Issues In Second Language Proficiency
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Author | : Kenneth Hyltenstam |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2020-09-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781316627983 |
The issue of high-level language proficiency in other than monolingual contexts can be approached from a variety of perspectives, including linguistic/structural; psycholinguistic/cognitive and sociolinguistic/societal. Bringing together a team of experts, this volume takes a novel empirical approach to the subject combined with an up-to-date understanding of these research areas, to answer two important research questions in the field of second language acquisition: what conditions allow learners to attain an outstanding level of proficiency in a second language, and what factors still prevent them from becoming entirely like first language speakers. Looking at a range of European languages including English, French, Italian, Spanish and Swedish, it provides important insights into second language use at the highest levels as well as in high-proficient mixed language use in multicultural settings. A useful tool for both language teaching and language teacher training, it provides a solid grounding for further study in this important area of research.
Author | : Alessandro G. Benati |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2011-10-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1441188398 |
Benati provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language proficiency in the field of second language acquisition. He looks at four areas of research paradigmatically related to the role of proficiency: theorizing and measuring second language proficiency; the dimensions of L2 proficiency; factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency and attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom. It also contains a variety of research accounts about the specific factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised measurement of proficiency in second language research. It will be required reading for researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition.
Author | : Parvaneh Tavakoli |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2020-12-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1108603432 |
Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective, which brings together research into cognitive and social factors, to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency, this book provides researchers, students and language professionals with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.
Author | : Alessandro G. Benati |
Publisher | : Equinox Publishing (UK) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Effective teaching |
ISBN | : 9781845539252 |
Issues in Second Language Teaching is a text-book written in order to help trainee teachers and more experienced teachers reflect on certain topics related to second language learning and language teaching. It provides readers with a better understanding of the interface between second language learning theory and research, and language teaching practices. The main objective of the textbook is to develop and enhance readers' theoretical and practical understanding of how teachers should approach the way they teach languages in the classroom. Readers will be asked to reflect on the implications of second language learning research and theory on language teaching by providing an analysis of how the principles derived from research can be applied in the language classroom when it comes to issues such as teaching grammar, correct errors, provide 'good' input, develop output activities or encourage interaction between learners. The textbook does not support a particular methodology for language teaching but focuses on specific themes in relation to language teaching. Reviews: It is a very nice contribution to the field because of its theoretical/conceptual and innovative presentation of the topics. A valuable resource for researchers, graduate students and anyone interested in language teaching and language acquisition with a particular reference to input and processing. Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes, Associate Professor in Spanish, University of Plymouth
Author | : Mandy (Ed.). Menke |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 512 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Second language acquisition |
ISBN | : 9789027208101 |
The problematic pursuit of defining advancedness / Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh -- The (limited) contributions of proficiency assessments in defining advancedness / Mandy R. Menke and Paul A. Malovrh -- ACTFL OPIc question prompt and advanced Spanish fluency / Alan V. Brown, Gregory L. Thompson and Troy L. Cox -- Advanced users of Spanish : relationships among modalities of speaking, reading, and listening / Dan Soneson -- The role of late-acquired structures in advanced oral proficiency : a consideration of complexity and variability as indicators of development / Paul A. Malovrh and Mandy R. Menke -- Allowable temporal distances for future-time forms : the case of advanced L2 Spanish learners / Matthew Kanwit -- What does advanced L2 pronunciation look like? : evidence from the ultimate attainment of Spanish consonants / Timothy L. Face -- An exploration of advanced-level learners' verb choices in variable mood-distinction contexts / Aarnes Gudmestad -- L2 proficiency and L2 dialect processing during study abroad / Christine Shea -- Sophisticated language use in context : the contributions of variationist approaches to the study of advanced learners of Spanish / Kimberly L. Geeslin -- Linguistic markers of stance in advanced second language Spanish academic writing / Mandy R. Menke -- Sophisticated language use in context : using the L2 to express intercultural competence / Lori Czerwionka -- Spanish-language advancedness : grammatical metaphor and the oral-written continuum / Omar Velázquez-Mendoza -- Developing advanced pragmatic competence in Spanish / J. César Félix-Brasdefer and Megan DiBartolomeo -- Advancing notions of advancedness : clarifying the differential and dynamic effects of working memory across the second language proficiency spectrum / Ellen Johnson Serafini -- Individual characteristics in advanced Spanish proficiency : cluster and case-matching analyses on 127 advanced learners / Paula Winke, Emily Heidrich Uebel and Susan M. Gass -- The effects of study abroad on interlanguage development : a concept-oriented analysis of advanced Spanish majors' direct object expression / Paul A. Malovrh and James F. Lee -- The role of individual characteristics in the acquisition of Spanish copula choice : the case of Korean learners / Avizia Long -- The role of language anxiety and enjoyment in advanced proficiency : considerations for task-based language teaching research / Ángela Donate -- Language aptitude and foreign accent in advanced L2 speakers of Spanish / Gisela Granena -- Looking ahead : future directions for research on advancednesss and instructional practice in second language Spanish / Paul A. Malovrh and Mandy R. Menke.
Author | : Ontario Institute for Studies in Education |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1990-03-30 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0521384109 |
This text presents the findings of a major investigation of second language proficiency in various groups of school-aged learners. It invites a frank appraisal of the research from an outside panel of experts. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are the subject of a lively debate focused on three main research issues: the nature of second language proficiency, the impact of classroom treatment on second language learning, and the role of social and individual factors in bilingual development. This original collection of articles will be of interest to all those concerned with policy and practice in second language education.
Author | : Ellen Bialystok |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1991-05-09 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780521379182 |
A collection of papers that explore bilingual children coping with two language systems.
Author | : Jeanine Treffers-Daller |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1107044499 |
With contributions from an international team of leading experts, this volume offers new ways to explore and measure language dominance.
Author | : Stephen D. Krashen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Language and languages |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Amy Bik May Tsui |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2020-11-05 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1108479715 |
This book uncovers the challenges posed by globalization to Asian jurisdictions in English language teaching and teacher education.