This book assembles 11 analytical and empirical studies on the process of second language acquisition, probing a wide array of issues, from transfer appropriate processing to L2 default processing strategies, among hearing or deaf learners of a variety of target languages including English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, and American Sign Language. Although instruction per se is not the focus of this volume, the chapters are written with instructed learners in mind, and hence offer valuable insights for both second and foreign language researchers and practitioners.
Table of Content
Preface
1. Revisiting the Role of Consciousness with MOGUL – Michael Sharwood Smith
2. Multi-Competence: Black Hole or Wormhole for Second Language Acquisition Research? – Vivian Cook
3. Transfer Appropriate Processing as a Model for Classroom Second Language Acquisition – Patsy Lightbown
4. On the Role of Meaning in Focus on Form – Zhao Hong Han
5. The Efficacy of Visual Input Enhancement in Teaching Deaf Learners of L2 English – Gerald P. Berent and Ronald R. Kelly
6. Learner Spontaneous Attention in L2 Input Processing: An Exploratory Study – Eun Sung Park and Zhao Hong Han
7. Working Memory and L2 Processing of Redundant Grammatical Forms – Nuria Sagarra
8. L2 Learners’ Interpretation of Operator-Variable Binding in VP Ellipsis – Hong Guang Ying
9. Metasyntactic Ability in L2: An Investigation of Task Demand – Daphnée Simard and Véronique Fortier
10. Prosody Acquisition by Japanese Learners – Tomoko Shibata and Richard R. Hurtig
11. Recognition and Production of Formulas in L2 Pragmatics – Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig
References
Index
About the author
Zhao Hong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include second language learnability, second language teachability, and their interface. Among her recent publications are Complexity Theory and Language Development (co-edited with Lourdes Ortega, John Benjamins, 2017), Studies in Second Language Acquisition of Chinese (Multilingual Matters, 2014) and Linguistic Relativity in SLA (co-edited with Teresa Cadierno, Multilingual Matters, 2010).More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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