Similarities and Common Denominators in Second Language Acquisition Approaches

2013-08-05
Similarities and Common Denominators in Second Language Acquisition Approaches

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  • Author: Bert Bobock
  • Publisher: GRIN Verlag
  • ISBN: 3656474532
  • Category : Literary Collections
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 33

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,7, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Institut für 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?

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 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.

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.

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.

Second Language Acquisition

2001
Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Susan M. Gass
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 080583527X
  • Category : Interlanguage (Language learning)
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 506

This revision of our best-selling text in SLA will incorporate suggestions made by previous adopters of the book, as well as including new developments in theoretical linguistics, cognitive psychology, and social interaction.

Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

2013
Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: María del Pilar García Mayo
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 9027205256
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 280

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.

Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition

2021-01-21
Learner Corpus Research Meets Second Language Acquisition

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  • Author: Bert Le Bruyn
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 110868940X
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 291

Advances in Learner Corpus Research (LCR) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have brought these two fast-moving fields significantly closer in recent years. This volume brings together contributions from internationally recognized experts in both LCR and SLA to provide an innovative, cross-collaborative examination of how both areas can provide rich insights for the other. Chapters present recent advances in LCR and illustrate in a clear and accessible style how these can be exploited for the study of a broad range of key topics in SLA, such as complexity, tense and aspect, cross-linguistic influence vs. universal processes, phraseology and variability. It concludes with two commentary chapters written by eminent scholars, one from the perspective of SLA, the other from the perspective of LCR, allowing researchers and students alike to reflect upon the mutually beneficial harmony between the two fields and link up LCR and SLA research and theory.