Author : Stefano Rastelli
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1783092467
With a focus on the morphosyntactic features of second language, this book discusses the idea that language acquisition is a discontinuous and 'quantized' process due to the existence of two different - albeit interconnected - ways of learning: Statistical Learning and Grammatical Learning. It describes how the switch between ways of learning could take place and its developmental implications for adult SLA.
Author : Peter Jordens
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110812835
The book concerns theoretical, interdisciplinary and methodological issues in L2 acquisition research. It gives an accurate and up-to-date overview of high quality work currently in progress in research methodology, processing, principles and parameters theory, phonology, the bilingual lexicon, input and instruction. The volume will have the purpose of a handbook for teachers, students and researchers in the area of second language acquisition. The aim is to provide the reader with an acquisition perspective on processes of second and foreign language learning.
Author : Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 2022-08-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027257485
Professor Michael H. Long (1945-2021) was one of the most influential scholars in the field of second language acquisition. This volume presents a set of chapters that honour some of his key contributions in language teaching and learning. Following a bibliometric analysis of the impact of his research to the field, the volume spans topics such as task-based language teaching, focus on form, age effects, transfer, feedback, interaction, incidental learning, stabilization, among many others.
Author : Richard Towell
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 30,31 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853592348
Examines five central issues of second-language acquisition: transfer, staged development, cross-learner systematicity, incompleteness and variability.
Author : Paul A. Malovrh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,70 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1119261627
A comprehensive, current review of the research and approaches to advanced proficiency in second language acquisition The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition offers an overview of the most recent and scientific-based research concerning higher proficiency in second language acquisition (SLA). With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, the Handbook presents several theoretical approaches to SLA and offers an examination of advanced proficiency from the viewpoint of various contexts and dimensions of second language performance. The authors also review linguistic phenomena among advanced learners through the lens of phonology and grammar development. Comprehensive in scope, this book provides an overview of advanced proficiency grounded in socially-relevant domains of second language acquisition including discourse, reading, genre-based writing, and pragmatic competence. The authoritative volume brings together the theoretical accounts of advanced language use combined with solid empirical research. Includes contributions from an international collection of noted scholars in the field of second language acquisition Offers a variety of theoretical approaches to SLA Contains information on the most recent empirical research that contributes to an understanding of SLA Describes performance phenomena according to multiple approaches to SLA Written for scholars, students and linguists, The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive text that offers the most recent developments in the study of advanced proficiency in the acquisition of a second language.
Author : David Birdsong
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,99 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135674892
Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis is the only book on the market to provide a diverse collection of perspectives, from experienced researchers, on the role of the Critical Period Hypothesis in second language acquisition. It is widely believed that age effects in both first and second language acquisition are developmental in nature, with native levels of attainment in both to be though possible only if learning began before the closure of a "window of opportunity" – a critical or sensitive period. These seven chapters explore this idea at length, with each contribution acting as an authoritative look at various domains of inquiry in second language acquisition, including syntax, morphology, phonetics/phonology, Universal Grammar, and neurofunctional factors. By presenting readers with an evenly-balanced take on the topic with viewpoints both for and against the Critical Period Hypothesis, this book is the ideal guide to understanding this critical body of research in SLA, for students and researchers in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition.
Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 32,26 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 111945705X
Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish. Provides a unique and much-needed collection of new research in this subject, compiled and written by experts in the field Offers a critical account of the most current, ground-breaking developments across key fields, each of which has seen innovative empirical research in the past decade Covers a broad range of issues including current theoretical approaches, alongside a variety of entries within such areas as the sound system, morphosyntax, individual and social factors, and instructed language learning Presents a variety of methodological approaches spanning the active areas of research in language acquisition
Author : Ann M. Peters
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 1983-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521270717
Author : Andrea R. English
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 12,75 MB
Release : 2013-03-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 1107025214
Argues for the educational value of discontinuous experiences such as doubt and struggle, based on fresh readings of John Dewey and J. F. Herbart.
Author : Christina Gkonou
Publisher : Springer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 27,60 MB
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 3319234919
This book explores potential new directions in the growing field of language learning psychology. The individual chapters cover theoretical and conceptual developments and innovative methodological designs, while also exploring practical implications. Language learning psychology is a vibrant field of research that typically involves constructs from social and educational psychology, which it considers in terms of their relevance for the domain of language learning. The diverse theoretical and empirical chapters examine a range of familiar and lesser-known constructs, highlighting the importance of taking into account both learner and teacher psychologies, and recognising the complexity, dynamism and situatedness of psychological constructs, as well as the value of employing diverse research methodologies. It is hoped that these ‘new directions’ concerning populations, constructs and theoretical and methodological frameworks will pave the way for innovative future developments in this vibrant field.
