| 1. |
Introduction to the class: a survey of popular beliefs about language learning |
| 2. |
Learning a first language (milestones and patterns in development; early childhood bilingualism; developmental sequences; theoretical approaches explaining first language learning) |
| 3. |
Continued |
| 4. |
Theoretical approaches to explaining second language learning (behaviorism, innatism, recent psychological theories, interactionist position) |
| 5. |
Continued |
| 6. |
Factors affecting second language learning (intelligence, aptitude, personality, motivation, attitudes, learner preferences, learner beliefs, age of acquisition) |
| 7. |
Continued |
| 8. |
Learner language (developmental sequences, grammar, first language influence) |
| 9. |
Continued |
| 10. |
Observing second language teaching (instructional vs. natural settings for learning, classroom observation, feedback in the classroom) |
| 11. |
Continued |
| 12. |
Second language learning in the classroom (Five proposals for language teaching: get it right from the beginning; say what you mean and mean what you say; just listen...and read; teach what is teachable; get it right in the end) Implications o classroom research for teaching |
| 13. |
Continued |
| 14. |
Popular ideas about language learning: facts and opinions |
| 15. |
Concluding discussions |