Core Issues in  SLA. Lecture Topics

1. Background: language teaching and SLA assumptions (SLL&LT 1) (Cook, 2010) Lecture Handout

2. Learning and teaching grammar (SLL&LT 2)

3. Learning and teaching grammar contd (SLL&LT 2) YouTube video

4. Learning and teaching vocabulary (SLL&LT 3)

5. Learning and teaching pronunciation (SLL&LT 4)

6. Learning and teaching pronunciation contd (SLL&LT 4)

7. Strategies for learning and processing language  (SLL&LT 6)

8. The nature of the L2 user (SLL&LT 10) Handout

9. Goals of language teaching: native speakers, multilingualism and the CEFR (SLL&LT 10.2, 11; TESOLQ) Handout

10. The role of the L1 in teaching (SLL&LT 10.3; cmlr) Handout

11. Writing systems and the linguistic landscape (SLL&LT 5)