본 강좌는 외국어 학습 이론을 공부하는 것이 주된 목적이다. 구체적인 목표는 (1) 모국어 및 제2언어의 발전단계와 학습 환경, (2) 개인차와 제2언어학습의 연관성, (3) 행동주의자, 생득론자, 인지주의자, 사회문화론자의 제2언어를 설명하는 방법, (4) 교실학습의 신장을 위한 6가지 제안으로 이루어진다.

The lesson goal is to study several theories that have been suggested as explanations for how language is learned. The objectives are (1) to examine learning contexts as well as learner characteristics as well as the developmental sequences in the acquisition of the first and second languages; (2) to see how individual characteristics are related to second language learning; (3) to study how behaviorist, innativist, cognitivist, and sociocultural theorists explain L2 learning; and (4) to review six proposals to promote language learning in the classroom.