MODL 6602 - Foreign Language Acquisition

Prerequisite: Admission into Graduate Certificate in Language Teaching program or permission from instructor. This course will study the process of acquiring a foreign language with an emphasis on the learner's experience at the college level. The course will emphasize cognitive and socio-cultural aspects of language learning and stress the development of communicative proficiencies both within and without the classroom context. The impact of technology on language learning will also be explored through couorse readings and on-line class meetings.
4 credit hours.