Author : Muriel Saville-Troike
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,82 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 : Susan M. Gass
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 18,50 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 : Lourdes Ortega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 21,92 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 : Mike Long
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 32,14 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 : Brian Tomlinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 24,24 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 : Shawn Loewen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 18,27 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 : Laura Colantoni
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 17,15 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.
Author : François Grosjean
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,58 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 : Paul A. Malovrh
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 35,70 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 : Catherine J. Doughty
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1405151889
The Handbook of Second Language Acquisition presents an integrated discussion of key, and sometimes controversial, issues in second language acquisition research. Discusses the biological and cognitive underpinnings of SLA, mechanisms, processes, and constraints on SLA, the level of ultimate attainment, research methods, and the status of SLA as a cognitive science. Includes contributions from twenty-seven of the world's leading scholars. Provides an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of human cognition, including those in linguistics, psychology, applied linguistics, ESL, foreign languages, and cognitive science.
