Explorations In Language Acquisition And Use

Author : Stephen D. Krashen
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015056211066

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Explorations in Language Acquisition and Use by Stephen D. Krashen Pdf

To those familiar with the field of linguistics and second-language acquisition, Stephen Krashen needs no introduction. He has published well over 300 books and articles and has been invited to deliver more than 300 lectures at universities throughout the United States and abroad. His widely known theory of second-language acquisition has had a huge impact on all areas of second-language research and teaching since the 1970s. This book amounts to a summary and assessment by Krashen of much of his work thus far, as well as a compilation of his thoughts about the future. Here, readers can follow Krashen as he reviews the fundamentals of second-language acquisition theory presents some of the original research supporting the theory and more recent studies offers counterarguments to criticisms explores new areas that have promise for progress in both theory and application. An invaluable resource on the results of Krashen's many years of research and application, this book covers a wide range of topics: from the role of the input/comprehension hypothesis (and its current rival-the comprehensible output hypothesis), the still-very-good idea of free voluntary reading, and current issues and controversies about teaching grammar, to considerations of how it is we grow intellectually, or how we "get smart."

Author : Terence Odlin
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788929561

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Explorations of Language Transfer by Terence Odlin Pdf

When learners of a new language draw on their native language (or on any other that they may know), this earlier acquired linguistic knowledge may influence their success. Such cross-linguistic influence, also known as language transfer, has long raised questions about what linguists can predict about success in the new language and about what processes are involved in using prior knowledge. This book lucidly brings together many insights on transfer: e.g. on the relation between translation and transfer, the relation between comprehension and production, and the problem of how complete any predictions of difficulty may ever be. The discussions also explore implications for future research and for classroom practice. The book will thus serve as a reliable guide for teachers, researchers, translators, interpreters, and students curious about language contact.

Author : Stephen D. Krashen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598848458

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Free Voluntary Reading by Stephen D. Krashen Pdf

An eye-opening look at the latest research findings about the success of free voluntary reading in developing high levels of literacy. Free voluntary reading looks better and more powerful than ever. Stephen D. Krashen, PhD, is an advocate for free voluntary reading in schools and has published many journal articles on the subject. Free Voluntary Reading: Power 2010 collects the last ten years of his extensive work and reconsiders all aspects of this important debate in light of the latest findings. The book provides an accessible examination of topics, such as free voluntary reading's value in language and literary acquisition domestically and worldwide, recent developments in support of free voluntary reading, whether rewards-based programs benefit the development of lifelong reading, the value of phonics in reading instruction, and trends in literacy in the United States.

Author : James Corbet,Roumyana Slabakova,Laura Domíguez
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527530829

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Explorations in Second Language Acquisition and Processing by James Corbet,Roumyana Slabakova,Laura Domíguez Pdf

This book presents cutting-edge research on the nature of grammatical systems developed by bilinguals and second language learners, as well as how speakers put these grammatical systems to use in processing language. The chapters provide a stimulating mix of theoretical contributions and experimental designs addressing a variety of research questions, such as learnability and access to Universal Grammar, native language influence, variability, and what propels language development from one stage to the next. Bilingual development is a special highlight here. The linguistic domains investigated are also extremely diverse, and include morphology, syntax, and language processing, as well as the interfaces between syntax and semantics and between syntax and discourse. The book covers the acquisition of an impressive number of languages including Arabic, Croatian, Chinese, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish as first or second languages. Through these diverse contributions, the reader will be able to identify and follow important new directions in which generative language acquisition is developing and expanding.

Author : Stephen D. Krashen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : OCLC:1180916692

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Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition by Stephen D. Krashen Pdf

Author : Stephen D. Krashen,Tracy D. Terrell
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1990-04-01
Category : Language acquisition
ISBN : 0136120296

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The Natural Approach by Stephen D. Krashen,Tracy D. Terrell Pdf

Author : Maarja Siiner,Francis M. Hult,Tanja Kupisch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319759630

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Language Policy and Language Acquisition Planning by Maarja Siiner,Francis M. Hult,Tanja Kupisch Pdf

In the sociopolitics of language, sometimes yesterday’s solution is tomorrow’s problem. This volume examines the evolving nature of language acquisition planning through a collection of papers that consider how decisions about language learning and teaching are mediated by a confluence of psychological, ideological, and historical forces. The first two parts of the volume feature empirical studies of formal and informal education across the lifespan and around the globe. Case studies map the agents, resources, and attitudes needed for creating moments and spaces for language learning that may, at times, collide with wider beliefs and policies that privilege some languages over others. The third part of the volume is devoted to conceptual contributions that take up theoretical issues related to epistemological and conceptual challenges for language acquisition planning. These contributions reflect on the full spectrum of social and cognitive factors that intersect with the planning of language teaching and learning including ethnic and racial power relations, historically situated political systems, language ideologies, community language socialization, relationships among stakeholders in communities and schools, interpersonal interaction, and intrapersonal development. In all, the volume demonstrates the multifaceted and socially situated nature of language acquisition planning.

Author : Gita Martohardjono,Suzanne Flynn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262361972

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Language in Development by Gita Martohardjono,Suzanne Flynn Pdf

Explorations of language development in different types of learner populations and across various languages. This volume examines language development in different types of learner populations and across various languages. The contributors analyze experimental studies of child and adult language acquisition, heritage language development, bilingualism, and language disorders. They consider theoretical and methodological issues; language development in children, discussing topics that range from gestures to errors in person and number agreement; and development and attrition of (morpho)syntactic constructions in second language learners, bilinguals, and Alzheimer's patients. The approach is "crosslinguistic" in three senses of the word: the contributors offer analyses of acquisition phenomena in different languages; they consider "crosslinguistic influence," or the potential effects of multiple languages on one another in the mind of the same speaker; and (in a novel use of the term, proposed by the editors) the chapters bring together theoretical and methodological approaches pertinent to the linguistics of language development in children, adults, and heritage speakers.

Author : Bin Zou
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : 1466618574

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Explorations of Language Teaching and Learning with Computational Assistance by Bin Zou Pdf

"This book provides cutting-edge research that evaluates, improves, and applies effective pedagogy in the fields of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) and foreign language learning"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Scott Jarvis,Scott A. Crossley
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781847696984

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Approaching Language Transfer Through Text Classification by Scott Jarvis,Scott A. Crossley Pdf

This book explains the detectionbased approach to investigating crosslinguistic influence and illustrates the value of the approach through a collection of five empirical studies that use the approach to quantify, evaluate, and isolate the subtle and complex influences of learners’ nativelanguage backgrounds on their English writing.

Author : Eve V. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781316546321

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First Language Acquisition by Eve V. Clark Pdf

How do young children learn language? When does this process start? What does language acquisition involve? Children are exposed to language from birth, surrounded by knowledgeable speakers who offer feedback and provide extensive practice every day. Through conversation and joint activities, children master the language being used around them. This fully revised third edition of Eve V. Clark's bestselling textbook offers comprehensive coverage of language acquisition, from a baby's first sounds to a child's increasing skill in negotiating, explaining and entertaining with language. This book, drawing together the most recent findings in the field, and illustrated with examples from a wide range of experimental and observational studies, including the author's own diary observations, presents an essential and comprehensive guide to first language acquisition. It will be fascinating reading for students of linguistics, developmental psychology and cognitive science.

Author : Laura Gurzynski-Weiss
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261618

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Cross-theoretical Explorations of Interlocutors and their Individual Differences by Laura Gurzynski-Weiss Pdf

This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to each approach is written by a preeminent scholar in the framework, and each overview is followed by an empirical study that demonstrates how interlocutor IDs can be fruitfully researched within that framework. To maximize readability and impact, the chapters follow common organizing questions, inviting the engagement of L2 researchers, students, and teachers alike.Collectively, the chapters in the current volume initiate a cohesive discussion of the theoretical roles of the interlocutor within these four popular approaches to SLA; illustrate how interlocutor IDs influence L2 opportunities and/or development; present innovative, original empirical research on interlocutors and their IDs within each approach; and provide theoretical, empirical, and methodological guidance for future research on interlocutors and their IDs. A powerful contribution of this volume, highlighted in the concluding chapter’s synthesis, is the common call across all four approaches for the irrefutable role and need for research on interlocutors and their IDs. The volume also demonstrates how, despite theoretical and methodological differences, the four approaches are advancing congruently toward a more robust understanding of the multifaceted and dynamic nature of all interlocutors and their IDs, and thus toward a more complete and accurate picture of their influence on L2 development.

Author : Bill VanPatten,Gregory D. Keating,Stefanie Wulff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429995538

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Theories in Second Language Acquisition by Bill VanPatten,Gregory D. Keating,Stefanie Wulff Pdf

This third edition of the best-selling Theories in Second Language Acquisition surveys the major theories currently used in second language acquisition (SLA) research, serving as an ideal introductory text for undergraduate and graduate students in SLA and language teaching. Designed to provide a consistent and coherent presentation for those seeking a basic understanding of the theories that underlie contemporary SLA research, each chapter focuses on a single theory. Chapters are written by leading scholars in the field and incorporate a basic foundational description of the theory, relevant data or research models used with this theory, common misunderstandings, and a sample study from the field to show the theory in practice. New to this edition is a chapter addressing the relationship between theories and L2 teaching, as well as refreshed coverage of all theories throughout the book. A key work in the study of second language acquisition, this volume will be useful to students of linguistics, language and language teaching, and to researchers as a guide to theoretical work outside their respective domains.

Author : Heike Behrens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027234760

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Corpora in Language Acquisition Research by Heike Behrens Pdf

Corpus research forms the backbone of research on children's language development. Leading researchers in the field present a survey on the history of data collection, different types of data, and the treatment of methodological problems. Morphologically and syntactically parsed corpora allow for the concise explorations of formal phenomena, the quick retrieval of errors, and reliability checks. New probabilistic and connectionist computations investigate how children integrate the multiple sources of information available in the input, and new statistical methods compute rates of acquisition as well as error rates dependent on sample size. Sample analyses show how multi-modal corpora are used to investigate the interaction of discourse and linguistic structure, how cross-linguistic generalizations for acquisition can be formulated and tested, and how individual variation can be explored. Finally, ways in which corpus research interacts with computational linguistics and experimental research are presented.

Author : Shawn Loewen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136305924

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Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition by Shawn Loewen Pdf

Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first book to present a cohesive view of the different theoretical and pedagogical perspectives that comprise instructed second language acquisition (ISLA), defined as any type of learning that occurs as a result of the manipulating the process and conditions of second language acquisition. The book begins by considering the effectiveness of ISLA and the differences between ISLA and naturalistic L2 learning. It then goes on to discuss the theoretical, empirical, and pedagogical aspects of such key issues in ISLA as grammar learning; interaction in the classroom; focus on form, function and meaning; vocabulary learning; pronunciation learning; pragmatics learning; learning contexts; and individual differences. This timely and important volume is ideally suited for the graduate level ISLA course, and provides valuable insights for any SLA scholar interested in the processes involved in second language learning in classroom settings.