Transfer And Generalizability Of Foreign Language Learning

Author : Allison Abbe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Cultural awareness
ISBN : UOM:39015075676729

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Transfer and Generalizability of Foreign Language Learning by Allison Abbe Pdf

"Knowing a foreign language provides an advantage for understanding, working in, and building relationships with a particular language community. However, military personnel can expect to encounter multiple languages in their operational experiences over a career. Thus, it is important to understand what impact learning a foreign language has beyond its applications with a specific population. This report reviews research on the extent to which foreign language proficiency facilitates further language and cultural learning. Empirical research shows relationships among language learning and intercultural and language-related outcomes, but evidence for a direct causal contribution is lacking. In children, knowing a second language develops metalinguistic awareness, which can contribute to further language learning. However, other factors limit the degree of proficiency that can be expected. Evidence of benefits for cross-cultural attitudes and behavior is similarly scarce. The likely impact of language education and training on adults is therefore unknown, particularly for personnel who lack intrinsic motivation or language aptitude, or who hold negative attitudes about the language community. General characteristics such as intercultural sensitivity and interpersonal skills have been shown to contribute more to outcomes than do language skills. Evidence is currently insufficient to view language as the cornerstone of cultural capability."--Page i.

Author : Alice F. Healy,Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134807666

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Foreign Language Learning by Alice F. Healy,Lyle E. Bourne, Jr. Pdf

Based on a research project funded by the Army Research Institute, Foreign Language Learning reports original empirical and theoretical research on foreign language acquisition and makes recommendations about applications to foreign language instruction. The ultimate goal of this project was to identify a set of psychological principles that can provide the foundation for--or at least, argumentation for--a foreign language training course. This book reviews the various studies of which the project is comprised. It begins with an overview chapter outlining the scope of the project and summarizing some of the experiments that were conducted in the laboratory. In each of the following chapters, the contributors report on previously unpublished research on selected specific psycholinguistic training principles; vocabulary and concept acquisition; language comprehension; reading processes; and bilingualism. The final chapter--prepared by a prominent expert on second language training--provides an overview and evaluation of the contribution of the research described in earlier chapters to the goal of improving instructional methods in foreign language learning. Sandwiched between the introductory and final chapters are four major sections: * Vocabulary and Concept Acquisition, which discusses the effect of first-language phonological configuration on lexical acquisition in a second language, contextual inference effects in foreign language vocabulary acquisition and retention, mediated processes in foreign language vocabulary acquisition and retention, and the status of the count-mass distinction in a mental grammar; * Language Comprehension, which addresses voice communication between air traffic controllers and pilots who are nonnative speakers of English, cognitive strategies in discourse processing, and the effects of context and word order in Maasai sentence production and comprehension; * Reading Processes, which discusses the enhancement of text comprehension through highlighting, the effect of alphabet and fluency on unitization processes in reading, and reading proficiency of bilinguals in their first and second languages; and * Bilingualism, which addresses Stroop interference effects in bilinguals between similar and dissimilar languages, the individual differences in second language proficiency, and the hierarchical model of bilingual representation.

Author : U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Military research
ISBN : UOM:39015087566538

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List of U.S. Army Research Institute Research and Technical Publications by U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Pdf

Author : Lourdes Ortega
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781444117059

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Understanding Second Language Acquisition by Lourdes Ortega Pdf

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition. It assumes no background in SLA and provides helpful chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading. Ideal as a textbook for students of applied linguistics, foreign language education, TESOL, and education, it is also recommended for students of linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. Supporting resources for tutors are available free at www.routledge.com/ortega.

Author : Micheline Chalhoub-Deville,Carol A. Chapelle,Patricia A. Duff
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027293688

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Inference and Generalizability in Applied Linguistics by Micheline Chalhoub-Deville,Carol A. Chapelle,Patricia A. Duff Pdf

Concepts such as dependability/generalization and inferences are dealt with implicitly or explicitly in any research undertaken in applied linguistics. This volume provides a well-balanced and cross-disciplinary perspective on how researchers conceptualize inferences about learner acquisition and performances as well as dependability and generalizability of findings. The book is a collection of chapters by prominent researchers in applied linguistics, working in diverse domains such as vocabulary, syntax, discourse analysis, SLA, and language testing. The goal of the book is to bring attention to these issues, which underpin much of applied linguistics research and to highlight what is considered good practice so as to buttress confidence in the research claims made. The book represents current thinking on fundamental research concepts in applied linguistics and can be used as a textbook in courses on research methodology in applied linguistics. The book is also an excellent source of in-depth analysis of research conceptualization for applied linguistics researchers and graduate students.

Author : Susan M. Gass,Larry Selinker
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Anaphora (Linguistics)
ISBN : 1556192487

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Language Transfer in Language Learning by Susan M. Gass,Larry Selinker Pdf

The study of native language influence in Second Language Acquisition has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. This book, which includes 12 chapters by distinguished researchers in the field of second language acquisition, traces the conceptual history of language transfer from its early role within a Contrastive Analysis framework to its current position within Universal Grammar. The introduction presents a continuum of thought starting from the late 70s, a time in which major rethinking in the field regarding the concept of language transfer was beginning to take place, and continuing through the present day in which language transfer is integrated within current concepts and theoretical models. The afterword unites the issues discussed and allows the reader to place these issues in the context of future research. For the present book, the 1983 edition has been thoroughly revised, and some papers have been replaced and added.

Author : Susan Braidi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781000122787

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Acquisition of Second Language Syntax by Susan Braidi Pdf

This book deals with the questions asked about the L2 acquisition process within different research paradigms, examines the results found in each approach, and evaluates the contributions of each to our understanding of L2 acquisition of syntax and to possible implications for L2 instruction.

Author : Anne Golden,Scott Jarvis,Kari Tenfjord
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783098781

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Crosslinguistic Influence and Distinctive Patterns of Language Learning by Anne Golden,Scott Jarvis,Kari Tenfjord Pdf

This book details patterns of language use that can be found in the writing of adult immigrant learners of Norwegian as a second language (L2). Each study draws its data from a single corpus of texts written for a proficiency test of L2 Norwegian by learners representing 10 different first language (L1) backgrounds. The participants of the study are immigrants to Norway and the book deals with the varying levels and types of language difficulties faced by such learners from differing backgrounds. The studies examine the learners’ use of Norwegian in relation to the morphological, syntactic, lexical, semantic and pragmatic patterns they produce in their essays. Nearly all the studies in the book rely on analytical methods specifically designed to isolate the effects of the learners’ L1s on their use of L2 Norwegian, and every chapter highlights patterns that distinguish different L1 groups from one another.

Author : Jason Kandybowicz,Travis Major,Harold Torrence,Philip T. Duncan
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961100361

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African linguistics on the prairie by Jason Kandybowicz,Travis Major,Harold Torrence,Philip T. Duncan Pdf

African Linguistics on the Prairie features select revised peer-reviewed papers from the 45th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, held at the University of Kansas. The articles in this volume reflect the enormous diversity of African languages, as they focus on languages from all of the major African language phyla. The articles here also reflect the many different research perspectives that frame the work of linguists in the Association for Contemporary African Linguistics. The diversity of views presented in this volume are thus indicative of the vitality of current African linguistics research. The work presented in this volume represents both descriptive and theoretical methodologies and covers fields ranging from phonetics, phonology, morphology, typology, syntax, and semantics to sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, language acquisition, computational linguistics and beyond. This broad scope and the quality of the articles contained within holds out the promise of continued advancement in linguistic research on African languages.

Author : Hayo Reinders
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-14
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781443818346

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The Effects of Task Type and Instructions on Second Language Acquisition by Hayo Reinders Pdf

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the role of tasks in second language acquisition and a substantial body of research now exists to show their potential contribution to language learning and teaching. However, not much is known about the effects of different task types, nor about their accompanying instructions. Which tasks are more successful under what circumstances? What type of instructions should be included? This book attempts to answer the questions above by first examining previous studies on the use of tasks, the roles of input, output and interaction, and by placing these in a broader cognitive framework. It argues that in order to understand the effects of different task types, it is important not only to look at learning outcomes (acquisition), but also at the effects on immediate task performance (intake), and by doing so, to arrive at a more complete picture of the learning process. The book presents the results of a study on the effects of 1) implicit and explicit inductive instructions and 2) three task types on both intake and acquisition of two English grammatical structures. The study used various measures to determine intake as well as the development of both implicit and explicit knowledge. The results of the study support the claims made for the benefits of Focus-on-Form, but do not support the claims made for the benefits of more explicit types of instruction. Further, the results show that there is no direct relationship between intake and acquisition and that different task types can have a differential effect on immediate task performance on the one hand and learning on the other. The book discusses these findings in the light of previous research and considers their implications both at the theoretical level and for language teaching practice.

Author : María del Pilar García Mayo,María Junkal Gutierrez Mangado,Maria Martinez Adrian
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027205254

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Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition by María del Pilar García Mayo,María Junkal Gutierrez Mangado,Maria Martinez Adrian Pdf

Second language acquisition (SLA) is a field of inquiry that has increased in importance since the 1960s. Currently, researchers adopt multiple perspectives in the analysis of learner language, all of them providing different but complementary answers to the understanding of oral and written data produced by young and older learners in different settings. The main goal of this volume is to provide the reader with updated reviews of the major contemporary approaches to SLA, the research carried out within them and, wherever appropriate, the implications and/or applications for theory, research and pedagogy that might derive from the available empirical evidence. The book is intended for SLA researchers as well as for graduate (MA, Ph.D.) students in SLA research, applied linguistics and linguistics, as the different chapters will be a guide in their research within the approaches presented. The volume will also be of interest to professionals from other fields interested in the SLA process and the different explanations that have been put forward to account for it.

Author : S.N. Rao
Publisher : New Age International
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Educational psychology
ISBN : 8122402607

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Educational Psychology by S.N. Rao Pdf

The Basic Approach Of The Book Is That, Educational Psychology Is A Scientific Study Of The Psychological Problems Of Educational Practice. The Educational Psychologist In This Context Has The Role Of A Specialist Who Provides The Necessary Technical Advice To Educational Planners, Administrators And Teachers In Helping Them To Achieve Their Objectives. The Book Follows This Point Of View In Presenting The Subject Matter To The Reader And Aims To Fulfill The Need Of A Quality Indian Text Meeting The Requirements Of Students And Teachers In The Faculties Of Psychology And Education.The Book Aims To Cover The Field Of Educational Psychology And Strives To Present A Comprehensive Book From The Psychological Point Of View Not Available In India To Study The Subject In Its Appropriate Perspective. In Addition To The Discussion Of Conventional Topics, Much Attention Has Been Bestowed On Such Vital Issues As Teaching For Values, Scholastic Achievement, Adjustment, Disadvantaged Students, Discipline And Guidance Needs Related To Education. The Students Would Find The Discussion Stimulating And Useful.

Author : Simone E. Pfenninger,David Singleton
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783097647

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Beyond Age Effects in Instructional L2 Learning by Simone E. Pfenninger,David Singleton Pdf

This book constitutes a holistic study of how and why late starters surpass early starters in comparable instructional settings. Combining advanced quantitative methods with individual-level qualitative data, it examines the role of age of onset in the context of the Swiss multilingual educational system and focuses on performance at the beginning and end of secondary school, thereby offering a long-term view of the teenage experience of foreign language learning. The study scrutinised factors that seem to prevent young starters from profiting from their extended learning period and investigated the mechanisms that enable late beginners to catch up with early beginners relatively quickly. Taking account of contextual factors, individual socio-affective factors and instructional factors within a single longitudinal study, the book makes a convincing case that age of onset is not only of minimal relevance for many aspects of instructed language acquisition, but that in this context, for a number of reasons, a later onset can be beneficial.

Author : Chin-Yew Lin,Nianwen Xue,Dongyan Zhao,Xuanjing Huang,Yansong Feng
Publisher : Springer
Page : 952 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319504964

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Natural Language Understanding and Intelligent Applications by Chin-Yew Lin,Nianwen Xue,Dongyan Zhao,Xuanjing Huang,Yansong Feng Pdf

This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 5th CCF Conference on Natural Language Processing and Chinese Computing, NLPCC 2016, and the 24th International Conference on Computer Processing of Oriental Languages, ICCPOL 2016, held in Kunming, China, in December 2016. The 48 revised full papers presented together with 41 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 216 submissions. The papers cover fundamental research in language computing, multi-lingual access, web mining/text mining, machine learning for NLP, knowledge graph, NLP for social network, as well as applications in language computing.

Author : Liming Yu,Terence Odlin
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783094356

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New Perspectives on Transfer in Second Language Learning by Liming Yu,Terence Odlin Pdf

When people attempt to learn a new language, the language(s) they already know can help but also hinder their understanding or production of new forms. This phenomenon, known as language transfer, is the focus of this book. The collection offers new theoretical perspectives, some in the empirical studies and some in other chapters, and consists of four sections considering lexical, syntactic, phonological and cognitive perspectives. The volume provides a wealth of studies on the influence of Chinese on the acquisition of English but also includes studies involving Finnish, French, Hindi, Korean, Persian, Spanish, Swedish and Tamil. It will be of great interest to researchers and students working in the areas of crosslinguistic influence in second language acquisition, language pedagogy and psycholinguistics.