Readings on second language acquisition / [edited by] H. Douglas Brown, Susan T. Gonzo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brown, H. Douglas, 1941-

Gonzo, Susan T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

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Local Subjects:

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nyelvtanítás.

Physical Description:

xii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice Hall Regents, ©1995.

Summary:

This book is a collection of original articles. It is a book for teachers and teacher-trainees who want to learn more about second language acquisition and who have virtually no background in conducting or reading research. It fulfills two major needs in teacher education programs: (a) to provide a set of original readings-not summaries or abstracts-with clear implications for classroom language teaching; and (b) by supplementing each article with guidelines for study and reflection, to develop the reader's ability to understand and evaluate research. - Preface.

Contents:

Part I. Understanding second language acquisition research : statistics as a foreign language

What to look for in reading statistical language studies / James D. Brown

Ethnography in ESL defining the essentials / Karen A. Watson-Gegeo

Part II. Comparing and contrasting first and second language acquisition

Genes and teens : sociobiological explanations for the presence of accents after puberty / Thomas Scovel

Critical period effects in second language learning : the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language / Jacqueline S. Johnson and Elissa L. Newport

Part III. Cognitive styles and strategies

The cognitive styles of reflection/impulsivity and field independence/dependence and ESL success / Joan Jamieson

Listening comprehension strategies in second language acquisition / J. Michael O'Malley, Anna Uhl Chamot, and Lisa Küpper

Part IV. Affective factors

Competitiveness and anxiety in adult second language learning : looking at and through the diary studies / Kathleen M. Bailey

An instrumental motivation in language study : who says it isn't effective? / Robert C. Gardner and Peter D. MacIntyre

Part V. Sociocultural factors

World Englishes : approaches, issues, and resources / Braj B. Kachru

Second language acquisition : the pidginization hypothesis / John H. Schumann

Part VI. Interlanguage

Task related variation in interlanguage : the case of articles / Elaine Tarone and Betsy Parrish

Focus-on-form and corrective feedback in communicative language teaching / Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada

Part VII. Communicative competence

Learning to communicate in the classroom : a study of two language learners' requests / Rod Ellis

Sex differences and apologies : one aspect of communicative competence / Janet Holmes

Part VIII. Language testing

Cloze method : what difference does it make? / Carol A. Chapelle and Roberta G. Abraham

What does language testing have to offer? / Lyle F. Bachman

Part IX. Theories of second language acquisition

Universal grammar : is it just a new name for old problems? / Lydia White

The least a second language acquisition theory needs to explain / Michael H. Long.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Readings on second language acquisition.

ISBN:

0131022601

9780131022607

OCLC:

29389515