2024/2025

Language Interference: Theory and Practice

Type: Mago-Lego

Delivered by: School of Linguistics

When: 3 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Anastasia Sergeyevna Vyrenkova

Language: English

ECTS credits: 3

Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course explores the concept of language interference in different approaches to Second Language Acquisition. As part of the course, students will learn how typological differences, language input, and proficiency in foreign languages affect language transfer strategies. The course also gives students the opportunity to work with real language data obtained from students of Russian as a foreign language, including pre-processing skills for automatic GEC tasks.