Language acquisition

This book constitutes a timely contribution to the existing literature by presenting a relatively comprehensive, neurobiological account of certain aspects of second language acquisition.

Shadowing, an active and highly cognitive technique for EFL listening skill development, in which learners track heard speech and vocalize it simultaneously, is gradually becoming recognized.

An up-to-date overview of second language acquisition, designed to engage 21st-century learners Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies.

This successful textbook on the psychology of communication explains - here in English for the first time - how human communication works in a very understandable way.

From the point of view of psychology and cognitive science, much of modern linguistics is too formal and mathematical to be of much use.

Bilingualism provides a concise and lively introduction to bilingualism as a social and linguistic phenomenon and explains its impact on individuals and on society.

Das Buch wendet sich an Lateinlehrkräfte, die "Latine loqui" zu verschiedenen didaktischen Zwecken in ihrem eigenen Unterricht einsetzen möchten oder die bereits erste Erfahrungen damit gemacht haben und die Methode weiter optimieren möchten.

Innovations and Challenges in Language Learning Motivation provides a cutting-edge perspective on the latest challenges and innovations in language learning motivation, incorporating numerous examples and cases in mainstream psychology and in the field of second language acquisition.

Highlighting marginalized but significant perspectives about the sociopolitical essence of English language tests and testing processes worldwide, this book explores the social considerations of testing theories and practices from a critical perspective.

Over the past decade, the focus of inquiry into the psychology of SLA has shifted from the analysis of various characteristics within individuals towards a greater consideration of individuals' dynamic interactions with diverse contexts.

The Spanish language is spoken by an estimated 477 million people worldwide.

The first book-length treatment of its type, Ultimate Attainment in Second Language Acquisition is a case study with a solid theoretical grounding that examines the language of an immigrant learner of English, and thereby presents a much needed understanding of the linguistic competence of second language speakers.

This volume presents the results of part of the ESF project 'Second language acquisition by adult immigrants'.

This collection highlights diverse epistemological perspectives in original research on the important role of multimodality in second language contexts.

Originally published in 1974.

Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners aims to serve as a stepping-stone for Chinese heritage language learners' future Chinese learning, inspiring them to reflect on their identities, learn Chinese American history, and embrace their cultural heritage.

Communication and language disorders are often considered from one particular point of view - either psychological or neurological.

This volume showcases how concept-based language instruction (C-BLI) can be effectively integrated into foreign language instruction.

This volume examines the relationship between language and literacy from a systemic functional perspective.

Winner of the 2011 Kenneth W.

Russisch würde man ja gern lernen, wäre da nicht dieses schreckliche Alphabet, kyrillisch (oder wie es heißt).

This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to try to answer the question of how do we, as human beings, go from the socially neutral linguistic act of discriminating external stimuli to the socially loaded act of promoting social discrimination though language?

Foreigners often say that English language is "e;easy.

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition (SLA) from multiple perspectives, comprehensively updated to reflect the very latest developments SLA research in recent years.

Compared with other subdisciplines in Chinese linguistics, children's language acquisition is a significant field with relatively limited achievements.

These volumes present coherent sets of papers developed along two of the thematic lines that underscored the program of the meeting of the International Association for the Study of Child Language in Istanbul in the summer of 1996.

Much of the work currently conducted within the framework of Universal Grammar and language learnability focuses on the acquisition of syntax.

This volume covers state-of-the-art research in the field of crosslinguistic approaches to the psychology of language.

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This volume addresses an important gap in the literature on task design and second language use.

This volume corrects the relative neglect in Second Language Acquisition studies of the quantitative study of language variation and provides insights into such issues as language transfer, acquisition through exposure, language universals, learner’s age and so forth.

Now in its second edition, Teaching and Researching Language Learning Strategies: Self-Regulation in Context charts the field systematically and coherently for the benefit of language learning practitioners, students, and researchers.

This book deals with the complicated realm of metaphor, an enigma deeply embedded in language and cognition.

This book explains how children''s early ability to distinguish between animate and inanimate nouns helps them acquire complex sentence structure.

An introductory textbook that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics or second language acquisition, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methods and practices of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) for pre-service teachers.

The subject of this two part work is the acquisition of language structure in which the development of syntax and morphology is examined by investigations on children without language problems and on children with developmental dysphasia.