LING392-02_FA18:Nat Lang/Lang Acquisition
Course description:
Nature of Language & Language Acquisition introduces the scientific study of language, which includes theoretical concepts (e.g. structural linguistics, sociolinguistics, language development in first and second language acquisition) and application of linguistics in reading and writing development. Students develop a knowledge base in linguistics, phonemic awareness, and syntax, and apply it in real-world educational settings.
This course meets MLO2
Nature of Language & Language Acquisition introduces the scientific study of language, which includes theoretical concepts (e.g. structural linguistics, sociolinguistics, language development in first and second language acquisition) and application of linguistics in reading and writing development. Students develop a knowledge base in linguistics, phonemic awareness, and syntax, and apply it in real-world educational settings.
This course meets MLO2
Course Reflective Narrative:
In this class the center of focus was driven into the production of communication. Identifying and demonstrating an understanding of the universality of language acquisition either being in a monolingual, bilingual or multilingual. The elements of language such as, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and the factor of pragmatics as a huge role for communication, were analyzed and used to comprehend certain activities. Despite this course deigned to better understand language, the course was taught in English which left little to no presence of Spanish linguistics analysis. There were very limited activities that allowed a depth explanation of Spanish acquisition, however, we did cover a bit of the differences in the vowels exiting in Spanish. With this topic, we covered examples of the difficulties in pronunciation of phrases or words that English learners who are native Spanish speakers tend to have. Despite not having the class instructed in Spanish and being able to fully acquire all knowledge in Spanish linguistics, the instructor was aware of me and my partner's interest in analyzing the linguistics elements learned in class, in Latinx communities. Dr. Poaze, agreed to allowing our research paper to be in a Spanish speaker who was aspiring to gain English as his second language, allowing for that essential factor as potential instructors or language professionals to expand in a much more familiar language and community. Having done so it gave us opportunity to dive into the accomplishment of obtaining comprehensible knowledge on the field of applied linguistics under the use of Latinx communities. As we reached the end of the research paper, my partner and I were able to discover as well, the motivation and accomplishment it takes for none native English speakers to speak in spite of their low fluency in it which connects with the whole process of understanding the role each linguistics element has in the production of communication. Due to the finding of interest in what takes English learners to inspire further into learning another language, opened up the idea of further investigation of the variety of motivation and desire for language learners. As we performed the research paper, we were able to connect the research paper done in this course to the upcoming course of Spanish 395: special topics, which will cover applied linguistics in Hispanic environments and language learners motives to acquire a second language. In the future, as we participate in the course of Spanish acquisition and linguistic elements in that language, we will learn how different the learning process is in English compared to Spanish and expand the knowledge gained in the previous course.
In this class the center of focus was driven into the production of communication. Identifying and demonstrating an understanding of the universality of language acquisition either being in a monolingual, bilingual or multilingual. The elements of language such as, phonology, morphology, semantics, syntax and the factor of pragmatics as a huge role for communication, were analyzed and used to comprehend certain activities. Despite this course deigned to better understand language, the course was taught in English which left little to no presence of Spanish linguistics analysis. There were very limited activities that allowed a depth explanation of Spanish acquisition, however, we did cover a bit of the differences in the vowels exiting in Spanish. With this topic, we covered examples of the difficulties in pronunciation of phrases or words that English learners who are native Spanish speakers tend to have. Despite not having the class instructed in Spanish and being able to fully acquire all knowledge in Spanish linguistics, the instructor was aware of me and my partner's interest in analyzing the linguistics elements learned in class, in Latinx communities. Dr. Poaze, agreed to allowing our research paper to be in a Spanish speaker who was aspiring to gain English as his second language, allowing for that essential factor as potential instructors or language professionals to expand in a much more familiar language and community. Having done so it gave us opportunity to dive into the accomplishment of obtaining comprehensible knowledge on the field of applied linguistics under the use of Latinx communities. As we reached the end of the research paper, my partner and I were able to discover as well, the motivation and accomplishment it takes for none native English speakers to speak in spite of their low fluency in it which connects with the whole process of understanding the role each linguistics element has in the production of communication. Due to the finding of interest in what takes English learners to inspire further into learning another language, opened up the idea of further investigation of the variety of motivation and desire for language learners. As we performed the research paper, we were able to connect the research paper done in this course to the upcoming course of Spanish 395: special topics, which will cover applied linguistics in Hispanic environments and language learners motives to acquire a second language. In the future, as we participate in the course of Spanish acquisition and linguistic elements in that language, we will learn how different the learning process is in English compared to Spanish and expand the knowledge gained in the previous course.