Providing an authoritative, readable, and up-to-date guide to teaching writing to ESL Students, this book offers both pre- & in-service teachers advice that is grounded in current theory & research.
Learning how to write in a second language is one of the most challenging
aspects of second language learning. Perhaps this is not surprising in view of the
fact that even for those who speak English as a first language, the ability to write ...
"In this study the child's interaction with different interlocutors was audio- and video-recorded. These recorded data are supplemented by diary entries that supply information on how the child perceived her second language learning and how she became able to join in interactions as an accepted user of Australian English." "This book will appeal widely to professionals and students in the fields of pragmatics, second language acquisition, bilingualism, child language, applied linguistics, psycholinguistics and socio-linguistics, as well as to language teachers."--Jacket.
This period began with the onset of her second language learning experience
during her residence in Australia. The principal purpose of the study was to
determine what strategies and linguistic devices a second language learning
child uses ...
This study examines changes in the first language of people who know a second language. It presents theories and research that investigate the first language of second language users from a variety of perspectives including vocabulary, pragmatics, cognition and syntax.
The present study will investigate whether language and culture affect
productivity and lexical diversity in the speech of monolinguals, and whether the
degree of language proficiency and acculturation determines this variable in the
speech of ...
The book addresses issues in the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers. This book provides a series of discussions about multiple aspects of second language writing, presenting chapters that collectively address a range of issues that are important to new teachers at the post-secondary level. The 13 chapters provide scholarly visions, insight, and interpretation, oriented toward explaining the field of teaching academic writing to non-native speakers. The book is designed to provide foundational content-knowledge in this area, with each chapter authored by recognized experts in the field. In addition to helping train new teachers, the book will serve as an updated reference book for practicing teachers and scholars to consult.
The underlying premise of the field is that any given language is likely to have
written texts that are constructed using identifiable discourse features, and these
features may differ across languages or be coded using different linguistic ...
In recent years research on comparative typology has led to reveal regularities and to formulate new constraints upon variation for a broad range of phenomena. As the amount of typological research increased, a growing interest arose for the implications that findings in the typological field might have on second language acquisition. Written by experts in the field of typology and/or second language acquisition, this volume addresses theoretical and empirical issues on structural domains such as relative clauses and possessive constructions as well as pragmatic considerations on information organization in learners productions.
It is generally acknowledged that iconicity - isomorphism and motivational
iconicity (Croft 1990: 164-192) - shapes in some measure grammar in language
use and in the course of language acquisition and of language change. Although
this ...
Spanish Second Language Acquisition provides a panoramic overview of previous studies on the acquisition of Spanish as a second or foreign language, the theoretical approaches used in these studies, and the effects of various pedagogical approaches on the development of Spanish interlanguage systems. Barbara Lafford and Rafael Salaberry have compiled the first volume to provide a comprehensive critical overview of the research done and data compiled on how adults acquire Spanish as a second language. Major scholars in the field of SLA have contributed chapters having to do with a wide range of "products" (phonology, tense/aspect, subjunctive, clitics, lexicon, discourse/pragmatics) and "processes" (generative, cognitive and sociocultural theories) involved in the acquisition process-concluding with a discussion of the effects of instruction on Spanish interlanguage development. While being an invaluable reference tool for undergraduate and graduate programs that focus on the acquisition of Spanish as a second language, due to the extraordinary range of the review research on theoretical and methodological issues, this is also an extremely useful volume for second language theoreticians and practitioners involved in all aspects of the pedagogy of other second languages. It is the editors' desire that students, teachers, program administrators and scholars alike will benefit from the insights that the contributors bring to the myriad issues that language professionals confront.
Sociocultural theory is concerned with the relationship between language and
mind and is based principally on the work of the Russian psychologist L. S.
Vygotsky. One of the principal claims of the theory is that language activity,
including ...
As a number of researchers have pointed out, theories of language acquisition
must explain both properties of linguistic representations (the form and nature of
the grammar) and transition or development (how and why grammars change ...
Discusses popular myths about educating students in a multilinguistic society, examining such themes as the demographics of second language learners, the theory underlying language instruction, and language and the law.
As with first language development, it is impossible to “see” language acquisition
processes at work, and researchers must base their work on the available data,
that is to say, the language that learners produce. Unlike first languages, second
...
T. H. Green's Prolegomena to Ethics (1883) is a classic of modern philosophy. It begins with Green's idealist attack on empiricist metaphysics and epistemology and develops a perfectionist ethical theory that aims to bring together the best elements in the ancient and modern traditions, and that provides the moral foundations for Green's own distinctive brand of liberalism. David Brink's new edition will restore this great work to prominence, after two decades in which it has been hard toobtain. The present edition uses the text of the fifth edition, accompanied by a new introductory essay, bibliographical essay, and index. Translations are provided for Green's quotations from other languages. Of particular importance is the editor's extended introductory essay, which situates the Prolegomena in its intellectual context, sympathetically but critically engages its main themes, and explains Green's enduring significance for the history of philosophy and contemporary ethicaltheory. Students and scholars of the history of ethics, ethical theory, political philosophy, and nineteenth century philosophy will find this new edition an invaluable resource.
P. Harris and J. Morrow (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986), which
also contains useful selections from the Prolegomena and Green's political
lectures and essays, Green's principal writings are available only in his collected
...
Designed to provide skills development and tests practice together in an easy-to-use format, this supplementary coursebook series supports end-of-year tests in English at Key Stage 3.
10 What is the effect of the phrase 'misty solitudes' in the second verse? (1 mark)
Focus: Comment on the writer's use of language, grammatical and literary
features at word and sentence level. This phrase suggests quietness and
loneliness, ...
