An overview of research on naturalistic and instructed second language acquisition (SLA). Various aspects of first language and second language learning/acquisition processes provide a framework for consideration of basic questions in SLA. Issues considered include situational factors influencing SLA, learner differences, and cognitive processes in learning a second/foreign language. Antirequisite(s): Prerequisite(s): Anthropology 1027A/B, Linguistics 2288A/B, the former French 288F/G, both French 2805A/B and 2806A/B, Spanish 3303A/B, the former French 2800 or permission of the program Corequisite(s): Pre-or Corequisite(s): Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. back to top
