SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: A PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS APPROACH

Course Information
TitleΕΚΜΑΘΗΣΗ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΗΣ ΓΛΩΣΣΑΣ: ΜΙΑ ΠΑΡΑΜΕΤΡΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΣΕΓΓΙΣΗ / SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: A PRINCIPLES AND PARAMETERS APPROACH
CodeΓλ4-388
FacultyPhilosophy
SchoolEnglish Language and Literature
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600007632

Programme of Study: 2024-2025

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
KORMOSElective CoursesWinter/Spring-6
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Instructors from Other Categories
Weekly Hours3
Total Hours39
Class ID
600286699
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course the students • will be familiar with generativist theories of second language acquisition (L2A) • will be familiar with research methods of data collection and analysis • will be able to compare and evaluate L2 data • will be able to critically assess effects of instruction on L2 acquisition
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)
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the processes involved in second language acquisition within the framework of Principles and Parameters (Chomsky 1982) and to familiarize them with the analysis of learner data from second language studies into morphosyntactic development. It begins with an outline of the similarities and differences between first and language acquisition, it continues with the basic acquisition theories in the field and the methodology used to explore learner development and then discusses research findings from syntactic phenomena which have been the focus of studies into second language syntax, such as subjects and tense, verb movement and adverb placement, wh-constructions and determiners. Learnability issues are analysed in terms of the interference of L1 (native language) syntactic and semantic properties (features) to L2 (target language). Discussion of each phenomenon will be followed by proposals for teaching intervention.
Keywords
Second language acquisition, Universal Grammar, principles and parameters
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
elearning email
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures39✓✓
Reading Assigment98✓✓✓
Exams3✓✓
Other / Others10✓✓
Total150
Student Assessment
Description
Final written exams
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
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Additional bibliography for study
Hawkins, R. (2001). Second Language syntax: a generative introduction. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Slabakova, R., et al. (2020). Generative Second Language Acquisition. C.U.P. White, L. (2003). Second language acquisition and Universal Grammar. C.U.P. Whong, M. , et al. (eds.) (2013). Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom (e-book)
Last Update
20-09-2025