An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition ResearchUnderstanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages are vitally important to diverse groups of people, ranging from refugees to college students facing foreign language requirements. This book provides a synthesis of empirical findings on second and foreign language learning by children and adults, emphasising the design and execution of appropriate research. |
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Second language acquisition research methodology | 11 |
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An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research Diane Larsen-Freeman,Michael H. Long No preview available - 2016 |
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Acculturation Model acquired adult analysis attitudes Bialystok bilingual CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ Chapter Chaudron Clahsen claim classroom cognitive style communication comprehensible input contrastive analysis conversation copula correlated CRUZ The University developmental sequences discourse discourse analysis discussion elicited English errors evidence example explanation factors findings foreign language French grammatical hypothesis interlanguage Krashen language aptitude language proficiency language teaching language transfer Larsen-Freeman learning strategies markedness measure Meisel methodology Model Monitor Theory morphemes motivation Naiman native language native speakers naturalistic negation Newbury House NNSs non-native observed performance phonology pidginization Pienemann positive predict produce psycholinguistic questions relationship rules Schumann scores second language acquisition second language learning sentences SL learners SLA process SLA research social Spanish speech stage structures subjects syntactic syntax T-unit target language Tarone task teachers TESOL theory topic-comment types UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA utterances variables verb WH-questions word Zobl