To
acquire a second language, learners must acquire a set of segmental and
suprasegmental features. This seminar introduces students to L2
acquisition processes. We frame the previous literature in well-known
theories of L2 acquisition (e.g., SLM, Flege, 1995; PAM-L2, Best &
Tyler, 2007) and
experimental approaches (e.g., articulatory and perceptual studies). In
the second part of the seminar, students will have a hands-on training
in hypothesis building and annotation adjustment, using naturalistic
L2-speech data from available corpora. The ultimate goal of this class
is to understand the popular L2 models of acquisition, the current state
of the field, the experimental methods used in L2 acquisition, and be
able to design an acoustic experiment for L2 acquisition.
- Course owner: Sarah Wesolek
Semester: WiTerm 2023/24