Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Learning and Teaching, 7.5 Credits
Swedish name: Kognitiv lingvistik och andraspråksinlärning och undervisning
This syllabus is valid: 2015-06-01
and until further notice
Course code: 1EN068
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level:
English: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Linguistics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Language Studies
Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2015-09-30
Required Knowledge
Three 30-credit courses in English, or similar qualifications. In order to be eligible for the course, applicants must have completed an introductory and an advanced course in linguistics at university level or have similar qualifications.
Literature
Valid from:
2015 week 23
Achard Michel Teaching contrual: Cognitive pedagogical grammar. Included in: Handbook of cognitive linguistics and second language acquisition New York : Routledge : 2008 : x, 566 s. : Mandatory
Boers Frank Metaphor awareness and vocabulary retention. Applied Linguistics 21(4): 553-571. DOI: 10.1093/applin/21.4.553 : 2000 : Mandatory
Choosing motivated chunks for teaching. Boers F., Deconinck J., Lindstromberg S. Included in: Fostering language teaching efficiency through cognitive linguistics Berlin [u.a.] : De Gruyter Mouton : 2010 : Online-Ressource : Mandatory
Presenting figurative idioms with a touch of etymology: more than mere mnemonics? Boers Frank, Eyckmans June, Stengers Hélène Language Teaching Research 11, 1 (2007): 43-62. DOI: 10.1177/1362168806072460 : 2007 : Mandatory
Variables in the mnemonic effectiveness of pictorial elucidation Boers Frank, Lindstromberg Seth, Littlemore Jeanette, Stengers Hélène, Eyckmans June Included in: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and Phraseology Berlin, New York : Mouton de Gruyter : 2008 : Online-Ressource : pages 189-216 : Mandatory
Langacker Ronald W. The relevance of Cognitive Grammar for language pedagogy. Included in: Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar Berlin, New York : Mouton de Gruyter : 2008 : Online-Ressource : Mandatory
Littlemore Jeannette. Applying cognitive linguistics to second language learning and teaching Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan : 2009. : 1 online resource (xii, 212 p.) : Table of Contents / Abstracts ISBN: 9780230245259 (electronic bk.) Mandatory Search the University Library catalogue
A comparison of the effects of image-schema-based instruction and translation-based instruction on the acquisition of L2 polysemous words. Morimoto Shun, Loewen Shawn Language Teaching Research 11,3 (2007); 347372. DOI: 10.1177/1362168807081181 : 2007 : Mandatory
Niemeier Susanne The notion of boundedness/unboundedness in the foreign language classroom. Included in: Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Teaching Vocabulary and Phraseology Berlin, New York : Mouton de Gruyter : 2008 : Online-Ressource : pages 309-327 : Mandatory
Making progress simpler? Applying cognitive grammar to tense-aspect teaching in the German EFL classroom. Niemeier Susanne, Reif Monika Included in: Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar Berlin, New York : Mouton de Gruyter : 2008 : Online-Ressource : pages 325-355 : Mandatory
Schmid Hans-Jörg Does frequency in text instantiate entrenchment in the cognitive system? Included in: Quantitative Methods in Cognitive Semantics: Corpus-Driven Approaches [s.l.] : Walter de Gruyter GmbH Co.KG : 2010 : Online-Ressource : pages 101-133 : Mandatory
Taylor John R. Some pedagogical implications of cognitive linguistics. Included in: Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar Berlin, New York : Mouton de Gruyter : 2008 : Online-Ressource : pages 37-65 : Mandatory
Applying Cognitive Linguistics to Learning the Semantics of English to, for and at: An Experimental Investigation. Tyler Andrea, Mueller Charles, Vu Ho Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics 8 : 2011 : Mandatory
Making sense of polysemous words. Verspoor Marjolijn, Wander Lowie Language Learning 53(3) DOI: 10.1111/1467-9922.00234 : 2003 : Mandatory
Basic-level salience in second language vocabulary acquisition. Xia Xiaoyan, Wolf Hans-Georg Included in: Fostering language teaching efficiency through cognitive linguistics Berlin [u.a.] : De Gruyter Mouton : 2010 : Online-Ressource : pages 79-97 : Mandatory
