Advancedness In Second Language Spanish

Author : Mandy R. Menke,Paul A. Malovrh
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027260321

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Advancedness in Second Language Spanish by Mandy R. Menke,Paul A. Malovrh Pdf

This book analyzes the construct of advanced proficiency in second language learning by bringing together empirical research from numerous linguistic domains and methodological traditions. Focusing on the dynamic nature of language use, the volume explores diverse manifestations of high-level second language Spanish, including performance on standardized proficiency assessments, acquisition of late-acquired linguistic structures, sophisticated language use in context, and individual differences. Chapters relate empirical findings to current definitions of advancedness, challenging scholars and practitioners to re-consider existing conceptualizations, and propose possible directions for future research and teaching with second language speakers of Spanish. By addressing larger issues in the field of second language learning, the volume is a valuable reference for language teachers, scholars, professionals and students with an interest in second language acquisition generally, and second language Spanish, more specifically.

Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin,Avizia Y. Long,Megan Solon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-22
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317417194

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The Acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language by Kimberly L. Geeslin,Avizia Y. Long,Megan Solon Pdf

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.

Author : Paul A. Malovrh,Nina Moreno
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781316800218

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Second Language Identity by Paul A. Malovrh,Nina Moreno Pdf

Increasing globalization presents both challenges and opportunities to the higher education sector. This pioneering book shows how interaction between the two fields of foreign language pedagogy and second language acquisition (SLA) can facilitate more effective language development at an advanced level. Establishing a new research agenda to describe, assess, and study high-level language use, it uses mixed-methods analyses within a sociocognitive framework to explore constructs such as second language (L2) identity and critical language awareness as essential components of multilingualism and global citizenship. It approaches L2 advancedness from multiple perspectives, examining the L2 learner and their understanding of advanced language use, highlighting individual differences among foreign-language professionals regarding high-level language use, positing the need for unified departmental missions, and analysing alternative constructs to assess L2 advancedness. Throughout, analyses of quantitative and qualitative data are used to demonstrate the multiple dimensions of advanced second language use in higher education.

Author : Paul A. Malovrh,Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119261629

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The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition by Paul A. Malovrh,Alessandro G. Benati Pdf

A comprehensive, current review of the research and approaches to advanced proficiency in second language acquisition The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition offers an overview of the most recent and scientific-based research concerning higher proficiency in second language acquisition (SLA). With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, the Handbook presents several theoretical approaches to SLA and offers an examination of advanced proficiency from the viewpoint of various contexts and dimensions of second language performance. The authors also review linguistic phenomena among advanced learners through the lens of phonology and grammar development. Comprehensive in scope, this book provides an overview of advanced proficiency grounded in socially-relevant domains of second language acquisition including discourse, reading, genre-based writing, and pragmatic competence. The authoritative volume brings together the theoretical accounts of advanced language use combined with solid empirical research. Includes contributions from an international collection of noted scholars in the field of second language acquisition Offers a variety of theoretical approaches to SLA Contains information on the most recent empirical research that contributes to an understanding of SLA Describes performance phenomena according to multiple approaches to SLA Written for scholars, students and linguists, The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive text that offers the most recent developments in the study of advanced proficiency in the acquisition of a second language.

Author : Kimberly L. Geeslin
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119457053

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The Handbook of Spanish Second Language Acquisition by Kimberly L. Geeslin Pdf

Bringing together a comprehensive collection of newly-commissioned articles, this Handbook covers the most recent developments across a range of sub-fields relevant to the study of second language Spanish. Provides a unique and much-needed collection of new research in this subject, compiled and written by experts in the field Offers a critical account of the most current, ground-breaking developments across key fields, each of which has seen innovative empirical research in the past decade Covers a broad range of issues including current theoretical approaches, alongside a variety of entries within such areas as the sound system, morphosyntax, individual and social factors, and instructed language learning Presents a variety of methodological approaches spanning the active areas of research in language acquisition

Author : Mary J. Schleppegrell,M. Cecilia Colombi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135643171

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Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages by Mary J. Schleppegrell,M. Cecilia Colombi Pdf

This book addresses the linguistic challenges faced by diverse populations of students at the secondary and post-secondary levels as they engage in academic tasks requiring advanced levels of reading and writing. Learning to use language in ways that meet academic expectations is a challenge for students who have had little exposure and opportunity to use such language outside of school. Although much is known about emergent literacy in the early years of schooling, much less has been written about the development of advanced literacy as students move into secondary education and beyond. Developing Advanced Literacy in First and Second Languages: Meaning With Power: *brings together work on first and second language acquisition and emphasizes the importance of developing advanced literacy in the first language, such as Spanish for bilingual students, as well as English; *spans a range of theoretical orientations and analytic approaches, drawing on work in systemic functional linguistics, genre theory, and sociocultural perspectives; *addresses the content areas of science, history, and language arts; *provides specific information about genres and grammatical features in these content areas; and *presents suggestions for teacher education. What unites the contributors to this volume is their shared commitment to a view of literacy that emphasizes both the social contexts and the linguistic challenges. The chapters collected in this volume contribute in important ways to research and pedagogy on advanced literacy development for the multilingual and multicultural students in today's classrooms. This book is particularly useful for researchers and students in language and education, applied linguistics, and others concerned with issues and challenges of advanced literacy development in first and second languages.

Author : Guadalupe Ruiz-Farjardo
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781443843119

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Methodological Developments in Teaching Spanish as a Second and Foreign Language by Guadalupe Ruiz-Farjardo Pdf

This book on applied linguistics presents new trends and improvements on the teaching of Spanish. It deals with two major scopes in the field of linguistics that have a crucial role in the development of language teaching in general and of the teaching of Spanish in particular: Interaction and Grammar. The topics chosen coincide with the areas in which the communicative approach to language teaching, dominant in European and American language programs since the 1970s and 80s, has been the object of most revision. In its first part, the book appeals both to pragmatics and to discourse analysis to research the specifics of classroom discourse and classroom interaction, as well as the differences between interactions among Spanish native speakers and interactions among non natives, in order to develop methodologies for the effective incorporation of these aspects to the Spanish language classroom, such as tasks to teach interaction or techniques to implement learner-centered interactive class dynamics and cooperative learning. In its second part, this book reviews the pedagogical advantages of language description based on Cognitive Linguistic theory to explain different aspects of Spanish grammar. The main purpose of our contribution is to show how taking different dimensions of construal and perspective in linguistic representations into account helps teachers to elucidate idiosyncratic and subtle contrasts of Spanish structure that other views and approaches cannot clarify on a meaningful base, such as the aspectual opposition between preterits or the modal opposition between indicative and subjunctive, both of high importance for the English speaking student. The work selected for this book, by experts from Columbia University and from several universities in Spain, represents the most current lines of inquiry in this “post-communicative” approach as applied specifically to the teaching of Spanish. This book seeks to be to be a “must-read” for the present and future. It tackles unexplored territory, for journals and applied linguistics collections have mainly addressed these problems in relation to English language and instruction.

Author : Heidi Byrnes,Heather D. Weger,Katherine A. Sprang
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1589013131

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Educating for Advanced Foreign Language Capacities by Heidi Byrnes,Heather D. Weger,Katherine A. Sprang Pdf

Advanced language learning has only recently begun to capture the interest and attention of applied linguists and professionals in language education in the United States. In this breakthrough volume, experts in the field lay the groundwork for approaching the increasingly important role of advanced language learning in the larger context of multilingual societies, globalization, and security. This volume presents both general and theoretical insights and language-specific considerations in college classrooms spanning a range of languages, from the commonly taught languages of English, French, and German to the less commonly taught Farsi, Korean, Norwegian, and Russian. Among theoretical frameworks likely to be conducive to imagining and fostering instructed "advancedness" in a second language, this volume highlights a cognitive-semantic approach. The theoretical and data-based findings make clear that advanced learners in particular are characterized by the capacity to make situated choices from across the entire language system, from vocabulary and grammar to discourse features, which suggests the need for a text-oriented, meaning-driven approach to language teaching, learning, and research. This volume also considers whether and how information structuring in second-language composition reveals first-language preferences of grammaticized concepts. Other topics include curricular and instructional approaches to narrativity, vocabulary expansion, the demands on instructed programs for efficiency and effectiveness in order to assure advanced levels, and learners' ability to function in professional contexts with their diverse oral and written genre requirements. Finally, the volume probes the role and nature of assessment as a measurement tool for both researching and assessing advanced language learning and as an essential component of improving programs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Demographic surveys
ISBN : 9781428927193

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The 1994 High School Transcript Study Tabulations by Anonim Pdf

Author : Monica Karlsson
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800415263

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Advanced Students’ Knowledge of Vocabulary in a First and Second Language by Monica Karlsson Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive investigation into advanced students’ knowledge of vocabulary in their L1 and L2. As a cross-sectional study, it examines the quantitative aspects of students’ vocabulary knowledge through parallel tests of upper secondary level vocabulary, specialised vocabulary, and advanced vocabulary in both their L1 and L2. It also, primarily in qualitative terms, investigates students' L1 and L2 knowledge of polysemous words, lexical fields of near synonyms and false friends. Knowledge of derivative forms, idioms, proverbs, idiomatically used prepositions and multi-word verbs offer insights into both the breadth and depth of students’ L1 and L2 vocabulary knowledge. Finally, it considers the extent to which students’ results can be attributed to differences between inferencing skills in their L1 and L2. In each subfield, the pedagogical implications of the findings are discussed. This book will be of interest to teachers and researchers focusing on the teaching and learning of vocabulary.

Author : Adrian Doff,Craig Thaine,Herbert Puchta,Peter Lewis-Jones,Jeff Stranks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781107469082

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Cambridge English Empower Advanced Student's Book by Adrian Doff,Craig Thaine,Herbert Puchta,Peter Lewis-Jones,Jeff Stranks Pdf

"Cambridge English Empower is a general English course for adult and young adult learners that combines course content from Cambridge University Press with validated assessment from Cambridge English Language Assessment ..."--Publisher description.

Author : Peter Robinson,Nick C. Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135604189

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Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition by Peter Robinson,Nick C. Ellis Pdf

This cutting-edge volume describes the implications of Cognitive Linguistics for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). The first two sections identify theoretical and empirical strands of Cognitive Linguistics, presenting them as a coherent whole. The third section discusses the relevance of Cognitive Linguistics to SLA and defines a research agenda linking these fields with implications for language instruction. Its comprehensive range and tutorial-style chapters make this handbook a valuable resource for students and researchers alike.

Author : J. Michael O'Malley,Anna Uhl Chamot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1990-02-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 052135837X

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Learning Strategies in Second Language Acquisition by J. Michael O'Malley,Anna Uhl Chamot Pdf

A review of the literature on learning strategies, describing and classifying learning strategies in second language learning.

Author : Thomas Levine,Elizabeth Howard,David Moss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135020743

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Preparing Classroom Teachers to Succeed with Second Language Learners by Thomas Levine,Elizabeth Howard,David Moss Pdf

This volume identifies resources, models, and specific practices for improving teacher preparation for work with second language learners. It shows how faculty positioned themselves to learn from resources, experts, preservice teachers, their own practice, and each other. The teacher education professionals leverage their experience to offer theoretical and practical insights regarding how other faculty could develop their own knowledge, improve their courses, and understand their influence on the preservice teachers they serve. The book addresses challenges others are likely to experience while improving teacher preparation, including preservice teacher resistance, the challenge of adding to already-packed courses, the difficulty of recruiting and retaining busy faculty members, and the question of how to best frame the larger issues. The authors also address options for integrating the work of improving teacher preparation for linguistic diversity into a variety of different teacher education program designs. Finally, the book demonstrates a data-driven approach that makes this work consistent with many institutions’ mandate to produce research and to collect evidence supporting accreditation.

Author : Nicole Tracy-Ventura,Magali Paquot
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429687556

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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora by Nicole Tracy-Ventura,Magali Paquot Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Corpora is a state-of-the-art collection of cutting-edge scholarship at the intersection of second language acquisition and learner corpus research. It draws on data-driven, statistical analysis to outline the background, methods, and outcomes of language learning, with a range of global experts providing detailed guidelines and findings. The volume is organized into five sections: Methodological and theoretical contributions to the study of learner language using corpora – setting the scene Key aspects in corpus design, annotation, and analysis for SLA Corpora in SLA theory and practice SLA constructs and corpora Future directions This is a ground-breaking collection of essays offering incisive and essential reading for anyone with an interest in second language acquisition, learner corpus research, and applied linguistics.