Implicit and Explicit Learning of Languages

Implicit and explicit language learning - an overview; the unruly world of language; the input hypothesis and its rivals; a theory of instructed second language acquisition; implicit learning and the acquisition of natural languages; implicit and explicit learning of complex tasks; implicit learning and the cognitive unconscious - of artificial grammars and SLA; vocabulary acquisition - the implicit ins and outs of explicit cognitive mediation; second language vocabulary learning - the role of implicit processes; animal learning and the implicit/explicit distinction - or why what we think of as explicit for us can be implicit for them; differences between animal and human learning - implicit and explicit processes; language learner and learning strategies; neurolinguistic aspects of implicit and explicit memory - implications for bilingualism and SLA; connectionism and second language acquisition; universal grammar and L1 acquisition; the metaphor of access to universal grammar in L2 learning; universal grammar and language learnability; the lure and language of implicit memory - a developmental perspective; representation and ways of knowing - three issues in second language acquisition.