Psycholinguistics Principles for TEFL

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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