COURSE OUTLINE

PRINCIPLES AND THEORIES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITIONA AND LEARNING

I. Overview
1.1 Definition, Nature and Characteristics of Language
2. Theories of Origin of Human Language
2.1 Bow-wow Theory
2.2 Ding-dong Theory
2.3 Sing- song Theory
2.4 Pooh-pooh Theory
2.5 Goo-goo Theory
2.6 Yow-he-ho Theory
2. 7 Biblical Theory
2.8 Gesture Theory
3. Key Concepts
3.1 First Language Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition
3.2 Acquisition vs. Learning
3.3 Competence vs. Performance
4. Language and the Brain
4.1 Parts of the Brain
4.2 Critical Brain Hypothesis
5. Stages in Language Acquisition
5.1 Prelinguistic
5. 2 Linguistic
6. Theories of Language Acquisition
6.1 Behaviorist Theory
6.2 Acculturation Model and Nativization Model
6.3 Accommodation Theory
6.4 Cognitive Theory
6.5 Discourse Theory
6.6 The Monitor Model
6.7 Social Interaction Theory
6.8 The Variable Competence Model
6.9 The Universal Hypothesis
4.10 Neurofunctional Theory
7. Foreign Language Acquisition/ Second Language Acquisition Process

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