Written for students encountering the topic for the first time, this is a clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition (SLA). It explains in non-technical language how a second language is acquired; what the second language learner needs to know; and why some learners are more successful than others. The textbook introduces in a step-by-step fashion a range of fundamental concepts – such as SLA in adults and children, in formal and informal learning contexts, and in diverse socio-cultural settings – and takes an interdisciplinary approach, encouraging students to consider SLA from linguistic, psychological and social perspectives. Each chapter contains a list of key terms, a summary, and a range of graded exercises suitable for self-testing or class discussion. Providing a solid foundation in SLA, this book is set to become the leading introduction to the field for students of linguistics, psychology, and education, and trainee language teachers.
This construct combines the knowledge of language which defines linguistic
competence, knowledge of the specific components and levels of a language,
and knowledge that is required for their appropriate use in communicative
activities.
This book provides the most updated discussion of the most important issues facing students, scholars, and researchers in second language acquisition research and development. Contents: Current Issues in Second Language Acquisition and Development: An Introduction, Carol A. Blackshire-Belay; Section 1: Language Development and Transfer. Native Language Transfer and Universal Simplification, Robin Sabino; Aspect Transferability (Or: What Gets Lost in the Translation-and Why?), Terence Odlin; Creole Verb Serialization: Transfer or Spontaneity? Frank Byrne; Section 2: Learner Variables in Second Language Acquisition. Contexts for Second Language Acquisition, Elsa Lattey; Language Acquisition, Biography and Bilingualism, Ulrich Steinmuller; Acquisition of Japanese by American Businessmen in Tokyo: How Much and Why? Yoshiko Matsumoto; Section 3: Issues in Interlanguage Development. Abrupt Restructuring Versus Gradual Acquisition, Hanna Pishwa; Variability in Grammatical Analysis: On Recognizing Verbal Markers in Foreign Workers' German, Carol A. Blackshire-Belay; Sketch of an Interlanguage Rule System: Advanced Nonnative German Gender Assignment, Joe Salmons.
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, BIOGRAPHY AND BILINGUALISM1 Ulrich
Steinmiiller Technical University of Berlin2 1.0. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND
BILINGUALISM OF TURKISH SCHOOLCHILDREN The individual and social
development ...
Chomsky and his followers have claimed since the 1950s that the nature of
speaker/hearers' competence in their native language can be accounted for only
by innate knowledge that the human species is genetically endowed with.
This book provides a critical overview of recent classroom-centred research and its implications for the teaching and learning of languages giving new insights into how languages are learned and what the effects of classroom instruction are.
teaching. To conclude this review, the major findings of the research will be
summarized, and implications for further research and teaching in second language classrooms will be suggested. Despite the obvious increase in amount
of ...
This volume explores how a second language is acquired and what learners must do in order to achieve proficiency. The paperback edition is a collection of original essays that approaches second language acquisition from a linguistic rather than a sociological, psychological, or purely pedagogical perspective. A wide range of viewpoints and approaches is represented. The essays in this book provide an incisive analysis of how a second language is acquired and what the second language learner must do mentally to achieve proficiency in another language. The chapters are arranged topically from those covering the broad area of theories of acquisition to those focusing specifically on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, lexicon, and phonology in another language.
The second aim, which has taken precedence over the first one in recent years, is
to provide not only a description of what it is that native speakers unconsciously
know about their language but at the same time to explain how they come by ...
Second language (L2) processing research complements that devoted to
understanding language structure, in which the focus is on describing the
phonological, lexical, and syntactic knowledge in the L2. It also complements
investigations of ...
This volume introduces the study of language attrition--the forgetting of language. In this first collection devoted to second language attrition, the contributors focus on contexts of loss where Japanese is either the attriting language, or the replacing language. Bringing together research to substantiate previous hypotheses in the field, this book offers new theoretical and practical insights for those interested in language change.
Lexical Maintenance and Attrition in Japanese as a Second Language Robert A.
Russell In recent years, researchers have shown increasing interest in the
phenomenon of second language (L2) loss or attrition. A few of the issues that
have ...
No language teaching program should be designed without a thorough analysis of the students' needs. The studies in this volume explore Needs Analysis in the public, vocational and academic sectors, in contexts ranging from service encounters in coffee shops to foreign language needs assessment in the U.S. military. In each chapter, the authors explicitly discuss the methodoldogy they employed, and in some cases also offer research findings on that methodology. Several studies are task-based, making the collection of special interest to those involved in task-based language teaching. Contributions include work on English and other languages in both second and foreign language settings, as well as a comprehensive overview of methodological issues in Needs Analysis by the editor.
Yet, if this aspect of course design is to go beyond reliance on notoriously
unreliable textbook writer intuitions, such is the task facing the conscientious
materials writer (and publisher). It is the kind of `homework' language teachers
and applied ...
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.
"general purpose" texts that don't demand specialized information which readers
may have in varying degrees, they find that discipline- specific information
possessed by the second language reader dramatically interacts with the ...
