Similarities and Common Denominators in Second Language Acquisition Approaches

2013-08
Similarities and Common Denominators in Second Language Acquisition Approaches

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  • Author: Bert Bobock
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9783656474814
  • Category :
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 32

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik), course: HS Second Language Acquisition, language: English, abstract: Until today, there is no unified theory, which fully explains second language acquisition, even if some attempts of writing comprehensible theories have been made. This research paper outlines the history of Second Language Acquistion, providing an overview of some of the most influential learning theories, such as the Natural Approach, Behaviorism, Error Analysis, Morpheme Studies, Krashen's Monitor Model, Universal Grammar and The Competition Model. The aim of the paper is to help the reader to better understand recent developments, find out if and to which extent theories have influenced each other, and to disclose similarities that go beyond the respective disciplinary boundaries. How much more do we know today about how languages are learned than we did over fifty or one hundred years ago?

Investigating Individual Learner Differences in Second Language Learning

2021-06-01
Investigating Individual Learner Differences in Second Language Learning

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  • Author: Mirosław Pawlak
  • Publisher: Springer Nature
  • ISBN: 3030757269
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 257

This edited book brings together ten empirical papers reporting original studies investigating different facets of individual variation second language learning and teaching. The individual difference factors covered include, among others, motivation, self, anxiety, emotions, willingness to communicate, beliefs, age, and language learning strategies. What is especially important, some of the contributions to the volume offer insights into intricate interplays of these factors while others attempt to relate them to learning specific target language subsystems or concrete instructional options. All the chapters also include tangible implications for language pedagogy. The book is of interest to both researchers examining the role of individual variation in second language learning and teaching, teacher trainers, graduate and doctoral students in foreign languages departments, as well as practitioners wishing to enhance the effectiveness of second language instruction in their classrooms.

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences

2022-05-31
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences

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  • Author: Shaofeng Li
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 1000548406
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 546

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Individual Differences provides a thorough, in-depth discussion of the theory, research, and pedagogy pertaining to the role individual difference (ID) factors play in second language acquisition (SLA). It goes beyond the traditional repertoire and includes 32 chapters covering a full spectrum of topics on learners’ cognitive, conative, affective, and demographic/sociocultural variation. The volume examines IDs from two perspectives: one is how each ID variable is associated with learning behaviors, processes, and outcomes; the other is how each domain of SLA, such as vocabulary or reading, is affected by clusters of ID variables. The volume also includes a section on the common methods used in ID research, including data elicitation instruments such as surveys, interviews, and psychometric testing, as well as methods of data analysis such as structural equation modeling. The book is a must-read for any second language researcher or applied linguist interested in investigating the effects of IDs on language learning, and for any educator interested in taking account of learners’ individual differences to maximize the effects of second language instruction.

Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching

2017-03-06
Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching

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  • Author: Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • ISBN: 1501505491
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 317

Although usage-based approaches have been successfully applied to the study of both first and second language acquisition, to monolingual and bilingual development, and to naturalistic and instructed settings, it is not common to consider these different kinds of acquisition in tandem. The present volume takes an integrative approach and shows that usage-based theories provide a much needed unified framework for the study of first, second and foreign language acquisition, in monolingual and bilingual contexts. The contributions target the acquisition of a wide range of linguistic phenomena and critically assess the applicability and explanatory power of the usage-based paradigm. The book also systematically examines a range of cognitive and linguistic factors involved in the process of language development and relates relevant findings to language teaching. Finally, this volume contributes to the assessment and refinement of empirical methods currently employed in usage-based acquisition research. This book is of interest to scholars of language acquisition, language pedagogy, developmental psychology, as well as Cognitive Linguistics and Construction Grammar.

Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

2013-02-19
Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: María del Pilar García Mayo
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 9027272220
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 265

Second language acquisition (SLA) is a field of inquiry that has increased in importance since the 1960s. Currently, researchers adopt multiple perspectives in the analysis of learner language, all of them providing different but complementary answers to the understanding of oral and written data produced by young and older learners in different settings. The main goal of this volume is to provide the reader with updated reviews of the major contemporary approaches to SLA, the research carried out within them and, wherever appropriate, the implications and/or applications for theory, research and pedagogy that might derive from the available empirical evidence. The book is intended for SLA researchers as well as for graduate (MA, Ph.D.) students in SLA research, applied linguistics and linguistics, as the different chapters will be a guide in their research within the approaches presented. The volume will also be of interest to professionals from other fields interested in the SLA process and the different explanations that have been put forward to account for it.

Proceedings of The 4th MAC 2015

2015-02-20
Proceedings of The 4th MAC 2015

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  • Author: Collective of authors
  • Publisher: MAC Prague consulting
  • ISBN: 8090544290
  • Category : Business & Economics
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 285

Science and research.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition

2012-08-21
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Peter Robinson
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136485570
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 782

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition offers a user-friendly, authoritative survey of terms and constructs that are important to understanding research in second language acquisition (SLA) and its applications. The Encyclopedia is designed for use as a reference tool by students, researchers, teachers and professionals with an interest in SLA. The Encyclopedia has the following features: • 252 alphabetized entries written in an accessible style, including cross references to other related entries in the Encyclopedia and suggestions for further reading • Among these, 9 survey entries that cover the foundational areas of SLA in detail: Development in SLA, Discourse and Pragmatics in SLA, Individual Differences in SLA, Instructed SLA, Language and the Lexicon in SLA, Measuring and Researching SLA, Psycholingustics of SLA, Social and Sociocultural Approaches to SLA, Theoretical Constructs in SLA. • The rest of the entries cover all the major subdisciplines, methodologies and concepts of SLA, from “Accommodation” to the “ZISA project.” Written by an international team of specialists, the Routledge Encyclopedia of Second Language Acquisition is an invaluable resource for students and researchers with an academic interest in SLA.

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition

2018-03-29
The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Chuanren Ke
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317367901
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 662

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition is the first reference work of its kind. The handbook contains twenty contributions from leading experts in the field of Chinese SLA, covering a wide range of topics such as social contexts, linguistic perspectives, skill learning, individual differences and learning settings and testing. Each chapter covers historical perspectives, core issues and key findings, research approaches, pedagogical implications, future research direction and additional references. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition is an essential reference for Chinese language teachers and researchers in Chinese applied linguistics and second language acquisition.

The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language

2021-04-22
The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language

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  • Author: Kimberly L. Geeslin
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317417194
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 290

This volume offers an introduction to the field of second language acquisition with a particular focus on second language Spanish. It connects key issues in the acquisition of Spanish as a second language to theoretical and empirical issues in the field of second language acquisition more generally by exemplifying central concepts in second language acquisition through the exploration of the most widely researched structures and most recent developments in the field of second language Spanish. It is written for a non-specialist audience, making it suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses and readers, while its treatment of recent empirical developments also makes it of interest to researchers in second language Spanish as well as allied fields.

Second Language Learning Theories

2014-02-04
Second Language Learning Theories

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  • Author: Florence Myles
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1444119117
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 318

An introduction to the field of second language learning for students without a substantial background in linguistics, this book provides an up-to-date introductory survey of the most active and significant theoretical perspectives on the subject.