Although there has been much empirical study within what has been referred to as "e;functional approaches to child language,"e; there has yet to be a major attempt to compare and contrast such proposals.
Routledge Introductions to Applied Linguistics is a series of introductory level textbooks covering the core topics in Applied Linguistics, primarily designed for those beginning postgraduate studies, or taking an introductory MA course as well as advanced undergraduates.
The main focus of generative language development research in recent decades has been the logical problem of language acquisition - how learners go beyond the input to acquire complex linguistic knowledge.
Spracherfahrungen, die Kinder vor der Schule machen, werden in den Bildungsstandards als Ausgangspunkt für die schulische Sprachbildung verstanden - und das gilt auch für die späteren schulbiographischen Übergänge.
This collection argues for the need to promote intercultural understanding as a clear goal for teaching and learning pragmatics in second and foreign language education.
This book contains papers that were written to honor Professor Lyn Frazier on the occasion of her retirement from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Lernerfolg im schulischen Fachunterricht hängt davon ab, dass Lernende Fachinhalte auch auf sprachlicher Ebene verstehen, prozessieren und selbst darstellen können.
Documenting how in the course of acquiring language children become speakers and members of communities, The Handbook of Language Socialization is a unique reference work for an emerging and fast-moving field.
The ability to communicate through spoken and written language is one of the defining characteristics of the human race, yet it remains a deeply mysterious process.
German Grammar in Context, 3rd Edition includes updated textual examples which provide the basis for an accessible and engaging approach to learning grammar.
First published in 1982, Languages of South Asia covers all important languages and language groups of the so-called Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan).
Diese Studie untersucht, wie deutschsprachige Kinder - im Vergleich zu Erwachsenen - ambige Koordinationen wie "Robert gab Leo ein Buch und Hans eine CD" interpretieren.
The Interactional Instinct (Oxford University Press, 2009) argued that the ubiquitous acquisition of language by all normal children was the result of a biologically-based drive for infants and children to attach, bond, and affiliate with conspecifics in an attempt to become like them.
As the first book of its kind, this volume with contributions from many well known scholars brings together some of the most recent original work on sign language acquisition in children learning a variety of different signed languages (i.
This volume provides graduate students and experienced researchers with a comprehensive guide to applying qualitative and mixed methods in classroom-based research on second language learning and teaching.
Building on the established strengths of the first edition, Child Language has now been fully updated and includes some basic theory content, more exercises and summaries at the end of each unit.
Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data or as a means of presenting findings, and a practical guide for those interested in carrying out narrative studies.
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.
Since the 1970s researchers in the communicative development of infants and small children had rejected traditional models and began to explore the complex, dynamic properties of communicative exchanges.
How does knowledge of a first or second language develop, and how is that knowledge used in real time comprehension and production of one or two languages?
Post-colonial Curriculum Practices in South Asia gives a conceptual framework for curriculum design for English Language Teaching, taking into account context specific features in the teaching-learning settings of post-colonial South Asia.
This volume draws on empirical evidence to explore the interplay between language teacher identity (LTI) and professional learning and instruction in the field of TESOL.
Dieses Handbuch liefert einen Überblick über Beschaffenheit und soziolinguistische Situation des Deutschen am Rande des geschlossenen deutschen Sprachgebietes in West- und Mitteleuropa.
Fonologia do Português e Interfaces: Fenômenos da Aquisição e da Variação brings together a collection of studies on phonological acquisition and phonological variation in European and Brazilian Portuguese, addressing topics and proposing analyzes that are little studied in linguistic research in the target language.
Referential communication is the term given to communicative acts, generally spoken, in which some kind of information is exchanged between one speaker and another.
