DLS 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Universal Grammar, Language Acquisition Device, Applied Linguistics
13 Oct 2016
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A big field of applied linguistics: multidisciplinary field: knowledge of our field comes from several different fields, dynamic: constantly changing, evolving as we learn more and gain more knowledge. Scientific field with questions and tentative answers: 5"s, how. Who: characteristics learners and teachers and how their characteristics might affect them. What: subject matter: understanding the nature of the subject matter. How: how to teach, understanding how learners learn. Goal of teaching is to facilitate learning. Field that contributes to the understanding of learning: psychology: specifically, language learning: psycholingustics. Look at process and conditions of language learning. Efl: english isn"t spoken in the greater community. Why: what is the motivation, purpose or goal for learning this language. L1 learning as a foundation on which you can build an understanding of principles of l2 learning. Different methods on l2 learning created based on the understand of l1 learning pg.
