Learning foreign and second languages : perspectives in research and scholarship / edited by Heidi Byrnes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Byrnes, Heidi.

Series:

Teaching languages, literatures, and cultures 1092-3225 ; 1.

Teaching languages, literatures, and cultures, 1092-3225 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

viii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Language Association of America, 1998.

Summary:

This inaugural volume in the MLA series Teaching Languages, Literatures. and Cultures provides an overview of second language acquisition research. Is language a system of linguistic forms to be acquired by the study of grammar, or is language a means of communication, where students learn not by studying rules but by engaging straightaway in the use of language to convey meanings? Which approach is better in the classroom? The vibrant field of second language acquisition research is now carefully examining questions like these. Written for a nonspecialized audience -- for readers who share an interest in foreign language teaching and learning -- Learning Foreign rind Second Languages addresses both theory and methodology. Administrators, department chairs, curriculum and materials developers, teachers, and graduate students will find this collection of essays enlightening

Contents:

Introduction: Steps to an Ecology of Foreign Language Departments / Heidi Byrnes 1

Constructing Second Language Acquisition Research in Foreign Language Departments / Claire Kramsch 23

Sociohistorical Perspectives on Language Teaching in the Modern United States / Elizabeth B. Bernhardt 39

Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, and Second Language Acquisition Theories / Thom Huebner 58

Approaches to Empirical Research in Instructional Language Settings / Kathleen M. Bailey 75

Cognitive Characteristics of Adult Second Language Learners / Bill VanPatten 105

Acquiring Competence in a Second Language: Form and Function / Catherine Doughty 128

Constraints and Resources in Classroom Talk: Issues of Equality and Symmetry / Leo van Lier 157

Interlanguage Pragmatics / Gabriele Kasper 183

The Role of Technology in Second Language Learning / Robert J. Blake 209

Evaluation of Learning Outcomes in Second Language Acquisition: A Multiplism Perspective / Elana Shohamy 238

Constructing Curricula in Collegiate Foreign Language Departments / Heidi Byrnes 262.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

087352800X

0873528018

OCLC:

39633912