ZhaoHong Han, Assistant Professor in Languages and Education, Teachers College Columbia University
3 Credits
Pass/Fail (Letter Grade option)

Description

A&HL 4008 Interlanguage Analysis provides an introduction to SLA empirical studies, with a focus on studies of interlanguage development/non-development. Within a pedagogically organized database (Gass, Sorace and Selinker, 1999), we will selectively examine interlanguage (IL) data derived from empirical studies which purport to reveal learner knowledge and use in the areas of syntax, semantics, lexicon, and phonology. In the process of working with the data, we are hoping to achieve the following objectives:

i. To get hands-on experience with actual second language data;
ii. To understand processes involved in second language learning;
iii. To understand underlying principles of language learning;
iv. To become acquainted with basic methods of data collection; and
v. To develop an awareness of the relationship between data, method of data collection and findings.

Textbooks

Main coursebook

Sorace, A., Gass, S., and Selinker, L. (1999) Second Language Learning Data Analysis (2nd edition). Hillsdale, New Jersey: LEA

Additional Materials

  1. Gass, S. M. (1994). The reliability of second-language grammaticality judgements. In E, Tarone, S. Gass & A. Cohen (Eds.) Research Methodology in Second-language Acquisition. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA 303-322
  2. Hakuta, K. (1974). Prefabricated patterns and the emergence of structure in second language learning. Language Learning, 24, 287-297.
  3. Han, Z-H and Selinker, L. (1999). Error resistance: towards an empirical pedagogy. Language Teaching Research, 3/3, 248-275.
  4. Han, Z-H. (2000). Persistence of the implicit influence of NL: The case of the pseudo-passive. Applied Linguistics, 21/1, 78-105.
  5. Hawkins, B. (1985). Is an 'appropriate response' always so appropriate? In S. Gass & C. Madden (Eds.) Input in Second Language Acquisition. Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
  6. Kellerman, E. (1986). An eye for an eye: Crosslinguistic constraints on the development of the L2 lexicon. In E. Kellerman and M. Sharwood Smith (Eds.) Cross-linguistic influence in second language acquisition. New York: Pergamon.
  7. Schachter, J. (1974). An error in error analysis. Language Learning 24, 205-14.
  8. Schachter, J. (1988). Testing a proposed universal. In S. Gass and J. Schachter (eds.) Linguistic Perspectives on Second Language Acquisition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  9. Sheldon, A. & Strange, W. (1982). The acquisition of /r/ and /l/ by Japanese learners of English: evidence that speech production can precede speech perception. Applied Psycholinguistics, 3, 243-261.
  10. Tarone, E. & Liu, G. (1996) Situational context, variation, and second language acquisition theory. In Cook, G. & Seidlhofer (Eds.) Principle and Practice in Applied Linguistics. (107-124). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  11. White, L. (1991). Adverb placement in second language acquisition: some effects of positive and negative evidence in the classroom. Second Language Research 7, 133-161.

References (kept in the TC Library)