Input in Second Language Acquisition
Author : Susan M. Gass
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Author : Susan M. Gass
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 46,46 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN :
Author : Susanne Elizabeth Carroll
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 20,70 MB
Release : 2001-10-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027298211
Input and Evidence: the raw material of second language acquisition is an empirical and theoretical treatment of one of the essential components of SLA: the input to language learning mechanisms. It reviews and adds to the empirical studies showing that negative evidence (correction, feedback, repetitions, reformulations) play a role in language acquisition in addition to that played by ordinary conversation. At the same time, it embeds discussion of input within a framework which includes a serious treatment of language processing, including the problem of modularity and the question of how semantic representations can influence grammatical ones. It lays the foundation for the development of a truly explanatory theory of SLA in the form of the Autonomous Induction Theory which combines a model of induction with an interpretation of Universal Grammar, thereby permitting, for the the first time, a coherent approach to the problem of constraining induction in SLA.
Author : Stephen D. Krashen
Publisher :
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,18 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Language and languages
ISBN :
Author : Thorsten Piske
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 12,65 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847691099
This volume bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together well-known and new authors to discuss a topic of mutual interest to second language researchers and teachers alike: input. Reader-friendly chapters offer a range of existing and new perspectives on input in morphology, syntax, phonetics and phonology.
Author : Rebekah Rast
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847690416
This is a comprehensive study of the starting point of second language acquisition. With its focus on the language input that learners receive and what they do with this input, the study sheds light on questions still unanswered in second language acquisition literature.
Author : Robert DeKeyser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 10,35 MB
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521684040
This volume focuses on 'practice' from a theoretical perspective and includes implications for the classroom.
Author : Bill VanPatten
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Education
ISBN :
This book provides an alternative to the grammar debate in second language acquisition theory and teaching. Accepting that language acquisition is at least partially input dependent, the author asks how grammatical form is processed in the input by second language learners and is it possible to assist this in ways that help the learner to create richer grammatical intake. He answers these questions and explains why traditional paradigms are not psycholinguistically motivated. Drawing on research from both first and second language acquisition, he outlines a model for input processing in second language acquisition that helps to account for how learners construct grammatical systems. He then uses this model to motivate processing instruction, a type of grammar instruction in which learners are engaged in making form-meaning connections during particular input activities.
Author : Mike Long
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 30,84 MB
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1118882210
This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning
Author : Clare Gallaway
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 30,19 MB
Release : 1994-04-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521437257
Language addressed to children, or 'Baby Talk', became the subject of research interest thirty years ago. Since then, the linguistic environment of infants and toddlers has been widely studied. Input and Interaction in Language Acquisition is an up-to-date statement of the facts and controversies surrounding 'Baby Talk', its nature and likely effects. With contributions from leading linguists and psychologists, it explores language acquisition in different cultures and family contexts, in typical and atypical learners, and in second and foreign language learners. It is designed as a sequel to the now famous Talking to Children, edited by Catherine Snow and Charles Ferguson, and Professor Snow here provides an introduction, comparing issues of importance in the field today with the previous concerns of researchers.
Author : Steve Kaufmann
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 12,65 MB
Release : 2005-11
Category : Linguistics
ISBN : 1420873296
The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey. It is now a cliché that the world is a smaller place. We think nothing of jumping on a plane to travel to another country or continent. The most exotic locations are now destinations for mass tourism. Small business people are dealing across frontiers and language barriers like never before. The Internet brings different languages and cultures to our finger-tips. English, the hybrid language of an island at the western extremity of Europe seems to have an unrivalled position as an international medium of communication. But historically periods of cultural and economic domination have never lasted forever. Do we not lose something by relying on the wide spread use of English rather than discovering other languages and cultures? As citizens of this shrunken world, would we not be better off if we were able to speak a few languages other than our own? The answer is obviously yes. Certainly Steve Kaufmann thinks so, and in his busy life as a diplomat and businessman he managed to learn to speak nine languages fluently and observe first hand some of the dominant cultures of Europe and Asia. Why do not more people do the same? In his book The Way of The Linguist, A language learning odyssey, Steve offers some answers. Steve feels anyone can learn a language if they want to. He points out some of the obstacles that hold people back. Drawing on his adventures in Europe and Asia, as a student and businessman, he describes the rewards that come from knowing languages. He relates his evolution as a language learner, abroad and back in his native Canada and explains the kind of attitude that will enable others to achieve second language fluency. Many people have taken on the challenge of language learning but have been frustrated by their lack of success. This book offers detailed advice on the kind of study practices that will achieve language breakthroughs. Steve has developed a language learning system available online at: www.thelinguist.com.