Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices

288 Pages·2014·6.18 MB·English

by  Kirsten M. Hummel

Introducing Second Language Acquisition
Linguistics in the World
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Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices,
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Introducing Second
Language Acquisition
Perspectives and Practices
Kirsten M. Hummel
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
1 Introduction 1
2 First Language Acquisition 5
2.0 Chapter overview 6
2.1 From sound to word 6
2.2 From word to sentence 10
2.3 Theoretical views 13
2.4 First language vs second language acquisition 18
2.5 Summing up 25
Key concepts 26
Self-assessment questions 26
Discussion questions 27
Exercises/Project ideas 28
Further reading and viewing 30
References 31
3 Language Learning Contexts 35
3.0 Chapter overview 36
3.1 Naturalistic contexts 36
3.2 Instructed learning 41
3.3 Summing up 52
Key concepts 52
Self-assessment questions 53
Discussion questions 54
Exercises/Project ideas 54
Further reading and viewing 55
References 55
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4 Theoretical Perspectives: Past and Present 59
4.0 Chapter overview 60
4.1 Contrastive analysis 61
4.2 Error analysis 64
4.3 Universal Grammar 67
4.4 The Monitor Model/Input Hypothesis 70
4.5 Information processing/cognitive approach 75
4.6 Processing-related hypotheses 77
4.7 Emergentism and usage-based approaches 86
4.8 The Sociocultural approach 91
4.9 Summing up 93
Key concepts 94
Self-assessment questions 95
Discussion questions 96
Exercises/Project ideas 97
Further reading and viewing 97
References 99
5 Teaching Approaches and Instructional Issues 105
5.0 Chapter overview 106
5.1 Historical and current perspectives on language teaching 106
5.2 Classroom instructional issues 118
5.3 Summing up 129
Key concepts 130
Self-assessment questions 130
Discussion questions 131
Exercises/Project ideas 132
Further reading and viewing 132
References 133
6 Second Language Development 137
6.0 Chapter overview 138
6.1 Common processes and influences 138
6.2 L2 development across linguistic sub-areas 144
6.3 Investigating learner language: Language corpora 159
6.4 Summing up 159
Key concepts 160
Self-assessment questions 160
Discussion questions 161
Exercises/Project ideas 162
Further reading and viewing 162
References 163