Second Language Acquisition: The Basics

2015-09-16
Second Language Acquisition: The Basics

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  • Author: Gregory D. Keating
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317394585
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 68

Starting from the premise that language instruction should be informed by how humans learn language, this module on second language acquisition (SLA) aims to provide teachers at any level with a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key findings about how second languages are learned in adulthood. This module explores a variety of topics including the mechanisms in the mind responsible for language acquisition, the roles that input and output play in acquisition, and how language develops in the learner’s mind over time. Furthermore, the module explores the many factors believed to impact the outcome of SLA, such as the role of the native language, individual differences in aptitude and motivation, and age of acquisition. Please visit the series companion website for more information: http://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781315679594/

Second Language Acquisition

1997
Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Rod Ellis
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN: 9780194372121
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 164

This book offers a succinct theoretical introduction to the basic concepts in language testing in a way that is easy to understand. In the Japanese context, this book is highly recommended for university faculty members involved in obtaining assessment literacy, teachers who want to validate their exploratory teaching and testing, or applied linguistics students new to the language testing field. The book is divided into four main sections. The first provides an overview of the principles of language testing. The next contains short extracts from the testing literature with questions which stimulate further thinking. Section 3 is a list of references with brief annotations and Section 4 a glossary of referenced testing terms.

Second Language Acquisition: The Basics

2015-09-16
Second Language Acquisition: The Basics

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  • Author: Gregory D. Keating
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317394593
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 40

Starting from the premise that language instruction should be informed by how humans learn language, this module on second language acquisition (SLA) aims to provide teachers at any level with a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the key findings about how second languages are learned in adulthood. This module explores a variety of topics including the mechanisms in the mind responsible for language acquisition, the roles that input and output play in acquisition, and how language develops in the learner’s mind over time. Furthermore, the module explores the many factors believed to impact the outcome of SLA, such as the role of the native language, individual differences in aptitude and motivation, and age of acquisition. Please visit the series companion website for more information: http://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781315679594/

The Study of Second Language Acquisition

1994
The Study of Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Rod Ellis
  • Publisher: Oxford University
  • ISBN: 9780194371896
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 836

An up to date comprehensive introduction to second language acqusition research. Contains a general framework for the study of second language acquisition, provides a general description of learner language, accounts for the role of the linguistic environment, examines the learner's internal mechanisms, explores individual differences in language learning and reviews the expanding research on classroom second language acquisition.

Second Language Acquisition

2005
Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Kees De Bot
  • Publisher: Psychology Press
  • ISBN: 9780415338707
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 303

Second Language Acquisition: introduces the key areas in the field, including multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth and decline explores the key theories and debates and elucidates areas of controversy gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline, including: Vivian Cook, William E. Dunn and James P. Lantolf, S.P. Corder, and Nina Spada and Patsy Lightbown.

Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

1982
Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Stephen D. Krashen
  • Publisher: Pergamon
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Language acquisition
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 222

The present volume examines the relationship between second language practice and what is known about the process of second language acquisition, summarising the current state of second language acquisition theory, drawing general conclusions about its application to methods and materials and describing what characteristics effective materials should have. The author concludes that a solution to language teaching lies not so much in expensive equipment, exotic new methods, or sophisticated language analysis, but rather in the full utilisation of the most important resources - native speakers of the language - in real communication.

Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning

1981
Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning

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  • Author: Stephen D. Krashen
  • Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Language and languages
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 174

On the Monitor Theory of adult second language acquisition.

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

2014-05-14
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Kimberly L. Geeslin
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136306056
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 343

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition, exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition of a second language. It reviews basic principles of sociolinguistics, provides a unified account of the multiple theoretical approaches to social factors in second languages, summarizes the growing body of empirical research, including examples of findings from a wide range of second languages, and discusses the application of sociolinguistics to the second language classroom. Written for an audience that extends beyond specialists in the field, complete with summary tables, additional readings, discussion questions, and application activities throughout, this volume will serve as the ideal textbook for advanced undergraduate or graduate students of second language acquisition and instruction, and will also be of interest to researchers in the fields of second language acquisition, second language instruction and sociolinguistics.

Theories in Second Language Acquisition

2014-12-22
Theories in Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Bill VanPatten
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1135928533
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 309

The second edition of Theories in Second Language Acquisition seeks to build on the strengths of the first edition by surveying the major theories currently used in second language acquisition research. This volume is an ideal introductory text for undergraduate and graduate students in SLA and language teaching. Each chapter focuses on a single theory, written by a leading scholar in the field in an easy-to-follow style – a basic foundational description of the theory, relevant data or research models used with this theory, common misunderstandings, and a sample study from the field to show the theory in practice. This text is designed to provide a consistent and coherent presentation for those new to the field who seek basic understanding of theories that underlie contemporary SLA research. Researchers will also find the book useful as a "quick guide" to theoretical work outside their respective domains.

In Other Words

1994-11-09
In Other Words

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  • Author: Ellen Bialystok
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Psychology
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 266

Explores the reasons why it is often difficult to learn a second language and explains how language acquisition can be a process of self-discovery.