Cross-Linguistic Influence On L2 Grammar

Course Schedule and Topics Topics Reading assignments

Introduction to the

course

First language

acquisition and bi-

/multilingualism

• Chapter 1 of Ortega

• Chapter 1 of Lightbown & Spada (2013)

• *Houtzager, N., Lowie, W., Sprenger, S., & De Bot, K. (2017). A bilingual advantage in task switching? Age- related differences between German monolinguals and Dutch-Frisian bilinguals. Bilingualism: Language and

Cognition, 20(1), 69-79.

The effect of age on

language acquisition • Chapter 2 of Ortega

• *Abrahamsson, N., & Hyltenstam, K. (2009). Age of onset and nativelikeness in second language. Language Learning, 59(2), 249-306. (esp. 249-258)

• *DeKeyser, R., Alfi-Shabtay, I., & Ravid, D. (2010). Cross-linguistic evidence for the nature of age effects in

second language acquisition. Applied Psycholinguistics, 31, 413-438.

• Singleton, D. (2005). The critical period hypothesis: A coat of many colours. International Review of Applied Linguistics, 43, 269-285.

Crosslinguistic

influences • Chapter 3 of Ortega

• *Brown, A., & Gullberg, M. (2008). Bidirectional crosslinguistic influence in L1-L2 encoding of manner in speech and gesture: A study of Japanese speakers of English. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 30,

225–251.

• *Bylund, E., & Jarvis, S. (2011). L2 effects on L1 conceptualization. Bilingualism, Language, and Cognition, 14(1), 47-59.

The linguistic

environment • Chapter 4 of Ortega

• *Gurzynski-Weiss, L., & Baralt, L. (2014). Exploring learner perception and use of task-based interactional feedback in F2F and CMC modes. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 36, 1-37.

• *Iwashita, N. (2003). Negative feedback and positive evidence in task-based interaction: Differential effects on L2 development. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 25, 1-36.

Cognition • Chapter 5 of Ortega

• *Leung, J. H. C., & Williams, J. (2014). Crosslinguistic differences in implicit language learning. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 36, 733-755.

• *Williams, J. H. (2005). Learning without awareness. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 27(2), 269- 304.

Development of

learner language • Chapter 6 of Ortega

• *Eskildsen, S. (2012). L2 negation constructions at work. Language Learning, 62(2), 335-372.

Spring break (No

class)

Research on SLA • *Larsen-Freeman, D., & Cameron, L. (2008). Research Methodology on language development form a complex systems perspective. Modern Language Journal, 92(2), 200-213.

• Porte, G. K. (2002). Appraising research in second language learning: A practical approach to critical analysis

of quantitative research. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins. Read Chapter 1: Introduction (pp. 3-33).

Aptitude • Chapter 7 of Ortega

• *Dahlen, K., & Caldwell-Harris, C. (2013). Rehearsal and aptitude in foreign vocabulary learning. The Modern Language Journal, 97(4), 902-916.

• *Harley, B & Hart, D. (1997). Language aptitude and second language proficiency in classroom learners of different starting ages. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19(3), 379-400.

Motivation • Chapter 8 of Ortega

• *Lamb, M. (2004). Integrative motivation in a globalizing world. System, 32, 3-19.

• *Waninge, F., De Bot, K., & Dörnyei, Z. (2014). Motivational dynamics in second language learning: Change, stability and context. The Modern Language Journal, 98, 704-723.

Affect and other

individual

differences

• Chapter 9 of Ortega

• *Gregersen, T., MacIntyre, P., & Meza, M. (2014). The motion of emotion: Idiodynamic case studies of learners’ foreign language anxiety. The Modern Language Journal, 98, 574-588.

• Todeva, E. (2010). “Multilingualism as a Kaleidoscopic Experience: The Mini Universes Within”

Alternative

approaches to SLA

1

• Chapter 10 of Ortega

• Atkinson, D. (2011) Alternative approaches to second language acquisition. Read Chapter 1 (pp. 24-47) and Chapter 2 (pp. 48-72).

• Nassaji, H., & Swain, M. (2000). A Vygotskian perspective on corrective feedback in L2: The effect of random versus negotiated help on the learning of English articles. Language Awareness, 9(1), 34-51.

Alternative

approaches to SLA 2

• Firth, A., & Wagner, J. (1997). On discourse, communication, and (some) fundamental concepts in SLA research. The Modern Language Journal, 81(3), 285-300.

• Long, M. (1997). Construct validity in SLA research: A response to Firth & Wagner. The Modern Language Journal, 81(3), 318-323.

• Gass, S. (1998). Apples and oranges: Or, why apples are not oranges and don’t need to be a response to Firth and Wagner. The Modern Language Journal, 82(1), 83-90.

• Larsen-Freeman, D. (2007). Reflecting on the cognitive-social debate in second language acquisition. The Modern Language Journal, 91(1), 773−787.

Instruction and SLA • Chapters 6 & 7 of Lightbown & Spada