The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in a study abroad context / Vera Regan, Martin Howard, Isabelle Lemée.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Regan, Vera.

Contributor:

Howard, Martin, 1972-

Lemée, Isabelle, 1968-

Series:

Second Language Acquisition, No. 4

Second language acquisition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Sociolinguistics.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Foreign study.

French language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

French language.

French language--Acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume explores the relationship between 'study abroad' and the acquisition of 'sociolinguistic competence' - the ability to communicate in socially appropriate ways. The volume looks at language development and use during study abroad in France by examining patterns of variation in the speech of advanced L2 speakers. Within a variationist paradigm, fine-grained empirical analyses of speech illuminate choices the L2 speaker makes in relation to their new identity, gender patterns, closeness or distance maintained in the social context in which they find themselves. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, four variable features of contemporary spoken French are analysed in a large population of advanced Irish-English speakers of French. This close-up picture provides empirical evidence by which to evaluate the wide-spread assumption that Study Abroad is highly beneficial for second language learning.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Second Language Acquisition and Linguistic Variation

Chapter 2. Linguistic Outcomes and Study Abroad

Chapter 3. Extralinguistic Factors Affecting L2 Development During Study Abroad

Chapter 4. The Research Investigation: An Overview

Chapter 5. The Acquisition of ne deletion by Irish-English speakers of French L2 during the Year Abroad

Chapter 6. The Variable Use of Nous/On during the Year Abroad

Chapter 7. The Acquisition of /l/ Deletion in French by Irish Study Abroad Speakers

Chapter 8. The Variable Use of Future Temporal Reference during the Year Abroad

Chapter 9. The Role of Gender in the Acquisition of Sociolinguistic Competence in an L2 During the Year Abroad

Chapter 10. Spending a Year Abroad: Do We Acquire Sociolinguistic Competence?

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612135835

9781788920728

1788920724

9781282135833

128213583X

9781847691583

1847691587

OCLC:

430322699