Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 1996 : Linguistics, Language Acquisition, and Language Variation / James E. Alatis [and three others] editors.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Alatis, James E., editor.

Conference Name:

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (1996)

Series:

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics. Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics ; 1996.

Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics Series

Georgetown University series on governmental reform.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p. )

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [1996]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines linguistics, language acquisition, and language variation, emphasizing their implications for teacher education and language education. A majority of the essays consider issues in second language acquisition, dealing specifically with learners and instructors, or concentrating on the larger social and societal context in which learning and acquisition occur. Topics highlighted include the current and often controversial debate over bilingual education, language variation, and the past, present, and future role of linguistics in language pedagogy.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction to the volume

Opening and dedication

Dedication of Round Table Proceedings to Earl W. Stevick

Playing with linguistic problems: From Orwell to Plato and back again

Language acquisition: Politics and policies

Language development in two-way immersion: Trends and prospects

Foreign-language teaching after the year 2000

The case against bilingual education

Developing intercultural competence through foreign-language instruction: Challenges and choices

Constructions of the learner in second language acquisition research

The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (CALLA): Theoretical framework and instructional applications

The effect of participation structure on second-language acquisition and retention of content

Grammaticality judgment tasks and second-language development

Second-language speech/pronunciation: Acquisition, instruction, standards, variation, and accent

From communicative competence through bilingualism to metalinguistic development: Some theoretical pointers and research perspectives

Language variation

Culture, variation, and languages of wider communication: The paradigm gap

Variation and the Mesolect in Jamaican Creole

Poisoning pidgins in the park: The study and status of Hawaiian Creole

The problem of variation in SLA theory and research

Endangered dialects: Sociolinguistic opportunity and obligation

Linguistics and teacher education

Beyond consciousness raising: Re-examining the role of linguistics in language teacher training.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781589018532

1589018532

9780585223292

0585223297