SPECIAL ELECTIVES: VARIABLES AFFECTING SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING
| Title | ΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ: ΜΕΤΑΒΛΗΤΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΕΠΗΡΕΑΖΟΥΝ ΤΗΝ ΕΚΜΑΘΗΣΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ / SPECIAL ELECTIVES: VARIABLES AFFECTING SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING |
| Code | Γλ4-499 |
| Faculty | Philosophy |
| School | English Language and Literature |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate, 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600008100 |
Programme of Study: 2024-2025
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Winter/Spring | - | 6 |
| Academic Year | 2015 – 2016 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Class ID | 600047475
|
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Knowledge Deepening / Consolidation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600047475
- At the Website of the School: http://www.enl.auth.gr/course.asp?Id=385
- eLearning (Moodle): https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=8363
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
• become familiar with the interrelated factors that account for learner differential success during Second Language Learning
• be able to distinguish between external and internal factors
• learn the key concepts that pertain to learner differences
• become aware of the cognitive processes involved during second language learning
• establish a good background for further studies
A coursebook and a list of selected readings are available.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Appreciate diversity and multiculturality
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
An extensive body of research has demonstrated the existence of numerous factors that are at work during Second Language Learning which account for the variability witnessed in learner performance. First, this course will set the overall framework regarding the external and internal variables that affect SLL, which are further classified into social, psychological, cognitive, etc. Then, it will focus on the latest cognitive account of Second Language Learning. What follows is an indicative list of the variables that will be discussed in depth: a) the learning context, b) the age of onset, c) the quality and quantity of input and interaction, d) FL aptitude, e) the cognitive processes of attention, memory and inhibition.
Keywords
variables, second/foreign language learning
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Description
Access to the e-learning platform.
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Fieldwork | 25 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Reading Assigment | 26 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 60 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
Final written exam
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
Skehan, P. (1989). Individual differences in Second-Language Learning. London, NY: Edward Arnold.
Additional bibliography for study
Carroll, J. B. (1990). Cognitive abilities in Foreign Language Aptitude: Then and now. In T. S. Parry, & C. W. Stansfield (Eds.), Language aptitude revisited (pp. 11-29). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Sáfár, A., & Kormos, J. (2008). Revisiting problems with Foreign Language Aptitude. IRAL, 46, 113-136.
Sparks, R. L., & Ganschow, L. (2001). Aptitude for learning a foreign language. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 21, 90-111.
Wen, Z. (2012). Foreign Language Aptitude. ELT Journal, 66(2), 233-235.
Wen, Z., & Skehan, P. (2011). A new perspective on Foreign Language Aptitude research: Building and supporting a case for "Working Memory as Language Aptitude". Ilha do Desterro, 15-43.
Alloway, T. P. (2006). How does Working Memory work in the classroom? Educational Research and Reviews, 1(4), 134-139.
Baddeley, A. D., Gathercole, S. E., & Papagno, C. (1998). The phonological loop as a language learning device. Psychological Review, 105, 158-173.
Gathercole, S. E. (1998). The development of Memory. Journal of Child Psychology, 39(1), 3-27.
Gathercole, S. E., & Alloway, T. P. (2008). Working Memory and classroom learning. University of Durham.
Gathercole, S. E., Lamont, E., & Alloway, T. P. (2006). Working Memory in the classroom. In S. J. Pickering (Ed.), Working Memory and education (pp. 219-240). Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc.
Gathercole, S. E., Pickering, S. J., Knight, C., & Stegmann, Z. (2004). Working Memory skills and educational attainment: Evidence from National Curriculum assessments at 7 and 14 years of age. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 18, 1-16.
Hummel, K. M., & French, L. M. (2010). Phonological Memory and implications for the second language classroom. The Canadian Modern Language Review, 66(3), 371-391.
Kormos, J., & Sáfár, A. (2008). Phonological Short-term Memory, Working Memory and foreign language performance in intensive language learning. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 11(2), 261-271.
Masoura, E. V., & Gathercole, S. E. (1999). Phonological Short-term Memory and Foreign Language Learning. International Journal of Psychology, 34(5/6), 383-388.
Μασούρα, Ε., Gathercole, S. E., & Μπαμπλέκου, Ζ. (2004). Η συμβολή της φωνολογικής βραχύχρονης μνήμης στην απόκτηση λεξιλογίου. Ψυχολογία, 11(3), 341-355.
Schmidt, R. (2001). Attention. In P. Robinson (Ed.), Cognition and Second Language Acquisition (pp. 3-32). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Muñoz, C. (2010). On how age affects Foreign Language Learning. Advances in research on language acquisition and teaching (pp. 39-49). Greek Applied Linguistics Association.
Singleton, D. (2001). Age and Second Language Acquisition. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 21, 77-89.
Individual differences
Ehrman, M. E., Leaver, B. L., & Oxford, R. L. (2003). A brief overview of individual differences in second language learning. System, 31, 313-330.
Last Update
06-02-2020
