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Usage-Based Dynamics in Second Language Development

Author : Wander Lowie

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 20,37 MB

Release : 2020-07-14

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1788925262

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Book Description

This book honours the contribution of Marjolijn Verspoor to the development and implementation of dynamic usage-based (DUB) approaches in second language (L2) research and pedagogy. With chapters written by renowned experts in the field, the book addresses the dynamics of language, language learning and language teaching from a usage-based perspective. The book contains both theory and empirical work: the initial theoretical chapters present cutting-edge thinking in relation to both the scope of DUB theory and its applications, providing conceptual perspectives from cognitive grammar and linguistics, thinking-for-speaking (TFS), and Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) approaches, united by their shared underpinnings of language as a dynamic system of conventionalized routines. The second half of the volume showcases state-of-the-art methodologies to study dynamic trajectories of language learning, empirical investigations into the above-mentioned theoretical concepts, and innovative classroom implementations of DUB language pedagogy.





A Dynamic Approach to Second Language Development

Author : Marjolijn Verspoor

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 223 pages

File Size : 47,35 MB

Release : 2011-02-28

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 902728735X

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Dynamic systems theory, a general theory of change and development, offers a new way to study first and second language development and requires a new set of tools for analysis of empirical data. After a brief introduction to the theory, this book, co-authored by several leading scholars in the field, concentrates on tools and techniques recently developed to analyze language data from a dynamic perspective. The chapters deal with the general thoughts and reasoning behind coding data, analyzing variability, discovering interacting variables and modeling. The accompanying How to sections give step-by-step instructions to using macros to speed up the coding, creating a dedicated lexical profile, making min-max graphs, testing for significance in single case studies by running simulations, and modeling. Example files and data sets are available on the accompanying website (http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/lllt.29.website). Although the focus is on second language development, the tools are applicable to a wide range of phenomena in applied linguistics.



Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning

Author : Teresa Cadierno

Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 29,69 MB

Release : 2015-10-16

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 3110378523

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Book Description

This edited volume brings together perspectives that find mutual kinship in a view of language as an embodied, semiotic, symbolic tool used for communicative and interactional purposes and an understanding of language use as the preeminent condition for language learning – perspectives that we conjoin under the umbrella term of usage based perspectives.



Usage in Second Language Acquisition

Author : Kevin McManus

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 22,85 MB

Release : 2024-02-27

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1003832784

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Book Description

The study of “usage” has constituted a major line of second language learning research for decades now. The concept of usage, however, can be defined and studied in many different ways. In this comprehensive, forward-looking text, international scholars from a variety of perspectives review and critically examine current conceptualizations of usage, learning, and their connections in the field of second language acquisition (SLA). Bringing these diverse perspectives into conversation, Kevin McManus synthesizes the state of the art to set the agenda for new directions in theory-building and empirical SLA research. This text will be an invaluable resource to students and researchers in SLA, applied linguistics, psychology and cognitive science, education, and related areas.



Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning

Author : Masatoshi Sato

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page : 409 pages

File Size : 27,65 MB

Release : 2016-03-10

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9027267170

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This volume represents the first collection of empirical studies focusing on peer interaction for L2 learning. These studies aim to unveil the impact of mediating variables such as task type, mode of interaction, and social relationships on learners’ interactional behaviors and language development in this unique and pedagogically powerful learning context. To examine these issues, contributors employed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods designs as well as cognitive, social, and sociocognitive theoretical frameworks. The majority of the studies are classroom based and were conducted in a rich array of settings covering five continents and encompassing a wide range of learner L1s and target languages. These settings include second and foreign language classrooms from primary to university level, content-based programs, online contexts, and after-school programs. To span the divide between research and practice, each study includes a section suggesting pedagogical implications.



The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking

Author : Tracey M. Derwing

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 491 pages

File Size : 32,95 MB

Release : 2022-03-10

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1000532682

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This Handbook is a comprehensive volume outlining the foremost issues regarding research and teaching of second language speaking, examining such diverse topics as cognitive processing, articulation, knowledge of pragmatics, instruction in sub-components of speaking (e.g., grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary) and the attrition of the first language. Outstanding academics have contributed chapters to provide an integrated and inclusive perspective on oral language skills. Specialized contexts for speaking are also explored (e.g., English as a Lingua Franca, workplace, and interpreting). The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars in applied linguistics, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and education.





The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Sociolinguistics

Author : Kimberly Geeslin

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 658 pages

File Size : 36,87 MB

Release : 2022-03-30

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1000549771

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Book Description

This state-of-the-art volume offers a comprehensive, accessible, and uniquely interdisciplinary examination of social factors’ role in second language acquisition (SLA) through different theoretical paradigms, methodological traditions, populations, contexts, and language groups. Top scholars from around the world synthesize current and past work, contextualize the central issues, and set the future research agenda on second language variation, including languages studied or taught less commonly. This will be an indispensable resource to scholars and advanced students of SLA, applied linguistics, education, and other fields interested in the social aspects of language learning in research practice and instruction.



Exploring the Dynamics of Second Language Writing

Author : Barbara Kroll

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 301 pages

File Size : 47,30 MB

Release : 2003-04-14

Category : Foreign Language Study

ISBN : 0521822920

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A collection of 13 original articles, this book is intended to provide a series of discussions about multiple aspects of second language writing, presenting chapters that collectively address a range of issues that are important to new teachers at the post-secondary level. The chapters provide scholarly visions, insight, and interpretation oriented toward explaining the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers. The book is designed to provide foundational content-knowledge in this area, each chapter authored by recognized experts in the field. Throughout the chapters, presentation and review of scholarship is presented primarily in the interest of understanding how such knowledge directly or potentially impart teaching, making this a pedagogically relevant book. In addition to helping train new teachers, the book will serve as an updated reference book for practicing teachers and scholars to consult.