Faculty First Year Seminars 197LLC1 - Cog & Ling Strat to 2nd lang.

Do you have problems understanding grammar explanations in foreign language classes? Would you like to be fluent in a foreign language but feel that you need some extra help to get past the beginner level? If you want to streamline your language learning experience, and learn some linguistic and cognitive strategies that will allow you to acquire a second language more easily, this seminar can help you. We will explore some findings in second language acquisition research that can help you develop learning strategies that go way beyond outdated flashcards. We will also look at universal properties of human language to understand structural and lexical variations that make specific individual grammars different from one another. By the end of the semester you will know the grammatical terminology used in language classes, and you will have developed new strategies to improve your ability to communicate in a second language.

Freshmen Only