The course covers three broad areas of SLA: (1) empirical research that addresses factors that play a role in SLA, including input, interaction, feedback, explicit/implicit knowledge, attention, intention, processing, cognitive/social factors, working memory, age, transfer, aptitude; (2) theories of SLA, including computational/input processing theory, sociocultural theory, socio-cognitive theory, conversation analysis, identity theory, socialization theory, complexity/dynamic systems theory, cognitive linguistics; (3) research on classroom-based L2 learning and teaching.