Sebanyak 3150 item atau buku ditemukan

Introducing Second Language Acquisition

Perspectives and Practices

Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices represents a clear and concise introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies aimed specifically at undergraduates encountering the topic for the first time. Follows six fictitious language learners throughout the text whose stories serve to introduce various concepts and issues Contains specific chapters on first language acquisition and bilingualism, as well as explicit references to the most recent and important research Covers key topics including acquisition contexts, theoretical perspectives, language teaching methods, second language development, and individual differences (such as age, aptitude, and motivation) Grabs student attention with lighthearted cartoons that illustrate and reinforce key ideas Features a full range of pedagogical tools to aid student learning, including “language learning in practice” textboxes; bolded new terms defined in the margins; an end-of-book glossary; self-assessment and classroom discussion questions; exercise and project ideas; and further online viewing sections

Research into second language acquisition is a truly multidisciplinary endeavor.
Some of the major disciplines that contribute to SLA include theoretical linguistics
, education,psychology, and sociology. Inthe past several decades, the field of ...

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Measuring Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition provides an examination of the background to testing vocabulary knowledge in a second language and in particular considers the effect that word frequency and lexical coverage have on learning and communication in a foreign language. It examines the tools we have for assessing the various facets of vocabulary knowledge such as aural and written word recognition, the link with word meaning, and vocabulary depth. These are illustrated and the scores they produce are demonstrated to provide normative data. Vocabulary acquisition from course books and in the classroom in examined, as is vocabulary uptake from informal tasks. This book ties scores on tests of vocabulary breadth to performance on standard foreign language examinations and on hierarchies of communicative performance such as the CEFR.

Much of the literature on second language acquisition as a general process (e.g.
Mitchell & Myles, 2004; Lightbown & Spada, 1999) pays little attention to
vocabulary learning. This is not just a recent phenomenon. O'Dell (1997: 258) ...

Sociocultural Theory and Second Language Learning

This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. Specific topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development; L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar; sociocultural theory as a theory of second language learning; gestural mediation in a second language; and constructing a self through a second language.

This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part.

Hydrogeology and Simulation of Ground-water Flow and Land-surface Subsidence in the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers, Houston Area, Texas

... the U.S. Geological Survey modular finite-difference ground-water flow model:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96–485, 56 p. Harris-Galveston
Coastal Subsidence District, 1998, Groundwater management plan: Friendswood
, Tex., ...

Lake Eleanor Quadrangle, Central Sierra Nevada, California

Analytical Data

Hansen, R.G., Ring, E.J., and Steele, T.W., 1982, The preparation and
certification of ten uranium reference materials: Council for Mineral Technology (
MINTEK), Randburg, 2125, South Africa, Report M16, 37 p. Harris, J.L., Schwarz,
L.J., ...

Renal Medicine, Second Edition

A Color Handbook

This is a comprehensive, authoritative, yet user-friendly guide to renal disease. More than any other subdivision of internal medicine successful nephrological practice is dependent on other specialities. The kidneys are affected by many systemic diseases. There is increased incidence of cardiovascular and neoplastic disease in patients with renal failure. Expertise is needed in renal imaging, arterial intervention and renal histopathological examination. Reflecting all these elements, the authors have compiled a practical handbook to help physicians in practice and training to diagnose and manage patients with renal disease. The format of this book follows the stages of renal disease beginning with presenting symptoms and syndromes. It goes on to cover inherited renal diseases, glomerular and systemic diseases, acute and chronic renal failure, dialysis and renal transplantation. The Handbook is of value to physicians and trainees in nephrology and internal medicine, and to medical students in their clinical years.

These include Dr A. Kawashima, Dr B. King, Dr V. Torres, Dr J. McCarthy, Dr P.
Harris, Dr G. Miller, Dr D. Milliner, Dr N. Campeau, Dr R. Desnick, Dr J. Berstein,
Dr J. Reidy, Dr A. Saunders, Dr J. Bingham, Dr S. Rankin, Dr G. Rottenberg, Dr T.

Comprehensive English Language Test Form B/Package of 10

Recommendations of the ISSMGE for geotechnical laboratory testing

english/deutsch/français

Criterion-Referenced Language Testing

Criterion-referenced Language Testing looks at the practical applications of this new area of language testing.

Recall any of the Educational Testing Service examinations that you may have
taken, like the Graduate Record Examination (Educational Testing Service,
2000a) or the Test of English as a Foreign Language (Educational Testing
Service, ...

Intelligent Testing

Integrating Psychological Theory and Clinical Practice

This tribute to Alan S. Kaufman is edited by his son James, with contributions by a 'who's who' in IQ testing.

According to U.S. Census data reported in 2000, more than 31 million people 5
years and older spoke a language other than English in the home and almost
2,000,000 had no English—speaking ability (U.S. Bureau of the Census). By
2005 ...