The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition

629 Pages·2012·4.98 MB·English

by  Susan M Gass

ROUTLEDGE
HANDBOOKS

The Routledge Handbook
of Second Language
Acquisition
Edited by Susan M. Gass and Alison Mackey
The Routledge Handbook of
Second Language
Acquisition
‘Theeditors,SusanM.GassandAlisonMackey,havedoneasterlingjobwiththisHandbook.
Thebiggestnamesandrisingstarsinthefieldsofsecondlanguageteachingandlanguagelearning
havecontributedtothis“magnumopus”.’
Jean-MarcDewaele,Birkbeck,UniversityofLondon,UK
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition brings together fifty leading international
figuresinthefieldtoproduceastate-of-the-artoverviewofsecondlanguageacquisition.
TheHandbookcoversawiderangeoftopicsrelatedtoSecondLanguageAcquisition:languagein
context,linguistic,psycholinguistic,andneurolinguistictheoriesandperspectives,skilllearning,
individual differences, L2 learning settings, and language assessment. All chapters introduce the
readertothetopic,outlinethecoreissues,thenexplorethepedagogicalapplicationofresearchin
theareaandpossiblefuturedevelopment.
TheRoutledgeHandbookofSecondLanguageAcquisitionisanessentialresourceforallthosestudying
andresearchingsecondlanguageacquisition.
Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics and
Languages at Michigan State University. She is the author of many titles and co-author of
SecondLanguageAcquisition:A nIntroductoryCourse,ThirdEdition(Routledge,2008),withLarry
Selinker. She co-edits the series, Second Language Acquisition Research (with Alison Mackey, for
Routledge).
AlisonMackeyisProfessorintheDepartmentofLinguisticsatGeorgetownUniversity.Sheis
theauthorofmanytitles,andco-authorofDataElicitationforSecondandForeignLanguageResearch
(Routledge2007),withSusanM.Gass.Sheco-editstheseries,SecondLanguageAcquisitionResearch
(withSusanGass,forRoutledge).
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The Routledge Handbook of
Second Language
Acquisition
Edited by Susan M. Gass and Alison Mackey
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Contents
Listofillustrations ix
Listofabbreviations x
Listofcontributors xiii
Introduction 1
SusanM.GassandAlisonMackey
PARTI
Languageincontext 5
1 Interactionistapproach 7
AlisonMackey,RebekhaAbbuhl,andSusanM.Gass
2 Theroleoffeedback 24
ShawnLoewen
3 Variationistperspectives 41
RobertBayleyandElaineTarone
4 Socioculturaltheory:adialecticalapproachtoL2research 57

JamesP.Lantolf
5 Complexitytheory 73
DianeLarsen-Freeman
PARTII
Linguisticperspectives 89
6 Secondlanguagephonology 91
FredR.Eckman
7 Linguisticapproachestosecondlanguagemorphosyntax 106
DonnaLardiere
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Contents
8 L2semantics 127
RoumyanaSlabakova
9 Pragmaticsinsecondlanguageacquisition 147
KathleenBardovi-Harlig
10 Vocabulary 163
BatiaLauferandI.S.P.Nation
PARTIII
Psycholinguisticandneurolinguisticperspectives 177
11 Secondlanguageprocessing 179
NormanSegalowitzandPavelTrofimovich
12 Frequency-basedaccountsofsecondlanguageacquisition 193
NickC.Ellis
13 Thelogicoftheunifiedmodel 211
BrianMacWhinney
14 Processabilitytheory 228
ManfredPienemannandJörg-U.Keßler
15 Attentionandawarenessinsecondlanguageacquisition 247
PeterRobinson,AlisonMackey,SusanM.Gass,andRichardSchmidt
16 Inputprocessing 268
BillVanPatten
17 Theneurocognitionofsecondlanguage 282
KaraMorgan-ShortandMichaelT.Ullman

PARTIV
Skilllearning 301
18 Developmentofsecondlanguagereadingskills: 303
cross-linguisticperspectives
KeikoKoda
19 Theacquisitionofsecondlanguagewriting 319
CharlenePolio
20 Secondlanguagespeechproduction 335
LucyPickering
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Contents
21 Secondlanguagespeechperception:across-disciplinaryperspective 349
onchallengesandaccomplishments
DebraM.Hardison
22 Speakingandwritingtasksandtheireffectsonsecondlanguageperformance 364
FolkertKuikenandInekeVedder
PARTV
Individualdifferences 379
23 Languageaptitude 381
PeterSkehan
24 Motivation 396
EmaUshiodaandZoltánDörnyei
25 Identity,agency,andsecondlanguageacquisition 410
PatriciaA.Duff
26 WorkingmemoryandSLA 427
JohnN.Williams
27 Ageeffectsinsecondlanguagelearning 442
RobertDeKeyser
28 Theroleofeducationallevel,literacy,andoralityinL2learning 461
MarthaBigelowandJillWatson
29 Fossilization—AclassicconcernofSLAresearch 476
ZhaoHongHan
30 HeritagelanguagesandL2learning 491
OlgaKaganandKathleen Dillon
31 Advancedlanguageproficiency 506
HeidiByrnes
PARTVI
Thesettingforlearning 523
32 Learningthroughimmersionduringstudyabroad 525
SallySieloffMagnanandBarbaraA.Lafford
33 Classroomresearch 541
JessicaWilliams
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34 Languagelearningthroughtechnology 555
TrudeHeiftandCarolA.Chapelle
PARTVII
Conclusion:assessmentofL2knowledge 571
35 Assessinglearnerknowledge 573
JohnM.NorrisandLourdesOrtega
Glossary 590
Index 599

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Illustrations
Figures
4.1 SCOBAforparticle“out” 66
8.1 Tri-partiteparallelarchitecture 130
9.1 Oraltasksandsimulationsfrommosttoleastauthentic 155
12.1 Constructionsasform-functionmappings.Anyutterancecomprises
multiplenestedconstructions.Someaspectsofformaremoresalient
thanothers—theamountofenergyintodayfarexceedsthatins 199
14.1 Differentdevelopmentaltrajectories 230
14.2 Asimplifiedaccountoftheprocessabilityhierarchy 232
14.3 UnmarkedalignmentinLFG 234
14.4 Frequencyofobligatorycontextsintasksandinterviews 236
14.5 Accuracyanddevelopmentaltrajectories 237
14.6 Theeffectof30minutes’exposuretoL2SwedishwithL1German 238
Tables
2.1 Linguisticfeaturestargetedinquasi-experimentalfeedbackstudies 28
13.1 Riskfactorsandsupportfactorsforsecondlanguagelearning 215
13.2 Levelsoflinguisticprocessing 216
14.1 PTanditspredecessorsandrelatives 229
14.2 Thetopichypothesis 235
14.3 StudiesrelatingtotheTeachabilityHypothesis 241
22.1 Studieswhichh aveinvestigatedlanguageperformancein
theoralandwrittenmode 370
23.1 Acomparisonofdifferentforeignlanguageaptitudebatteries 390
27.1 CorrelationsbetweenAoAandL2proficiencyasmeasured
byoralgrammaticalityjudgmenttests 449
27.2 CorrelationsbetweenAoAandL2proficiencyas
measuredbyothertestsofmorphosyntax 450
27.3 CorrelationsbetweenAoAandL2proficiencyas
measuredbyglobalphonologicalratings 451
27.4 Otherevaluationsofpronunciation 452
27.5 Neuro-imagingandneurophysiologicalmeasures 453
28.1 468
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