has revealed about how human beings acquire a second language
Amalgamation of pedagogical (methodological) implications. Including sections that tackle learning theory-inspired methods
Including Classroom connections that show how research in SLA may have implications or applications for language classroom pedagogy.

4. Principles of Language Learning and Teaching
First Language Acquisition
Age and Acquisition
Human Learning
Styles and Strategies
Personality Factors
Sociocultural Factors
Communicative Competence
Cross-Linguistic Influence and Learner Language
Toward a Theory of Second Language Acquisition

5. Language, Learning, and Teaching
Looks at the intricate web of variables that are spun together to affect how and why one learns or fails to learn a 2nd language
Knowing these can help in teaching a foreign language successfully

6. First Language Acquisition
Provides an overview of various theoretical positions in 1st language acquisition
A discussion of some key issues in 1st language acquisition that are particularly significant for an understanding of 2nd language acquisition

7. Age and Acquisition
Do childhood and adulthood, and differences between them, hold some keys to SLA models and theories?
This chapter addresses some of these questions and attempts to set forth explicitly some of the parameters for looking at the effects of age and acquisition

8. Human Learning
This chapter focuses on cognitive processes by examining the general nature of human learning
Different learning theories are outlined
Then it deals with some other universal learning principles
Finally, some current thoughts about aptitude and intelligence are presented

9. Styles and Strategies
This chapter deals with cognitive variations in learning a 2nd language
Variations in learning styles that differ across individuals
And in strategies employed by individuals to attack particular problems in particular contexts

10. Personality Factors
This chapter deals with one facet of the affective domain of SLA
It is the intrinsic side of affectivity
Personality factors within a person that contribute in some way to the success of learning

11. Sociocultural Factors
This chapter touches on another affective aspect of the communicative process
The intersection of culture and affect
How do learners overcome the personal and transactional barriers presented by two cultures in contact?
What is the relationship of culture learning to SLA?

12. Communicative Competence
This chapter discusses how communicative competence and its counterpart communicative language teaching captures many of the most recent trends in research and teaching

13. Cross-linguistic Influence and Learner Language
This chapter examines the most salient component of SLA, namely the language itself
It considers an era of preoccupation with studies of contrasts between the native and target language and the effect of the first language on a second
Then it discusses how the era of contrastive analysis gave way to an era of error analysis, with its guiding concept of interlanguage, or what is also called learner language
Then it deals with questions about the effect on acquisition of input, interaction, feedback, awareness, and error treatment
Finally, it focuses on research on the effect of classroom instruction, especially debates about focus on form, all of which has some obvious practical implications for the language teacher

14. Towards a Theory of Second Language Acquisition
This chapter critically examines a number of current generalizations, hypotheses, and models of SLA