Author : Muriel Saville-Troike
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1107010896
A clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition, written for students encountering the topic for the first time.
Author : Lourdes Ortega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 144411705X
Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition. It assumes no background in SLA and provides helpful chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading. Ideal as a textbook for students of applied linguistics, foreign language education, TESOL, and education, it is also recommended for students of linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. Supporting resources for tutors are available free at www.routledge.com/ortega.
Author : Susan M. Gass
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 45,72 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780805835281
This book is a thorough revision of the highly successful text first published in 1994. The authors retain the multidisciplinary approach that presents research from linguistics, sociology, psychology, and education, in a format designed for use in an introductory course for undergraduate or graduate students. The research is updated throughout and there are new sections and chapters in this second edition as well. New chapters cover child language acquisition (first and second), Universal Grammar, and instructed language learning; new sections address issues, such as what data analysis doesn't show, replication of research findings, interlanguage transfer (multilingual acquisition and transfer), the aspect hypothesis, general nativism, connectionist approaches, and implicit/explicit knowledge. Major updates include nonlanguage influences and the lexicon. The workbook, Second Language Learning Data Analysis, Second Edition, makes an ideal accompaniment to the text.
Author : Shawn Loewen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 2014-07-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1136305920
Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first book to present a cohesive view of the different theoretical and pedagogical perspectives that comprise instructed second language acquisition (ISLA), defined as any type of learning that occurs as a result of the manipulating the process and conditions of second language acquisition. The book begins by considering the effectiveness of ISLA and the differences between ISLA and naturalistic L2 learning. It then goes on to discuss the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical aspects of such key issues in ISLA as grammar learning; interaction in the classroom; focus on form, function and meaning; vocabulary learning; pronunciation learning; pragmatics learning; learning contexts; and individual differences. This timely and important volume is ideally suited for the graduate level ISLA course, and provides valuable insights for any SLA scholar interested in the processes involved in second language learning in classroom settings.
Author : Brian Tomlinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 16,58 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 110847182X
This book connects SLA theory and practice in ways that are relevant and accessible to students, researchers and practitioners.
Author : Mike Long
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 30,36 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 : Vincenza Tudini
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 19,45 MB
Release : 2010-10-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1441179267
A book-length exploration of the role of online chat in supporting the teaching and learning of foreign languages is well overdue. Tudini's new book takes a Conversation Analysis approach, which is new to online Second Language Acquisition. It provides observable, previously undocumented insights into how native speakers and learners pursue the learning of foreign language and culture during online text chat.It looks at dyadic chat between native speakers and learners, with examples drawn from a corpus featuring 133 learners and 584 native speakers of Italian. This unique book contributes to our understanding of how conversation in a foreign language unfolds between native speakers and learners in an online social environment, rather than in the classroom. It will be of interest to researchers in second language acquisition and conversation analysis, as well as language teachers.
Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 12,94 MB
Release : 2021-06-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1108838642
A book on those who know and use two or more languages: Who are they? How do they do it?
Author : Sarah E. Pasfield-Neofitou
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2012-10-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1847698271
Online Communication in a Second Language examines the use of social computer mediated communication (CMC) with speakers of Japanese via longitudinal case studies of up to four years. Through the analysis of over 2000 blogs, emails, videos, messages, games, and websites, in addition to interviews with learners and their online contacts, the book explores language use and acquisition via contextual resources, repair, and peer feedback. The book provides insight into relationships online, and the influence of perceived 'ownership' of online spaces by specific cultural or linguistic groups. It not only increases our understanding of online interaction in a second language, but CMC in general. Based on empirical evidence, the study challenges traditional categorisations of CMC mediums, and provides important insights relating to turn-taking, code-switching, and language management online.
Author : Laura Colantoni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 30,74 MB
Release : 2015-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 110701834X
This textbook focuses on second language speech - how individuals perceive and produce the sounds of their second language.
