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Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136306064
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Book Synopsis Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition by : Kimberly L. Geeslin

Download or read book Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition written by Kimberly L. Geeslin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition

Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136306056
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Book Synopsis Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition by : Kimberly L. Geeslin

Download or read book Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition written by Kimberly L. Geeslin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Language Acquisition: Learning to Use Language in Context

Author : Neil Stokes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781639893195
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (931 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Acquisition: Learning to Use Language in Context by : Neil Stokes

Download or read book Language Acquisition: Learning to Use Language in Context written by Neil Stokes and published by . This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language acquisition is the process of acquiring the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, and to produce and use words and sentences in order to communicate. It involves the acquisition of structures, rules and representation. A range of tools like phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and an extensive vocabulary is needed to successfully use language to communicate. Language can be used vocally as in speech, or manually as in signs. Humans have the capability to utter and understand an infinite number of sentences, based on a principle called recursion, even though human language capacity is finite. This book includes some of the vital pieces of work being conducted across the world, on various topics related to language acquisition. From theories to research to practical applications, case studies related to all contemporary topics of relevance to this field have been included herein. Students, researchers, experts and all associated with language acquisition will benefit alike from this book.

Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition

Author : Cristina Sanz
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589013735
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (137 download)

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Book Synopsis Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition by : Cristina Sanz

Download or read book Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition written by Cristina Sanz and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-02 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do people learn nonnative languages? Is there one part or function of our brains solely dedicated to language processing, or do we apply our general information-processing abilities when learning a new language? In this book, an interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars and researchers presents an overview of the latter approach to adult second language acquisition and brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of the latest research on this subject. Clearly organized into four distinct but integrated parts, Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition first provides an introduction to information-processing approaches and the tools for students to understand the data. The next sections explain factors that affect language learning, both internal (attention and awareness, individual differences, and the neural bases of language acquisition) and external (input, interaction, and pedagogical interventions). It concludes by looking at two pedagogical applications: processing instruction and content based instruction. This important and timely volume is a must-read for students of language learning, second language acquisition, and linguists who want to better understand the information-processing approaches to learning a non-primary language. This book will also be of immense interest to language scholars, program directors, teachers, and administrators in both second language acquisition and cognitive psychology.

Key Questions in Second Language Acquisition

Author : Bill VanPatten
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108486665
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Key Questions in Second Language Acquisition written by Bill VanPatten and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the key questions that drive the field of L2 acquisition research, including its historical foundations.

Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition in Social Context

Author : Vera Regan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition in Social Context by : Vera Regan

Download or read book Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition in Social Context written by Vera Regan and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing new research on social context and social language acquisition, this study covers variation in communication strategies, second language learning through interaction, and language and identity in immigrant acquisition and use.

Language Learners in Study Abroad Contexts

Author : Margaret A. DuFon
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853598517
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (985 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Learners in Study Abroad Contexts by : Margaret A. DuFon

Download or read book Language Learners in Study Abroad Contexts written by Margaret A. DuFon and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the overseas experience of language learners in diverse contexts through a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, studies in this volume look at the acquisition of language use, socialization processes, learner motivation, identity and learning strategies. In this way, the volume offers a privileged window into learner experiences abroad while addressing current concerns central to second language acquisition.

Introducing Second Language Acquisition

Author : Muriel Saville-Troike
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107010896
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Introducing Second Language Acquisition by : Muriel Saville-Troike

Download or read book Introducing Second Language Acquisition written by Muriel Saville-Troike and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition, written for students encountering the topic for the first time.

Language Acquisition in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction Contexts

Author : Carmen Pérez-Vidal
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027270236
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Acquisition in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction Contexts by : Carmen Pérez-Vidal

Download or read book Language Acquisition in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction Contexts written by Carmen Pérez-Vidal and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication constitutes essential reading for academics, teachers and language policy makers wanting to understand, plan, and implement an educational language program involving learner mobility. The book provides data and analyses from a long-term program of research on study abroad (the SALA Project), which looked into the short and long-term effects of instructional and mobility contexts on language and cultural development from two perspectives: the participants’ language acquisition development over 2,5 years, and the practitioners’ perspective in relation to the design and implementation of a mobility program. The book is innovative in the longitudinal data it offers, the light it sheds on (i) an array of language skills, both productive and receptive, oral and written, tapping into phonology, lexis, grammar and discourse, (ii) the role of individual differences (including attitudes, motivation, beliefs, and intercultural awareness), and (iii) the insights on the effects of length of stay. In sum, this book represents a welcome addition to previous research on the outcomes of mobility policies to promote L2 learners’ linguistic development and the individual and educational conditions that appear to facilitate success in study abroad programs.

Learning context effects

Author : Carmen Pérez Vidal
Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961100934
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (611 download)

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Book Synopsis Learning context effects by : Carmen Pérez Vidal

Download or read book Learning context effects written by Carmen Pérez Vidal and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the effects of three different learning contexts mainly on adult, but also on adolescent, learners’ language acquisition. The three contexts brought together in the monograph include i) a conventional instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) environment, in which learners receive formal instruction in English as a Foreign Language (EFL); ii) a Study Abroad (SA) context, which learners experience during mobility programmes, when the target language is no longer a foreign but a second language learnt in a naturalistic context; iii) the immersion classroom, also known as an integrated content and language (ICL) setting, in which learners are taught content subjects through the medium of the target language—more often than not English, used as the Lingua Franca (ELF). The volume examines how these contexts change language learners’ linguistic performance, and also non-linguistic, that is, it throws light on how motivation, sense of identity, interculturality, international ethos, and affective factors develop. To our knowledge, no publication exists which places the three contexts on focus in this monograph along a continuum, as suggested in Pérez-Vidal (2011, 2014), with SA as ‘the most naturalistic’ context on one extreme, ISLA on the other, and ICL somewhere in between, while framing them all as international classrooms. Concerning target languages, the nine chapters included in the volume analyze English, and one chapter deals with Spanish, as the target language. As for target countries in SA programmes, data include England, Ireland, France, Germany, and Spain in Europe, but also Canada, China, and Australia. While the main bulk of the chapters deal with tertiary level language learners, a language learning population which has received less attention by research thus far, one chapter deals with adolescent learners. Carmen Pérez-Vidal, Sonia López, Jennifer Ament and Dakota Thomas-Wilhelm all served on the organizing committee for the EUROSLA workshop held at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, in May 2016. It is from this workshop that this monograph was inspired

Strategic Language Learning

Author : Xuesong (Andy) Gao
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847693911
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis Strategic Language Learning by : Xuesong (Andy) Gao

Download or read book Strategic Language Learning written by Xuesong (Andy) Gao and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2010-02-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph reports on a longitudinal inquiry into mainland Chinese undergraduates’ language learning experiences in an English medium university in a multilingual setting with a focus on their strategic language learning efforts. This book examines the issue as to what extent language learners’ strategic learning efforts depend on their ‘choice’, if ‘the element of choice’ is the defining characteristic of language learners’ strategic learning behaviour. The inquiry, using a qualitative and ethnographic research approach, reveals dynamic interaction between learners’ agency and contextual conditions underlying the participants’ strategic learning process. Such understanding informs pedagogical efforts to foster individual learners’ capacity for strategic learning and their capacities in opening up and sustaining a social learning space for exercising their strategic learning capacity or utilizing their strategic learning knowledge.

The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition

Author : Dan Isaac Slobin
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317778693
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Book Synopsis The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition by : Dan Isaac Slobin

Download or read book The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition written by Dan Isaac Slobin and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this final volume in the series, the contributors attempt to "expand the contexts" in which child language has been examined crosslinguistically. The chapters build on themes that have been touched on, anticipated, and promised in earlier volumes in the series. The study of child language has been situated in the disciplines of psychology and linguistics, and has been most responsive to dominant issues in those fields such as nativism and learning, comprehension and production, errors, input, and universals of morphology and syntax. The context has primarily been that of the individual child, interacting with a parent, and deciphering the linguistic code. The code has been generally treated in these volumes as a system of morphology and syntax, with little attention to phonology and prosody. Attention has been paid occasionally to the facts that the child is acquiring language in a sociocultural setting and that language is used in contexts of semantic and pragmatic communication. In addition, there has been a degree of attention paid to the interactions between language and cognition in the process of development. As for individual differences between children, they have been discussed in those studies where they could not be avoided, but such variation has rarely been the focus of systematic attention. Differences between individual languages have been of great interest, but these differences have not often been placed in a framework of systematic typological variation. And although languages and their grammars change over time, the focus of attention on the individual child learner has generally led to neglect of explanatory principles that are best found on the level of linguistic diachrony, rather than the level of innate ideas or patterns of learning and cognition in the individual child. The chapter authors seek to explore these neglected contexts in more depth.

The Handbook of Informal Language Learning

Author : Mark Dressman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111947244X
Total Pages : 523 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Handbook of Informal Language Learning written by Mark Dressman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive and unique examination of global language learning outside of the formal school setting Authored by a prominent team of international experts in their respective fields, The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is a one-of-a-kind reference work and it is a timely and valuable resource for anyone looking to explore informal language learning outside of a formal education environment. It features a comprehensive collection of cutting edge research areas exploring the cultural and historical cases of informal language learning, along with the growing area of digital language learning, and the future of this relevant field in national development and language education. The Handbook of Informal Language Learning examines informal language learning from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Structured across six sections, chapters cover areas of motivation, linguistics, cognition, and multimodality; digital learning, including virtual contexts, gaming, fanfiction, vlogging, mobile devices, and nonformal programs; and media and live contact, including learning through environmental print, tourism/study abroad. The book also provides studies of informal learning in four national contexts, examines the integration of informal and formal classroom learning, and discusses the future of language learning from different perspectives. Edited by respected researchers of computer-mediated communication and second language learning and teacher education Features contributions by leading international scholars reaching out to a global audience Presents an exciting and progressive selection of chapters in a rapidly expanding field of research and teaching Provides a state-of-the-art collection of the theories, as well as the historical, cultural and international cases relating to informal language learning and its future in a digital age Covers 30 key topics that represent pioneering findings and new research The Handbook of Informal Language Learning is an essential resource for researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of language acquisition, English as a second language, and foreign language education.

Second Language Learning Motivation in a European Context: The Case of Hungary

Author : Kata Csizér
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030644626
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis Second Language Learning Motivation in a European Context: The Case of Hungary by : Kata Csizér

Download or read book Second Language Learning Motivation in a European Context: The Case of Hungary written by Kata Csizér and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-04 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of second language (L2) motivation research in a specific European context: Hungary, which has proved to offer an important laboratory for such research, as a number of major political changes over the past 30 years have created a changing background for L2 learning in an increasingly globalized world. The book provides an overview of theoretical research on L2 motivation, together with detailed information on large-scale L2 motivation studies in Hungary. Further, it presents a meta-analysis of the most important investigations, and qualitative data on teachers’ views regarding success in L2 learning. In turn, the interdisciplinary nature of L2 motivation is taken into account and relevant antecedent constructs to L2 motivation are investigated. Lastly, the book outlines possible future directions for L2 motivation research.

Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context

Author : Barbara F. Freed
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027282781
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context by : Barbara F. Freed

Download or read book Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context written by Barbara F. Freed and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1995-10-12 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Language Acquisition in a Study Abroad Context brings together for the first time a series of studies which explore the relationship between language learning and the study abroad experience. Utilizing different research methodologies (quantitative, qualitative, descriptive), the focus in this collection is on various aspects of second language learning, including the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence, the acquisition of fluency, the use of communicative strategies and the development of oral and written skills. The studies are cross-linguistic and deal with student populations at the secondary and college levels who spent between three months and one year in study abroad or exchange programs in Japan, Russia, Spain, Mexico, France or Canada.

Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition

Author : Caroline F. Rowland
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027261008
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition by : Caroline F. Rowland

Download or read book Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition written by Caroline F. Rowland and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the field has seen an increasing realisation that the full complexity of language acquisition demands theories that (a) explain how children integrate information from multiple sources in the environment, (b) build linguistic representations at a number of different levels, and (c) learn how to combine these representations in order to communicate effectively. These new findings have stimulated new theoretical perspectives that are more centered on explaining learning as a complex dynamic interaction between the child and her environment. This book is the first attempt to bring some of these new perspectives together in one place. It is a collection of essays written by a group of researchers who all take an approach centered on child-environment interaction, and all of whom have been influenced by the work of Elena Lieven, to whom this collection is dedicated.

First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning

Author : Miles Turnbull
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847697682
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning by : Miles Turnbull

Download or read book First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning written by Miles Turnbull and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2009-08-24 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. It includes new work by both new and established scholars in educational scholarship, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics, as well as in a variety of languages, countries, and educational contexts. Through its focus at the intersection of theory, practice, curriculum and policy, the book demands a reconceptualization of code-switching as something that both proficient and aspiring bilinguals do naturally, and as a practice that is inherently linked with bilingual code-switching.