Konkuk University

Language Acquisition

Lecture Notes

List of TEFL/TESL Online Resources

Culture in TESOL: To Teach or Not to Teach Presentation on issues related to teaching cultural content in ESL/EFL/EAP classes.

Suggested Reading

Essay on Linguistic Relativity by Brian English

Papers on the Critical Period Hypothesis

Critical Evidence: A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis for Second Language Acquisition by Kenji Hakuta, Ellen Bialystok and Edward Wiley

A concept of 'critical period' for language acquisition--- Its implication for adult language learning --- by Katsumi Nagai

Suggested Websites

Recommended Readings:

ITESL Online Journal Annotated list of links

Second Language Acquisition
and
Second Language Learning
Stephen D Krashen
University of Southern California

A Summary of Stephen Krashen's "Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition" By Reid Wilson

Asian EFL Journal

Tim Thompson's English For Specific Purposes website

The follow links briefly explain the shifts in approaches to teaching second languages from a historical perspective:

http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521781353&ss=exc


http://allfreeessays.com/student/HISTORY_OF_ENGLISH_LANGUAGE_TEACHING.html

http://www.ihworld.com/ihjournal/articles/03ABRIEFHISTORY.pdf

http://jobs.languagelink.ru/TEFL/methodologies.php

http://www.timothyjpmason.com/index.html

 

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Brian J. English Ph.D.

Course Instructor