Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

LIN 406 — Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning

LIN department course · Nigerian universities

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Course contents

Approaches to the study of language acquisition and language learning. Theorists such as Piaget, Stern, Vygotsky, Skinner and other contemporary theorists. Linguistics approach, learning theory approach and information theory approach to language behavior. Language and cognition. The Whorfian hypothesis and related matters.

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