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Second language acquisition abroad : the LDS missionary experience / edited by Lynne Hansen.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in bilingualism ; v. 45.
- Studies in bilingualism, 0928-1533 ; v. 45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Second language acquisition.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- Language and culture.
- Intercultural communication.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Bilingualism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume brings together for the first time a collection of studies devoted to missionary language learning and retention. Introductory chapters provide historical perspectives on this population and on language teaching philosophy and practice in the LDS tradition. The empirical studies which follow are divided into two sections, the first examining mission language acquisition by English-speaking missionaries abroad, the second focusing on post-mission language attrition. These chapters by internationally known scholars offer cutting-edge research using a number of different target langua
- Contents:
- section 1. Acquisition of mission languages
- section 2. Attrition of mission languages.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613469342
- 9781283469340
- 1283469340
- 9789027281661
- 9027281661
- OCLC:
- 775302012
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