In An Easy-to-read, Accessible Style, It Provides Students With Information About The Scope Of The Field, But Also Provides Background Information On Related Areas Such As First Language Acquisition. The Book Introduces Students To Current Issues Of Data Collection And Data Analysis, As Well As Provides An Historical Overview Of The Field, Thus Giving Students Context And Perspective About How Today's Issues Arise From Earlier Approaches. Each Chapter Offers Discussion Questions And/or Problems So That Students Can Put Their Knowledge To Use In A Way That Is Relevant To What They Have Learned, But That Also Challenges Them To Go Beyond What Is In The Chapter And To Relate Information Across Chapters. The Book Covers A Range Of Areas Of Second Language Research Including Sociolinguistic, Psycholinguistic, And Linguistic Perspectives. It Also Includes A Chapter On The Lexicon And On Instructed Second Language Learning. The Concluding Chapter Pulls The Information In The Previous Chapters Together Into A Coherent Framework That Challenges Students To Think About The Field Of Second Language Acquisition As A Whole. Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Related Disciplines -- Chapter 3: Second And Foreign Language Data -- Chapter 4: The Role Of The Native Language: An Historical Overview -- Chapter 5: Recent Perspectives On The Role Of Previously Known Languages -- Chapter 6: Formal Approaches To Sla -- Chapter 7: Typological And Functional Approaches -- Chapter 8: Looking At Interlanguage Processing -- Chapter 9: Interlanguage In Context -- Chapter 10: Input, Interaction, And Output -- Chapter 11: Instructed Second Language Learning -- Chapter 12: Beyond The Domain Of Language -- Chapter 13: The Lexicon -- Chapter 14: An Integrated View Of Second Language Acquisition. Susan M. Gass And Larry Selinker. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 523-576) And Indexes.
Categories:
- Education & Teaching
- Schools & Teaching
- Education Theory
- Schools & Teaching
Publisher : Routledge
Author : Plonsky, Luke,Selinker, Larry,Behney, Jennifer,Gass, Susan M.
Language : English
Edition : 3rd
Published :2008-02-02
Number Of Pages : 616
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0805854983
ISBN-13 : 9780805854985
Item weight : 1.6 lb
Dimensions : 1.2 in x 6 in x 8.9 in
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