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The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism

Author : Lourdes Ortega
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626163251
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism by : Lourdes Ortega

Download or read book The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism written by Lourdes Ortega and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When humans learn languages, are they also learning how to create shared meaning? In The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism, a cadre of international experts say yes and offer cutting-edge research in usage-based linguistics to explore how language acquisition, in particular multilingual language acquisition, works. Each chapter presents an original study that supports the view that language learning is initiated through local and meaningful communication with others. Over an accumulated history of such usage, people gradually create more abstract, interactive schematic representations, or a mental grammar. This process of acquiring language is the same for infants and adults and across varied contexts, such as the family, the classroom, the laboratory, a hospital, or a public encounter. Employing diverse methodologies to study this process, the contributors here work with target languages, including Cantonese, English, French, French Sign Language, German, Hebrew, Malay, Mandarin, Spanish, and Swedish, and offer a much-needed exploration of this growing area of linguistic research.

Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning

Author : Teresa Cadierno
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110378523
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning by : Teresa Cadierno

Download or read book Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning written by Teresa Cadierno and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume brings together perspectives that find mutual kinship in a view of language as an embodied, semiotic, symbolic tool used for communicative and interactional purposes and an understanding of language use as the preeminent condition for language learning – perspectives that we conjoin under the umbrella term of usage based perspectives.

The Multilingual Turn

Author : Stephen May
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136287124
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)

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Book Synopsis The Multilingual Turn by : Stephen May

Download or read book The Multilingual Turn written by Stephen May and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-24 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the latest developments in bilingual and multilingual research, The Multilingual Turn offers a critique of, and alternative to, still-dominant monolingual theories, pedagogies and practices in SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education. Critics of the ‘monolingual bias’ argue that notions such as the idealized native speaker, and related concepts of interlanguage, language competence, and fossilization, have framed these fields inextricably in relation to monolingual speaker norms. In contrast, these critics advocate an approach that emphasizes the multiple competencies of bi/multilingual learners as the basis for successful language teaching and learning. This volume takes a big step forward in re-situating the issue of multilingualism more centrally in applied linguistics and, in so doing, making more permeable its key sub-disciplinary boundaries – particularly, those between SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education. It addresses this issue head on, bringing together key international scholars in SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education to explore from cutting-edge interdisciplinary perspectives what a more critical multilingual perspective might mean for theory, pedagogy, and practice in each of these fields.

Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching

Author : Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501505491
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching by : Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul

Download or read book Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching written by Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-03-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism

Author : Lourdes Ortega
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1626163243
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (261 download)

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Book Synopsis The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism by : Lourdes Ortega

Download or read book The Usage-based Study of Language Learning and Multilingualism written by Lourdes Ortega and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usage-based linguistics, which is currently very popular, bases its understanding of language on two key points: Languages are cognitive-social constructs (i.e., learned vs genetically endowed), and, in order for communication and meaning to happen, speakers must find a way to meet/understand each other, overcoming various differences (lexicon, social, register, etc.) to arrive there. In this book, high-level contributors combine research from various usage-based perspectives to explore these questions: How do proficient speakers accomplish 'mental contact' or communication through the available semiotic linguistic resources they share with other members of their discourse community? How do young children learn to accomplish this? And how do speakers of multiple languages learn to accomplish this across languages?

Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms

Author : Elizabeth Coelho
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1847697208
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Book Synopsis Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms by : Elizabeth Coelho

Download or read book Language and Learning in Multilingual Classrooms written by Elizabeth Coelho and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers practical research-based advice for teachers and other educators on how to adapt school and classroom procedures, curriculum content, and instructional strategies in order to provide a supportive learning environment for students of minority language backgrounds who are learning the language of instruction at the same time as they are learning the curriculum.

Usage-Based Dynamics in Second Language Development

Author : Wander Lowie
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1788925262
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (889 download)

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Book Synopsis Usage-Based Dynamics in Second Language Development by : Wander Lowie

Download or read book Usage-Based Dynamics in Second Language Development written by Wander Lowie and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book honours the contribution of Marjolijn Verspoor to the development and implementation of dynamic usage-based (DUB) approaches in second language (L2) research and pedagogy. With chapters written by renowned experts in the field, the book addresses the dynamics of language, language learning and language teaching from a usage-based perspective. The book contains both theory and empirical work: the initial theoretical chapters present cutting-edge thinking in relation to both the scope of DUB theory and its applications, providing conceptual perspectives from cognitive grammar and linguistics, thinking-for-speaking (TFS), and Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) approaches, united by their shared underpinnings of language as a dynamic system of conventionalized routines. The second half of the volume showcases state-of-the-art methodologies to study dynamic trajectories of language learning, empirical investigations into the above-mentioned theoretical concepts, and innovative classroom implementations of DUB language pedagogy.

Multilingualism and third language acquisition

Author : Jorge Pinto
Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961102961
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (611 download)

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Book Synopsis Multilingualism and third language acquisition by : Jorge Pinto

Download or read book Multilingualism and third language acquisition written by Jorge Pinto and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to present recent studies in the field of multilingualism and L3, bringing together contributions from an international group of specialists from Austria, Canada, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and United States. The main focuses of the articles are three: language acquisition, language learning and teaching. A collection of theoretical and empirical articles from scholars of multilingualism and language acquisition makes the book a significant resource as the papers present a wide perspective from main theories to current issues, reflecting new trends in the field. The authors focus on the heterogeneity and complexity that characterize third language acquisition, multilingual learning and teaching. As the issues addressed in this book intersect, it represents an asset and therefore the texts will be of great relevance for the scientific community. Part I presents different topics of L3 acquisition, such as syntax, phonology, working memory and selective attention, and lexicon. Part II comprises texts that show how the research on language acquisition informs pedagogical issues. For instance, the role of the knowledge of previous languages in the teaching of L3, the attitudes of multilingual teachers to plurilingual approaches, and the benefits of crosslinguistic pedagogy versus classroom monolingual bias. In sequence, Part III consists of texts on individual learning strategies, such as motivation and attitudes, crosslinguistic awareness, and students’ perceptions about teachers’ “plurilingual nonnativism”. All these chapters include several different languages in contact in an acquisition/learning context: Basque, English, French, German, Italian, Ladin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.

International Research on Multilingualism: Breaking with the Monolingual Perspective

Author : Eva Vetter
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030213803
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Book Synopsis International Research on Multilingualism: Breaking with the Monolingual Perspective by : Eva Vetter

Download or read book International Research on Multilingualism: Breaking with the Monolingual Perspective written by Eva Vetter and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contributes to a better understanding of both psycho- and sociolinguistic levels of multilingualism and their interplay in development and use. The chapters stem from an international group of specialists in multilingualism with chapters from Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain and the United States. The chapters provide an update on research on third language acquisition and multilingualism, and pay particular attention to new research concepts and the exploration of contact phenomena such as transfer and language learning strategies in diverse language contact scenarios. Concepts covered include dominant language constellations, mother tongue, germination factors and communicative competence in national contexts. Multilingual use as described and applied in the volume aims at demonstrating and identifying current and future challenges for research on third language acquisition and multilingualism. The third languages in focus include widely and less widely used official, minority and migrant languages in instructed and/or natural contexts, including Albanian, Arabic, Basque, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Punjabi, Russian, Turkish, and Vietnamese, thereby mapping a high variety of language constellations.

Learning and Using Multiple Languages

Author : Laura Portolés Falomir
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443874922
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Learning and Using Multiple Languages written by Laura Portolés Falomir and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together the latest findings from research on multilingual language learning and use in multilingual communities. Suzanne Flynn, Håkan Ringbom and Larissa Aronin are some of the prestigious scholars who have contributed to this book. As argued by this last author in her chapter, although multilingualism has always existed, the important changes that research on this phenomenon has recently undergone, like that of adopting a multilingual perspective in its studies, should always be borne in mind. This volume considers the languages of multilingual communities, as well as the interaction among them. As such, the chapters adopt a multilingual approach that guides the analysis of grammatical, lexical and pragmatic development together with the role of affective and social factors in multilingual settings. Furthermore, this edited monograph is not restricted to an age group in the scope of its studies, as it contains research on children, teenagers, young adults and adults. In addition, it covers a wide range of sociolinguistic settings, including English-speaking countries, like the United Kingdom and Canada, and Northern and Central European contexts such as Sweden and Germany, as well as Southern settings like Spain and Tunisia. This book will be relevant to both researchers and teachers due to its educational and sociolinguistic orientation, dealing as it does with language learners from various multilingual communities and describing the social representation of languages and the measures for their promotion.

Language Learning in Study Abroad

Author : Wenhao Diao
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1800411340
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)

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Book Synopsis Language Learning in Study Abroad by : Wenhao Diao

Download or read book Language Learning in Study Abroad written by Wenhao Diao and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the multilingual reality of study abroad across a variety of national contexts and target languages. The chapters examine multilingual socialization and translanguaging; how the target language is entwined in global, local and historical contexts; and how students use local and global varieties of English.

Adolescent Second Language Learning and Multilingualism

Author : Linda Harklau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0194418847
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (944 download)

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Book Synopsis Adolescent Second Language Learning and Multilingualism by : Linda Harklau

Download or read book Adolescent Second Language Learning and Multilingualism written by Linda Harklau and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book dedicated exclusively to presenting the current state of scholarship on multilingual development and language use among adolescents. Drawing upon the fast-growing interdisciplinary field of youth studies, the book provides a detailed examination of the linguistic, cognitive, and literacy development of multilingual teenagers in home, school, community, and global contexts.Areas covered include: • effective needs analysis • using the CEFR as a resource for course planning • writing scenarios for classroom teaching and assessment • triangulating course objectives, materials, and learners’ goals • key terminology Extra resources are available on the website: www.oup.com/elt/teacher/lcp Brian North is a co-author of the CEFR and of its companion volume, and was Chair of Eaquals from 2005 to 2010. Mila Angelova is the Academic Vice Chair of Eaquals and Head Director of Studies at AVO Language and Examination Centre, in Sofia. Elzbieta Jarosz is a member of the Eaquals Certification Panel and is the Academic Director of Gama College, in Krakow. Richard Rossner is a co-founder of Eaquals, and a co-author of the European Profiling Grid and the Eaquals Framework.

The Many Faces of Multilingualism

Author : Piotr Romanowski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501514695
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Many Faces of Multilingualism by : Piotr Romanowski

Download or read book The Many Faces of Multilingualism written by Piotr Romanowski and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multilingualism has become an increasingly common global phenomenon especially in the last two decades. Therefore, multilingual programmes have now been regarded as a cornerstone of education systems in many countries around the world. Learning multiple languages helps us plug into a globalised world and strengthen links with a multitude of speakers from a diversified reality we live in. Thanks to the researched cases described in the chapters, further developments aimed at fostering multilingual practices in the contemporary world will be enhanced. The chapters included in the present volume, provide an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field. They deal with such prominent research topics as multilingual education, language policies, language contact, identity of multilingual speakers, to name only a few. The selected chapters focus on the numerous and heterogeneous relations between languages. They also incorporate a series of contextualized studies with diverse research designs applied in different settings across the globe. This volume constitutes a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on multilingualism from twelve different countries. It is a thought-provoking collection that provides a series of rich insights into the way multilingualism is practised in international contexts. It is ideally designed for academics, upper-level students, educators, professionals and practitioners seeking linguistic and pedagogical guidance on multilingualism.

Multilingual Education

Author : Jasone Cenoz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110709481X
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Multilingual Education written by Jasone Cenoz and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This cutting edge volume explores holistic trends in multilingualism, analysing the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual'. Multilingualism has increased in recent years due to globalisation, transnational mobility and the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This volume explores some of the trends in the study of multilingual education by putting together research studies that analyse the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual' in educational contexts."--Publisher's website.

Multilingualism as a Resource and a Goal

Author : Marianne Turner
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030215911
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Multilingualism as a Resource and a Goal written by Marianne Turner and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores multilingualism as a resource and goal at school in contexts of student diversity and institutional monolingualism. Combining translanguaging theory and sociocultural theory, the author proposes a framework for the learning and use of both foreign and heritage languages across the curriculum in mainstream schools. By clearly linking language practices to teaching and learning objectives, the book aims to support school leaders and practitioners make informed decisions about how best to promote multilingualism in their school, as well as to enhance the learning outcomes of bi/multilinguals. In addition to school leaders and practitioners, it will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of bilingual education and TESOL, as well as applied linguistics and language teaching more broadly.

New Approaches to Multilingualism, Language Learning, and Teaching

Author : Sviatlana Karpava
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527562476
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis New Approaches to Multilingualism, Language Learning, and Teaching by : Sviatlana Karpava

Download or read book New Approaches to Multilingualism, Language Learning, and Teaching written by Sviatlana Karpava and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines issues of bilingualism and multilingualism. The research reported addresses second (L2), third (L3) and heritage language acquisition, including multiliteracy and home language development. It also touches on issues relating to language teaching methodology, education, and language policy. Through the lens of critical analysis, the authors seek to investigate new approaches to bi/multilingualism, language learning and teaching, theoretical models, research methodology, and application of language acquisition theories in teaching. The contributions provide frameworks for understanding multilingualism based on diverse topics and analyses. These chapters cover key concepts, discuss previous research, and present studies from different geographical regions and languages. They also provide critical reviews and analyses, report novel projects, and offer personal reflections. This book is ideal for students of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition and education. It will also be of use for practitioners, teachers, parents, and researchers wishing to update their knowledge in multilingualism at large, language learning, and language teaching.

Third language acquisition

Author : Camilla Bardel
Publisher : Language Science Press
ISBN 13 : 3961102805
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book Third language acquisition written by Camilla Bardel and published by Language Science Press. This book was released on with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the phenomenon of third language (L3) acquisition. As a research field, L3 acquisition is established as a branch of multilingualism that is concerned with how multilinguals learn additional languages and the role that their multilingual background plays in the process of language learning. The volume points out some current directions in this particular research area with a number of studies that reveal the complexity of multilingual language learning and its typical variation and dynamics. The eight studies gathered in the book represent a wide range of theoretical positions and offer empirical evidence from learners belonging to different age groups, and with varying levels of proficiency in the target language, as well as in other non-native languages belonging to the learner’s repertoire. Diverse linguistic phenomena and language combinations are viewed from a perspective where all previously acquired languages have a potential role to play in the process of learning a new language. In the six empirical studies, contexts of language learning in school or at university level constitute the main outlet for data collection. These studies involve several language backgrounds and language combinations and focus on various linguistic features. The specific target languages in the empirical studies are English, French and Italian. The volume also includes two theoretical chapters. The first one conceptualizes and describes the different types of multilingual language learning investigated in the volume: i) third or additional language learning by learners who are bilinguals from an early age, and ii) third or additional language learning by people who have previous experience of one or more non-native languages learned after the critical period. In particular, issues related to the roles played by age and proficiency in multilingual acquisition are discussed. The other theoretical chapter conceptualizes the grammatical category of aspect, reviewing previous studies on second and third language acquisition of aspect. Different models for L3 learning and their relevance and implications for representations of aspect and for potential differences in the processing of second and third language acquisition are also examined in this chapter. As a whole, the book presents current research into third or additional language learning by young learners or adults, considering some of the most important factors for the complex process of multilingual language learning: the age of onset of the additional language and that of previously acquired languages, social and affective factors, instruction, language proficiency and literacy, the typology of the background languages and the role they play in shaping syntax, lexicon, and other components of a L3. The idea for this book emanates from the symposium Multilingualism, language proficiency and age, organized by Camilla Bardel and Laura Sánchez at Stockholm University, Department of Language Education, in December 2016.