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Advances in Chinese as a Second Language

Acquisition and Processing

This book is a collection of 13 empirical studies examining the acquisition and processing of Chinese as a second language. On the acquisition front, these studies explore the acquisition of structures such as the perfective marker le, wh-questions, bei- constructions, and bare nouns, and examine the factors that may affect acquisition such as learners’ background, anxiety, and instruction. Processing studies cover topics such as the identification of Chinese tones, the recognition of characters, the processing of compounds and relative clauses, and the expression of motion events. Many of these studies represent pioneering and cutting-edge research on their respective topics, and all will be of interest to students and scholars who are interested in the study of acquisition and processing of Chinese as a second language.

The effects of language anxiety on student oral test performance and attitudes.
The Modern Language Journal, 76, 14-26. Rhodes, N. C., & Pufahl, I. (2010).
Foreign language teaching in U.S. schools : Results of a national survey.
Washington ...

Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education

This volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programs currently available to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. It brings together, for the first time, detailed descriptions of programs in foreign language, English as a second language (ESL), dual language (bilingual), American Sign Language, Native American, and heritage languages. Addressing both theory and practice, the volume presents the historical development, current practices, and future directions of each type of program, along with detailed case studies. For second language teachers, academic administrators, and teacher educators, this Handbook provides information that will be useful in making instructional and programmatic planning decisions.

They work in tutorial or teachers aid positions in schools or postsecondary
institutions in their first language and receive fellowships to help cover their
tuition fees. This program benefits not only the over 1,000 students who
participate annually ...

The Metalinguistic Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning

The metalinguistic dimension refers to the way in which learners bring to bear knowledge about language into their learning of a second language, the "L2". This book brings together new research on the metalinguistic dimension, given its increasing importance in the study of L2 acquisition. In applied linguistics it is widely accepted that L2 learners develop and use knowledge about language when engaging with the challenging task of acquiring a new language; this applies to both children and adults. It is definitions of the metalinguistic dimension that vary, and findings regarding its role in L2 learning are not necessarily homogenous or compatible. The scope exists for further, empirical, detailed research. This book explores the nature, development and role of the metalinguistic dimension and will be essential reading for all SLA scholars and those working in language and education.

better understand the role of attention in second language tasks'. International
Journal of Applied Linguistics, 13, (2), 201–21. Cohen, L., Manion, L. and
Morrison, K. (2007), Research Methods in Education (6th edn). London:
Routledge.

The Continuum Companion to Second Language Acquisition

The Bloomsbury Companion to Second Language Acquisition is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource: it features an overview of key topics in SLA as well the key research methods. It then goes on to look at current research areas and new directions in the field by examining key relationships in the field, including the relationship between first and second language acquisition and the relationship between L2 input and L2 output. It is a complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

a Fulbright Scholar in Brazil, and as a professor of language education at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel for 17 years. He has wrien numerous
research articles on language teaching, language learning, language testing,
and ...

Second Language Teaching and Learning with Technology: Views of Emergent Researchers

chapter discusses the potential of personal learning environments (PLE) based
on Web 2.0 applications for language courses in higher education (HE). This
novel approach to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT)
in ...

Second Language Identities

Second Language Identities examines how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics) today, one that is inspired in poststructuralist thought and is associated with the work of authors such as Anthony Giddens, Zygmunt Bauman, Chris Weedon, Judith Butler and Stuart Hall. It then examines how in early SLA research focussing on affective variables, identity was an issue, lurking in the wings but not coming to centre stage. Moving to the present, the book then examines in detail and critiques recent research focussing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: (1) adult migration, (2) foreign language classrooms and (3) study abroad programmes. The book concludes with suggestions for future research focussing on identity in second language learning.

Acton, W. (1979) 'Second language learning and perception of difference in
Attitude'. Unpublished PhD dissertation, University of Michigan. Acton, W.and
Walker deFelix,J. (1986) 'Acculturation and mind', in J. M. Valdes (ed.), Culture
Bound: ...

Second Language Identity in Narratives of Study Abroad

This book brings together three important areas in language teaching and learning research by exploring the impact of study abroad on student's second language identities through narrative research.

The title of this book includes three terms that have opened up new and exciting
areas in second language learning research: narrative, second language identity
, and study abroad. In this introduction, we explain how these three concepts ...

Understanding Communication in Second Language Classrooms

An integrated view of communication in second language classrooms that acknowledges the importance of what teachers and students bring to the class environment. Drawing on actual classroom transcripts from a range of instructional settings, Johnson constructs a conceptual framework through which teachers can recognize how patterns of classroom communication are established and maintained, how these patterns affect students' participation in classroom events, and how their participation shapes the ways they use language for learning and their opportunities for second language acquisition. Relevant research is presented from the areas of classroom discourse, language in communities, teacher cognition, classroom learning, and second language acquisition.

English as well as the rejection of government-mandated attempts to enforce
Afrikaans, the language of the white ... tend to develop a strong working
knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary, but are much less capable of
using English ...

Meaning in the Second Language

This book reviews recent research on the second language acquisition of meaning with a view of establishing whether there is a critical period for the acquisition of compositional semantics. A modular approach to language architecture is assumed. The book addresses the Critical Period Hypothesis by examining the positive side of language development: it demonstrates which modules of the grammar are easy to acquire and are not subject to age effects. The Bottleneck Hypothesis is proposed, which argues that inflectional morphology and its features present the most formidable challenge, while syntax and phrasal semantics pose less difficulty to learners. Findings from the neurofunctional imaging (PET, fMRI) and electrophysiology (ERPs) of L2 comprehension are reviewed and critically examined. Since it is argued that experimental tasks in those studies are mostly in need of linguistic refinement, evidence from behavioral studies of L2 acquisition of semantics are brought to bear on comprehension modeling. Learning situations are divided into two types: those presenting learners with complex syntax, but simple semantics; and those offering complex semantic mismatches in simple syntactic contexts. The numerous studies of both types reviewed in the book indicate that there is no barrier to ultimate success in the acquisition of phrasal semantics.

Few people start learning a second language for the exotic sounds, or for the
elegant sentence structure that they detect in it. Meaning is what we are all after.
We would all like to understand and to be able to convey thoughts and feelings
and ...

Feedback in Second Language Writing

Contexts and Issues

How to provide appropriate feedback to students on their writing has long been an area of significance to teachers & educators. This text provides scholarly articles on the topic which explore topics such as the socio-cultural assumptions that participants bring to the writing class; feedback delivery & negotiation systems; & more.

The purpose of these tools is to encourage learners to look up language patterns
and other information in online resources as they write and revise and to help
teachers guide their students in using these resources effectively as writing aids.