TBED 3420 Cross-Linguistic Approach to Bilingual Development/Bilingualism

This course will introduce bilingual teachers to the study of cross-linguistic influence in bilingual development. It deals with comparative and contrastive analysis of two languages as a method of investigation into language transfer and interference that occurs in the course of second language acquisition. The course covers the basic techniques for comparing and contrasting English and the native language of English Language Learners, and techniques for predicting and analyzing learners’ language. Pedagogical implications of the cross-linguistic approach and instructional practices are critically discussed.
Credits: 3.0

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