Chapter 1: IntroductionTuesday, March 29, 2011What do you learn when you learn a language?New sounds:Sound order:grün greenchailiferio riverKnessetSvetlanapfennigTuesday, March 29, 2011What do you learn when you learn a language?New words:Word order:chatárboltakochat noirblack catTuesday, March 29, 2011What do you learn when you learn a language?Cultural informationAnswering the phone:English: helloGreek: nai (‘yes’)Tuesday, March 29, 2011The Textbook: Sounds“Sounding like a native speaker”• What is a foreign accent?• How do we make speechsounds?Tuesday, March 29, 2011The Textbook: Grammar“Thinking like a native speaker”• What is the structure of a language?How do you know what a question is in English?A. Statement: ! “You are going.”Yes/No:! ! “Are you going?”!! indicator: Word Order! ! indicator: IntonationB. Statement: ! “You are going.”Wh-Question:! “Where are you going?”!! indicator: Word Order! ! indicator: Question Word! ! indicator: IntonationTuesday, March 29, 2011The Textbook: Grammar“Thinking like a native speaker”What is Adjective and Noun order in English?•White house•Blue jackets•Green houseTuesday, March 29, 2011The Textbook: Grammar“Thinking like a native speaker”• In what ways do different languages have different structures?Past tense:Grammar is indicated by! affixes (past tense example)! word order (question example)! intonation (question & adjective example)Potential ways to indicate “past time” in a language:A. I talked.! -affixationB. I talked yesterday.! -affixation! -time word/adverbTuesday, March 29, 2011The Textbook: Culture“Acting like a native speaker”•Eye contact•Distance•How much information is too much?•Swearing•Telling jokesTuesday, March 29, 2011What affects language learning?•Language aptitude•Motivation to learn the L2•Attitude about the L2 culture•Differences between L1 and L2•Knowledge about L2 cultureTuesday, March 29, 2011Motivation: Integrative• Learners have a positive attitude towards the culture• Learners have a desire to integrate into the cultureL1L2Generation 1nativelimitedGeneration 2limitednativeGeneration 3nonenativeTuesday, March 29, 2011Motivation: Instrumental• Learners seek to gain some benefiteconomicsocialeducationalTuesday, March 29, 2011Attitudes•Arabic•Chinese•French•SpanishWhy don’t Japanese speakers learn Southern English?Why do French speakers have a strong accent?Tuesday, March 29, 2011Familiarity• Culture• Orthography(writing system)Tuesday, March 29,