TAFL

525

Contrastive Analysis in Second-Language Teaching/Learning

(

3

cr)

Same as TEFL 525. Prerequisite: TAFL 501.  Offered once a year.

Contrastive analysis and error analysis: models and theoretical underpinnings. Contrastive analysis beyond the sentence level. Discourse functions starting with sentence function perspective and including speech acts and discourse organization (spoken and written). Implications for foreign-language teaching/learning.
 

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