Age and Acquisition
by Yas Rodas
1. Linguistics considerations
1.1. Order of acquisition
1.2. Inference in adults
1.3. Bilingualism
2. Issues in first language acquisition revisited
2.1. Competence and performance
2.2. Nature or nurtture?
2.3. Comprehension and production
2.4. Universals
2.5. Systematicity and variability
2.6. Language and though
2.7. Limitation
2.8. Practice
2.9. Imput
2.10. Discourse
3. Topics and questions for study and discussion
4. Suggestde readings
5. Language leraning Experience: journal entry 3
6. Despelling myths
7. Types of comparision and contrast
8. The critical period hipothesis
9. Neurological considerations
9.1. Hemispheric lateralization
9.2. Biological timetables
9.3. Right-hemispheric participation
9.4. Antopological evidence
10. The significan of accent
11. Cignitive considerations
12. Affective considerations