Usage Based Approaches To Language Acquisition And Language Teaching

Author : Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul,Elena Tribushinina
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501505492

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Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching by Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul,Elena Tribushinina Pdf

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.

Author : Nick C. Ellis,Ute Römer,Matthew Brook O'Donnell
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1119296528

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Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Processing by Nick C. Ellis,Ute Römer,Matthew Brook O'Donnell Pdf

Nick C. Ellis, Ute Römer, and Matthew Brook O'Donnell present a view of language as a complex adaptive system that is learned through usage. In a series of research studies, they analyze Verb-Argument Constructions (VACs) in first and second language learning, processing, and use. Drawing on diverse epistemological and methodological perspectives, they show how language emerges out of multiple experiences of meaning-making. In the development of both mother tongue and additional languages, each usage experience affects construction knowledge following general principles of learning relating to frequency, contingency, and semantic prototypicality. The implications of this work will be of value to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplinary interests in language and learning. "This is an impressive volume that will inspire researchers for generations to come. Focusing on the construction and acquisition of language, it combines a comprehensive synthesis of theory with a detailed account of extensive empirical work." —Susan Hunston, University of Birmingham "This book is a phenomenal synthesis of a formidable research program. In a feast of corpus, psycholinguistic, acquisitional, and simulation evidence, the authors’ bold theoretical insights advance knowledge about human language to unprecedented levels." —Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University "The authors present a superb synthesis of approaches to verb-argument constructions and convincingly demonstrate the close links between lexical patterning and constructional meaning. An absolute must-read for anyone interested in usage-based approaches to language learning." —Ewa Dabrowska, University of Northumbria at Newcastle "This book represents an outstanding achievement. The authors illustrate why the most exciting work in the language sciences today is conducted across disciplinary boundaries. Working at the intersection of experimental, computational, and corpus-based approaches, their research inspires us to look beyond our own disciplines to observe language data from all angles." —Patrick Rebuschat, Lancaster University

Author : Wander Lowie,Marije Michel,Audrey Rousse-Malpat,Merel Keijzer,Rasmus Steinkrauss
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788925266

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Usage-Based Dynamics in Second Language Development by Wander Lowie,Marije Michel,Audrey Rousse-Malpat,Merel Keijzer,Rasmus Steinkrauss Pdf

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.

Author : Teresa Cadierno,Søren Wind Eskildsen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110378528

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Usage-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning by Teresa Cadierno,Søren Wind Eskildsen Pdf

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.

Author : Andrea E. Tyler,Lourdes Ortega,Mariko Uno,Hae In Park
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027264466

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Usage-inspired L2 Instruction by Andrea E. Tyler,Lourdes Ortega,Mariko Uno,Hae In Park Pdf

This book presents a set of compelling essays collectively making a persuasive case for why a usage-based perspective on language is fast becoming a leading theoretical framework for investigating second language (L2) learning and the foundation for effective, innovative, engaging pedagogy. Drawing on 20 years of research in psychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and linguistic theory, including discourse analytic approaches, the combined contributions paint a picture of theoretically-informed L2 pedagogy which emphasizes all facets of language as meaningful, embodied, and socially situated. The introduction and conclusion offer an outline of five foundational tenets essential to a usage-inspired pedagogy and a heuristic for developing usage-inspired L2 research and pedagogy. Each essay provides a unique vantage on usage-inspired L2 instruction and a demonstration of the efficacy of usage-based pedagogy. This volume will be invaluable for SLA researchers, graduate students, and classroom teachers interested in exploring usage-inspired L2 pedagogy.

Author : Michael TOMASELLO
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780674044395

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Constructing a Language by Michael TOMASELLO Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Tomasello presents a comprehensive usage-based theory of language acquisition. Drawing together a vast body of empirical research in cognitive science, linguistics, and developmental psychology, Tomasello demonstrates that we don't need a self-contained "language instinct" to explain how children learn language. Their linguistic ability is interwoven with other cognitive abilities.

Author : María del Pilar García Mayo,María Junkal Gutierrez Mangado,Maria Martinez Adrian
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 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 : Mike Long
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118882214

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Second Language Acquisition and Task-Based Language Teaching by Mike Long Pdf

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a survey of theory and research in instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) with insights from language teaching and the philosophy of education Details best practice for TBLT programs, including discussion of learner needs and means analysis; syllabus design; materials writing; choice of methodological principles and pedagogic procedures; criterion-referenced, task-based performance assessment; and program evaluation Written by an esteemed scholar of second language acquisition with over 30 years of research and classroom experience Considers diffusion of innovation in education and the potential impact of TBLT on foreign and second language learning

Author : Edith L. Bavin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1107605423

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The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language by Edith L. Bavin Pdf

The best survey of the subject available, The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language brings together the world's foremost researchers to provide a one-stop resource for the study of language acquisition and development. Grouped into five thematic sections, the handbook is organized by topic, making it easier for students and researchers to use when looking up specific in-depth information. It covers a wider range of subjects than any other handbook on the market, with chapters covering both theories and methods in child language research and tracing the development of language from prelinguistic infancy to teenager. Drawing on both established and more recent research, the Handbook surveys the crosslinguistic study of language acquisition; prelinguistic development; bilingualism; sign languages; specific language impairment, language and autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome. This book will be an essential reference for students and researchers working in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, speech pathology, education and anthropology.

Author : Jack C. Richards,Jack Croft Richards,Gavin Dudeney,Theodore S. Rodgers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-09
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521803656

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Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching by Jack C. Richards,Jack Croft Richards,Gavin Dudeney,Theodore S. Rodgers Pdf

In addition to the approaches and methods covered in the first edition, this edition includes new chapters, such as whole language, multiple intelligences, neurolinguistic programming, competency-based language teaching, co-operative language learning, content-based instruction, task-based language teaching, and The Post-Methods Era.

Author : Bill VanPatten,Gregory D. Keating,Stefanie Wulff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : Mick Randall
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902721977X

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Memory, Psychology and Second Language Learning by Mick Randall Pdf

This book explores the contributions that cognitive linguistics and psychology, including neuropsychology, have made to the understanding of the way that second languages are processed and learnt. It examines areas of phonology, word recognition and semantics, examining 'bottom-up' decoding processes as compared with 'top-down' processes as they affect memory. It also discusses second language learning from the acquisition/learning and nativist/connectionist perspectives. These ideas are then related to the methods that are used to teach second languages, primarily English, in formal classroom situations. This examination involves both 'mainstream' communicative approaches, and more traditional methods widely used to teach EFL throughout the world. The book is intended to act both as a textbook for students who are studying second language teaching and as an exploration of issues for the interested teacher who would like to further extend their understanding of the cognitive processes underlying their teaching.Mick Randall is currently Senior Lecturer in TESOL and Head of the Institute of Education at the British University in Dubai. He has taught courses in second language learning and teaching, applied linguistics and psychology in a number of different contexts. He has a special interest in the cognitive processing of language and in the psycholinguistics of word recognition, spelling and reading.

Author : Stephen D. Krashen,Tracy D. Terrell
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,7 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 : Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul,Elena Tribushinina
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501505423

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Usage-Based Approaches to Language Acquisition and Language Teaching by Jacqueline Evers-Vermeul,Elena Tribushinina Pdf

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.

Author : Caroline F. Rowland,Anna L. Theakston,Ben Ambridge,Katherine E. Twomey
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261007

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Current Perspectives on Child Language Acquisition by Caroline F. Rowland,Anna L. Theakston,Ben Ambridge,Katherine E. Twomey Pdf

In recent years the field has seen an increasing realisation that the full complexity of language acquisition demands theories that (a) explain how children integrate information from multiple sources in the environment, (b) build linguistic representations at a number of different levels, and (c) learn how to combine these representations in order to communicate effectively. These new findings have stimulated new theoretical perspectives that are more centered on explaining learning as a complex dynamic interaction between the child and her environment. This book is the first attempt to bring some of these new perspectives together in one place. It is a collection of essays written by a group of researchers who all take an approach centered on child-environment interaction, and all of whom have been influenced by the work of Elena Lieven, to whom this collection is dedicated.