Understanding second language acquisition

by Ortega, Lourdes

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Full title :Understanding second language acquisition / Lourdes Ortega.

Summary

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition. It assumes no background in SLA and provides helpful chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading. Ideal as a textbook for students of applied linguistics, foreign language education, TESOL, and education, it is also recommended for students of linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, psychology, and cognitive science. Supporting resources for tutors are available free at www.hodderplus.co.uk/linguistics (registration required).

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Hodder Education
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2009.

Notes

5.11 Learning without attention.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xv, 304 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781444117059, 144411705X
oclc:ocn943803099
LC Classification:P118.2
Dewey Decimal:418

Cover ; Understanding Second language acquisition; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Tables and figures; 1 Introduction; 1.1 What is SLA?; 1.2 Whence language? Description, evolution and acquisition; 1.3 First language acquisition, bilingualism and SLA; 1.4 Main concepts and terms; 1.5 Interdisciplinarity in SLA; 1.6 SLA in the world; 1.7 About this book; 1.8 Summary; 1.9 Annotated suggestions for further reading; 2 Age; 2.1 Critical and sensitive periods for the acquisition of human language; 2.2 Julie, an exceptionally successful late L2 learner of Arabic.

2.3 Are children or adults better L2 learners? Questions of rate2.4 Age and L2 morphosyntax: questions of ultimate attainment; 2.5 Evidence on L2 morphosyntax from cognitive neuroscience; 2.6 L2 phonology and age; 2.7 What causes the age effects? Biological and other explanations; 2.8 A bilingual turn in SLA thinking about age?; 2.9 How important is age in L2 acquisition, and (why) does it matter?; 2.10 Summary; 2.11 Annotated suggestions for further reading; 3 Crosslinguistic influences; 3.1 On L1-L2 differences and similarities; 3.2 Interlingual identifications; 3.3 Besides the L1.

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