Spring 2027

Intensive Summer Multilanguage Seminar

Intensive summer seminar exploring second language acquisition and self-instructional methods to learn a less commonly taught language.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Create an individualized study plan for learning a less commonly taught language (LCTL)

  • Explain the characteristics of a good language learner according to SLA theories

  • Discuss and write about the application of SLA theories to language self-instruction

  • Find, evaluate, and create learning materials for a LCTL

  • Train a conversation partner to help you learn a language

  • Use the internet to conduct research and share information with others

  • Use metacognitive strategies to evaluate and improve your learning, compare different learning strategies, and style-shift

  • Assess your achievement of your learning goals

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Admitted to Summer Immersion Language Institute (SILI)

  • Admitted to Summer Immersion Language Institute (SILI)
AFRICAN 672

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  • Admitted to Summer Immersion Language Institute (SILI)

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A theoretical and practical exploration of second language acquisition (SLA) and self-instructional methods. Test and/or modify one or more theories/methods by putting these self-instructional methods into practice in order to learn a less commonly taught language (LCTL).

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Topics

  • Second language acquisition (SLA) theory and self-instructional methods.
  • Learning less commonly taught languages (LCTL).
  • Metacognitive strategies for evaluating and improving language learning.

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  • Creating individualized study plans and explaining language learner characteristics based on SLA theories.
  • Finding, evaluating, and creating learning materials, as well as training conversation partners.
  • Conducting online research and applying metacognitive strategies to evaluate and improve learning.

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