The Grammar Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning

The Grammar Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning
Author: Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-12-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441148655

One of the key issues in second language learning and teaching concerns the role and practice of grammar instruction. Does it make a difference? How do we teach grammar in the language classroom? Is there an effective technique to teach grammar that is better than others? While some linguists address these questions to develop a better understanding of how people acquire a grammar, language acquisition scholars are in search of the most effective way to approach the teaching of grammar in the language classroom. The individual chapters in this volume will explore a variety of approaches to grammar teaching and offer a list of principles and guidelines that those involved in language acquisition should consider to design and implement effective grammar tasks during their teaching. It proposes that the key issue is not whether or not we should teach grammar but how we incorporate a teaching grammar component in our communicative language teaching practices.

The Teacher's Grammar of English with Answers

The Teacher's Grammar of English with Answers
Author: Ron Cowan
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2008-05-26
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780521809733

"The Teacher's grammar of English enables English language teachers and teachers-in-training to fully understand and effectively teach English grammar. With comprehensive presentation of form, meaning, and usage, along with practical exercises and advice on teaaching difficult structures, it is both a complete grammar course and an essential reference text."--Back cover.

Grammar Dimensions

Grammar Dimensions
Author: Stephen H. Thewlis
Publisher: Heinle & Heinle Publishers
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2000
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780838402856

Workbook provides many exercises on the grammar forms and help learners prepare for the TOEFLA(R).

Grammar Dimensions Platinum

Grammar Dimensions Platinum
Author: Heidi Riggenbach
Publisher: Heinle ELT
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2000-03-16
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780838402689

Updated and revised, Grammar Dimensions, Platinum Edition makes teaching grammar easy and effective. Fully annotated Teacher's Editions, well-integrated components, simplified grammar explanations, and new technology resources help both beginning and experienced teachers give their students the skills they need to communicate accurately, meaningfully, and appropriately.

Quantitative Approaches to Grammar and Grammatical Change

Quantitative Approaches to Grammar and Grammatical Change
Author: Sam Featherston
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-07-25
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110401924

The newly-emerging field of theoretically informed but simultaneously empirically based syntax is dynamic but little-represented in the literature. This volume addresses this need. While there has previously been something of a gulf between theoretical linguists in the generative tradition and those linguists who work with quantitative data types, this gap is narrowing. In the light of the empirical revolution in the study of syntax, even people whose primary concern is grammatical theory take note of processing effects and attribute certain effects to them. Correspondingly, workers focusing on the surface evidence can relate more to the concepts of the theoreticians, because the two layers of explanation have been brought into contact. And these workers too must account for the data gathered by the theoreticians. An additional innovation is the generative analysis of historical data – this is now seen as psycholinguistic theory-relevant data like any other. These papers are thus a snapshot of some of the work currently being done in evidence-based grammar, using both experimental and historical data.

Second Language Acquisition in Action

Second Language Acquisition in Action
Author: Andrea Nava
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2018-03-22
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1474274897

Despite the key role played by second language acquisition (SLA) courses in linguistics, teacher education and language teaching degrees, participants often struggle to bridge the gap between SLA theories and their many applications in the classroom. In order to overcome the 'transfer' problem from theory to practice, Andrea Nava and Luciana Pedrazzini present SLA principles through the actions and words of teachers and learners. Second Language Acquisition in Action identifies eight important SLA principles and involves readers in an 'experiential' approach which enables them to explore these principles 'in action'. Each chapter is structured around three stages: experience and reflection; conceptualisation; and restructuring and planning. Discussion questions and tasks represent the core of the book. These help readers in the process of 'experiencing' SLA research and provide them with opportunities to try their hands at different areas of language teachers' professional expertise. Aimed at those on applied linguistics MA courses, TESOL/EFL trainees and in-service teachers, Second Language Acquisition in Action features: · Key Questions at the start of each chapter · Data-based tasks to foster reflection and to help bridge the gap between theory and practice · Audiovisual extracts of lessons on an accompanying website · Further Reading suggestions at the end of each chapter

The Developmental Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning

The Developmental Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning
Author: Paul Malovrh
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2013-03-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441193723

This work identifies developmental stages in the acquisition of object pronouns by instructed second language learners of Spanish. It examines learners ranging from beginner to advanced, where the most advanced are themselves teachers of Spanish language courses. Study abroad experience is also a variable in the data. The book explores language production from a functionalist perspective, examining form-to-function and function-to-form mappings. It provides insights into related developments in production, placement and processing of object pronouns. Detailed analysis reveals that the most powerful predictor of performance across levels and within levels for each of these is the level of the learner.Formal instruction and the study abroad experience is examined, both the specific instruction on object pronouns and overall exposure to instruction.

Corpus-based Approaches to Grammar, Media and Health Discourses

Corpus-based Approaches to Grammar, Media and Health Discourses
Author: Bingjun Yang
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 395
Release: 2020-06-23
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9811547718

This edited volume gathers corpus-based studies on topics including English grammar and discourses on media and health, mainly from a systemic functional linguistics (SFL) perspective, in order to reveal the potential of SFL, which has been emphasized by Halliday. Various other perspectives, such as philosophy, statistics, genre studies, etc. are also included to promote SFL’s potential interaction with other theories. Though they employ a diverse range of theoretical perspectives, all the chapters focus on exploring language in use with the corpus method. The studies collected here are all original, unpublished research articles that address significant questions, deepen readers’ understanding of SFL, and promote its potential interaction with other theories. In addition, they demonstrate the great potential that SFL holds for solving language-related questions in a variety of discourses.

The Mathematics of Language

The Mathematics of Language
Author: Christian Ebert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-07-30
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642143229

Research monographs (which may be based on PhD works).