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The Role Of The Native Language In The Non Native Acquisition Of Hypothetical Conditional Structures
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Book Synopsis The Role of the Native Language in the Non-native Acquisition of Hypothetical Conditional Structures by : Edith Schouten
Download or read book The Role of the Native Language in the Non-native Acquisition of Hypothetical Conditional Structures written by Edith Schouten and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Learning a non-native language in a naturalistic environment: Insights from behavioural and neuroimaging research by : Christos Pliatsikas
Download or read book Learning a non-native language in a naturalistic environment: Insights from behavioural and neuroimaging research written by Christos Pliatsikas and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is largely accepted in the relevant literature that successful learning of one or more non-native languages is affected by a number of factors that are independent of the target language(s) per se; these factors include the age of acquisition (AoA) of the target language(s), the type and amount of formal instruction the learners have received, as well as the amount of language use that the learners demonstrate. Recent experimental evidence suggests that one crucial factor for efficient native-like performance in the non-native language is the amount of naturalistic exposure, or immersion, that the learners receive to that language. This can be broadly defined as the degree to which language learners use their non-native language outside the classroom and for their day-to-day activities, and usually presupposes that the learners live in an environment where their non-native language is exclusively or mostly used. Existing literature has suggested that linguistic immersion can be beneficial for lexical and semantic acquisition in a non-native language, as well as for non-native morphological and syntactic processing. More recent evidence has also suggested that naturalistic learning of a non-native language can also have an impact on the patterns of brain activity underlying language processing, as well as on the structure of brain regions that are involved, expressed as changes in the grey matter structure. This Research Topic brings together studies on the effects of learning and speaking a non-native language in a naturalistic environment. These include more efficient or “native-like” processing in behavioural tasks tapping on language (lexicon, morphology, syntax), as well as changes in the brain structure and function, as revealed by neuroimaging studies.
Book Synopsis The Conceptualization of Counterfactuality in L1 and L2 by : Isabel Repiso
Download or read book The Conceptualization of Counterfactuality in L1 and L2 written by Isabel Repiso and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counterfactual thinking is a universal cognitive process in which reality is compared to an imagined view of what might have been. This type of reasoning is at the center of daily operations, as decision-making, risk preventability or blame assignment. More generally, non-factual scenarios have been defined as a crucial ingredient of desire and modern love. If the areas covered by this reasoning are so varied, the L2 learner will be led to express 'what might have been' at some point of her acquisitional itinerary. How is this reasoning expressed in French, Spanish and Italian? By the use of what lexical, syntactic and grammatical devices? Will the learner combine these devices as the native French speakers do? What are the L1 features likely to fossilize in the L2 grammar? What are the information principles governing a communicative task based on the production of counterfactual scenarios? These are some of the questions addressed by the present volume.
Book Synopsis Tense-Aspect-Modality in a Second Language by : Martin Howard
Download or read book Tense-Aspect-Modality in a Second Language written by Martin Howard and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated within the long-established domain of temporality research in Second Language Acquisition, this book aims to provide an update on recent research directions in the field through a range of papers which explore relatively new territory. Those areas include the expression of modality and counterfactuality, the effect of first language transfer, aspectuo-temporal comprehension, aspectuo-temporal marking at a wider discursive level, and methodological issues in the study of the acquisition of aspect. The studies presented explore English and French as second languages, involving both child and adult learners from a range of first language backgrounds in both instructed and naturalistic learning contexts. The studies draw on both spoken and written data which explore various facets of the learners’ second language comprehension and production. The volume offers new, but complementary insights to previous research, as well as pointing to directions for future research in this burgeoning field of study.
Book Synopsis Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition by : Zhaohong Han
Download or read book Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition written by Zhaohong Han and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2004 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a systematic attempt to address the issue of fossilization in relation to a fundamental question in second language acquisition research, which is: why are learners, adults in particular, unable to develop the level of competence they have aspired to in spite of continuous and sustained exposure to the target language, adequate motivation to learn, and sufficient opportunity to practice?
Book Synopsis Learning a Non-native Language in a Naturalistic Environment: Insights from Behavioural and Neuroimaging Research by :
Download or read book Learning a Non-native Language in a Naturalistic Environment: Insights from Behavioural and Neuroimaging Research written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is largely accepted in the relevant literature that successful learning of one or more non-native languages is affected by a number of factors that are independent of the target language(s) per se; these factors include the age of acquisition (AoA) of the target language(s), the type and amount of formal instruction the learners have received, as well as the amount of language use that the learners demonstrate. Recent experimental evidence suggests that one crucial factor for efficient native-like performance in the non-native language is the amount of naturalistic exposure, or immersion, that the learners receive to that language. This can be broadly defined as the degree to which language learners use their non-native language outside the classroom and for their day-to-day activities, and usually presupposes that the learners live in an environment where their non-native language is exclusively or mostly used. Existing literature has suggested that linguistic immersion can be beneficial for lexical and semantic acquisition in a non-native language, as well as for non-native morphological and syntactic processing. More recent evidence has also suggested that naturalistic learning of a non-native language can also have an impact on the patterns of brain activity underlying language processing, as well as on the structure of brain regions that are involved, expressed as changes in the grey matter structure. This Research Topic brings together studies on the effects of learning and speaking a non-native language in a naturalistic environment. These include more efficient or "native-like" processing in behavioural tasks tapping on language (lexicon, morphology, syntax), as well as changes in the brain structure and function, as revealed by neuroimaging studies.
Book Synopsis Steps to Language by : I. M. Schlesinger
Download or read book Steps to Language written by I. M. Schlesinger and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning by : Eli Hinkel
Download or read book Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning written by Eli Hinkel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-03-23 with total page 1859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark volume provides a broad-based, state-of-the-art overview of current knowledge and research into second language teaching and learning. Fifty-seven chapters are organized in eight thematic sections: *social contexts of second language learning; *research methodologies in second-language learning, acquisition, and teaching; *contributions of applied linguistics to the teaching and learning of second language skills; *second language processes and development; *teaching methods and curricula; *issues in second or foreign language testing and assessment; *identity, culture, and critical pedagogy in second language teaching and learning; and *important considerations in language planning and policies. The Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning is intended for researchers, practitioners, graduate students, and faculty in teacher education and applied linguistics programs; teachers; teacher trainers; teacher trainees; curriculum and material developers; and all other professionals in the field of second language teaching and learning.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking by : Tracey M. Derwing
Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking written by Tracey M. Derwing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook is a comprehensive volume outlining the foremost issues regarding research and teaching of second language speaking, examining such diverse topics as cognitive processing, articulation, knowledge of pragmatics, instruction in sub-components of speaking (e.g., grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary) and the attrition of the first language. Outstanding academics have contributed chapters to provide an integrated and inclusive perspective on oral language skills. Specialized contexts for speaking are also explored (e.g., English as a Lingua Franca, workplace, and interpreting). The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Speaking will be an indispensable resource for students and scholars in applied linguistics, cognitive psychology, linguistics, and education.
Book Synopsis The Acquisition of Heritage Languages by : Silvina Montrul
Download or read book The Acquisition of Heritage Languages written by Silvina Montrul and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative overview of research into heritage language acquisition, covering key terminological and empirical issues, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies.
Book Synopsis Foreign Language Acquisition in Adults in Native and Non-native Linguistic Environments by : Sehba Ali
Download or read book Foreign Language Acquisition in Adults in Native and Non-native Linguistic Environments written by Sehba Ali and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Case of the Non-native-like First-language by : Kristina Kasparian
Download or read book The Case of the Non-native-like First-language written by Kristina Kasparian and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is a widespread notion that mastering a second-language (L2) to the level of a native-speaker is more difficult in adulthood than in childhood. For more than half a century, researchers have attributed linguistic differences between "late" L2-learners and native-speakers to a neurobiological cause - with maturation, the brain has been argued to lose the plasticity required to change with experience, such that any subsequent language will rely on different brain areas or compensatory processing strategies than those underlying the native-language. Conversely, it is assumed that one's native-language has a privileged and stable status in the brain, as its neural connections are established and hard-wired in the early years of life. However, for the vast majority of L2 learners, the late-learned language is typically confounded with lower exposure, use and proficiency relative to the native-L1, and it is unresolved whether these experiential factors, rather than limitations of neuroplasticity, determine neurocognitive profiles of L2-processing.The work presented in this dissertation was motivated by this controversial debate and turns to a unique population of bilinguals for a new perspective. First-generation immigrants who move to a new country in adulthood become predominantly exposed to and highly-proficient in the late-acquired L2, while experiencing gradual changes or "attrition" in their L1. Three studies using highly-sensitive event-related brain potenials (ERPs) were conducted to explore two main questions: (1) Do the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying L1-processing remain "native-like" despite attriters' shift in exposure, use and/or proficiency from the L1 to the L2?; (2) Does proficiency shape neurocognitive responses during language-processing, regardless of whether the language being processed is the L1 or L2? We tested morphosyntactic (Study 1) and lexical-semantic (Study 2 and 3) processing of Italian and English in four groups of speakers: (1) Italian-English immigrants who were predominantly-exposed to English and who reported negative changes to their Italian; (2) English-Italian late L2-learners who were highly-proficient in Italian; (3) monolingual Italian native-speakers residing in Italy, and (4) monolingual English native-speakers. The specific linguistic phenomena we chose to examine were elements that were either subtle or difficult aspects of grammar and vocabulary, or that were candidates of cross-linguistic competition / transfer between Italian and English. This dissertation provides some of the first neurocognitive evidence of L1-attrition, although differences from non-attriting native-speakers may be subtle and observable at the brain level before they become overtly apparent in behavior. In showing processing differences in a group of native-speakers who lived in an exclusively monolingual context until adulthood, our findings are compatible with the view that there is ongoing neuroplasticity for language beyond an early developmental period. The possible downside of this plasticity is that the L1 may not be as stable as it is often assumed. The three studies also emphasize the crucial role of proficiency in modulating the brain's responses to language, regardless of age-of-acquisition, and highlight the possibility of parallels between L1 attrition and L2 acquisition. Our results also indicate that attriters also engage in more conscious or controlled processes that depend both on experimental properties as well as on experiential circumstances that are inherently part of attrition (e.g., increased attention, more cautious approach, second-thoughts). This work therefore has significant implications for research on the neurocognition of language, and highlights the usefulness of studying language-attrition as a bridge between first- and second-language processing." --
Book Synopsis Second Language Acquisition Theory by : Alessandro G. Benati
Download or read book Second Language Acquisition Theory written by Alessandro G. Benati and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Michael H. Long (1945-2021) was one of the most influential scholars in the field of second language acquisition. This volume presents a set of chapters that honour some of his key contributions in language teaching and learning. Following a bibliometric analysis of the impact of his research to the field, the volume spans topics such as task-based language teaching, focus on form, age effects, transfer, feedback, interaction, incidental learning, stabilization, among many others.
Book Synopsis Modality in Language Acquisition / Modalité et acquisition des langues by : Norbert Dittmar
Download or read book Modality in Language Acquisition / Modalité et acquisition des langues written by Norbert Dittmar and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-05-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modality in Language Acquisition / Modalité et acquisition des langues
Download or read book A Case Study written by Susan Loose and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Inductive Inference in Non-native Speech Processing and Learning by : Bozena Pajak
Download or read book Inductive Inference in Non-native Speech Processing and Learning written by Bozena Pajak and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite extensive research on language acquisition, our understanding of how people learn abstract linguistic structures remains limited. In the phonological domain, we know that perceptual reorganization in infancy results in attuning to native language (L1) phonetic categories and, consequently, in difficulty discriminating and learning non-native categories. This difficulty has been proposed to originate from novel sounds being perceptually mapped onto L1 phonetic categories, leading to massive L1 interference. However, ample evidence that the adult speech processing system preserves a considerable degree of plasticity suggests that more complex learning mechanisms might be in place. In this dissertation I propose an alternative theory in which non-native speech processing is guided by principles of hierarchical inductive inference regarding how likely a given phonetic dimension is to be phonologically informative in any novel language. This theory differs crucially from mapping theories in predicting that when a phonetic dimension is informative (e.g., phonologically contrastive) in one's native language, discriminations involving that dimension should be enhanced even among classes of sounds for which the dimension is not informative in the native language. I provide experimental evidence supporting the inductive theory, demonstrating that language learning goes beyond the acquisition of specific phonetic categories, and includes higher-order generalizations regarding the relative importance of phonetic dimensions in the language as a whole. I argue that this theory can be extended beyond phonetic category learning to other domains of language acquisition, and that it suggests that adults and infants recruit the same domain-general learning mechanisms when acquiring novel languages.
Book Synopsis Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts by :
Download or read book Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
