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Mind Matters in SLA (Hardcover)
Clare Wright, Thorsten Piske, Martha Young-Scholten
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R3,569
R3,187
Discovery Miles 31 870
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This book examines key issues in theories of what language is and
what happens in the mind during second language acquisition (SLA),
inspiring readers to think in new and exciting ways about language
learning and teaching. Chapters, written by both established and
rising star scholars, provide cutting-edge insights and new
empirical findings on major topics of formal and cognitive
linguistics, psycholinguistics and second language development, and
offer a coherent, wide-ranging, reader-friendly examination of
learner-internal factors in SLA. The first section of the book
focuses on issues that are pertinent to our understanding of
language acquisition, particularly in relation to syntax. The
second section comprises empirical chapters on syntax, the lexicon,
phonetics/phonology and language production in English and other
languages. These chapters refer to theories and frameworks from
within SLA to enable the reader to grasp the key questions and
issues that are currently relevant. The final section focuses on
research relating to how second language (L2) learners make
transitions from one stage of development to the next; it covers
state-of-the-art psycholinguistic research concerning how L2
acquisition occurs in real time, and includes discussion of models
of L2 development both in and out of the classroom.
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Mind Matters in SLA (Paperback)
Clare Wright, Thorsten Piske, Martha Young-Scholten
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R1,210
R1,123
Discovery Miles 11 230
Save R87 (7%)
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This book examines key issues in theories of what language is and
what happens in the mind during second language acquisition (SLA),
inspiring readers to think in new and exciting ways about language
learning and teaching. Chapters, written by both established and
rising star scholars, provide cutting-edge insights and new
empirical findings on major topics of formal and cognitive
linguistics, psycholinguistics and second language development, and
offer a coherent, wide-ranging, reader-friendly examination of
learner-internal factors in SLA. The first section of the book
focuses on issues that are pertinent to our understanding of
language acquisition, particularly in relation to syntax. The
second section comprises empirical chapters on syntax, the lexicon,
phonetics/phonology and language production in English and other
languages. These chapters refer to theories and frameworks from
within SLA to enable the reader to grasp the key questions and
issues that are currently relevant. The final section focuses on
research relating to how second language (L2) learners make
transitions from one stage of development to the next; it covers
state-of-the-art psycholinguistic research concerning how L2
acquisition occurs in real time, and includes discussion of models
of L2 development both in and out of the classroom.
Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field
of research, with clear practical applications in language
teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current
advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to
practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research
across a range of different language-related professions. The
authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective,
which brings together research into cognitive and social factors,
to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language
performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech
processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task
demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in
communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel
approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency,
this book provides researchers, students and language professionals
with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to
understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.
This book focuses on problems many language students face in
developing advanced proficiency in an L2. It adds to the growing
body of research into the connection between greater working memory
(WM) capacity and L2 development, by investigating correlations
between WM and development of L2 English questions in an immersion
setting. The book details two longitudinal studies tracking 43
instructed Chinese speakers of English during a year's postgraduate
study at universities in the UK. Improvements in oral and written
data showed evidence of correlations between WM and L2 development.
However, analysis of the data concludes that a year's immersion
appears to favour processing existing grammatical knowledge rather
than trigger acquisition of new grammatical knowledge, even for
those with greater WM. This book will be useful for teachers and
students of linguistics, interested in both generative and
cognitive studies of SLA, as well as providing an accessible
insight for classroom language teachers into the many issues
affecting second language development for their students.
Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field
of research, with clear practical applications in language
teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current
advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to
practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research
across a range of different language-related professions. The
authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective,
which brings together research into cognitive and social factors,
to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language
performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech
processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task
demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in
communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel
approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency,
this book provides researchers, students and language professionals
with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to
understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.
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