SPAN 510: Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language

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This course offers an overview of the principles of modern second language acquisition (SLA) research, specifically applied to the learning of Spanish. The main objective of this course is to provide students with the background knowledge to understand the psycholinguistic principles at work in world language learning, and how these principles appear in the acquisition process, and the acquisition of different components of language.

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Term: This is a Fall II course. Participants may register for one Full Semester course OR one course each in Fall I and Fall II.

Prerequisite(s): Qualified to teach content area, BA in Spanish or a related field or proof of Spanish proficiency

University of Indianapolis

Semester: Fall 2023 – Fall II

Instructor: James Ramsburg

Graduate Credits: 3

Dates: 10/26/23 – 12/16/23

Format: Online Asynchronous

Graduate Certificate Available: Yes

Master’s Completion: View Options for World Languages 

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