Modelling and assessing second language acquisition

Author(s)

• Hyltenstam, Kenneth
• Pienemann, Manfred

Bibliographic Information

Modelling and assessing second language acquisition

edited by Kenneth Hyltenstam and Manfred Pienemann

（Multilingual matters / series editor, Derrick Sharp, 18）

Multilingual Matters, c1985

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book forms an invaluable reference work for all teachers of second languages and researchers in the field of L2 acquisition. In the first section of the book, the authors of the various chapters discuss the contribution that modern research into L2 acquisition has to make in the curriculum development process. In particular, the book provides the reader with arguments for and against the various approaches to teaching. In the second part of the book, the contributors concern themselves with the various assessment tests and their validity, discussing them in particular on psycholinguistic grounds. They also discuss the political function of such assessment and how tests are used or abused in many different contexts around the world.

Table of Contents

PART I 1. Introduction: Kenneth Hyltenstam and Manfred Pienemann 2. Manfred Pienemann: Learnability and Syllabus Construction 3. Michael H. Long: A Role for Instruction in Second Language Acquisition: Task-Based Language Training 4. Patsy M. Lightbown: Can Language Acquisition be Altered by Instruction? 5. Kenneth Hyltenstam: L2 Learners' Variable Output and Language Teaching 6. Teresa Pica: Linguistic Simplicity and Learnability: Implications for Language Syllabus Design 7. Bjorn Hammarberg: Learnability and Learner Strategies in Second Language Syntax and Phonology 8. Howard Nicholas: Learner Variations and the Teachability Hypothesis 9. Michael C. Clyne: Medium or Object - Different Contexts of (School-based) Second Language Acquisition PART II 10. David E. Ingram: Assessing Proficiency: An Overview on Some Aspects of Testing 11. Jan H. Hulstijn: Testing Second Language Proficiency with Direct Procedures: A Comment on Ingram 12. Harald Clahsen: Profiling Second Language Development: A Procedure for Assessing L2 Proficiency 13. Sharon Lapkin: Pedagogical Implications of Direct Second Language Testing: A Canadian Example 14. Lilian Fried: On the Validity of Second Language Tests 15. Jan H. Hulstijn: Second Language Proficiency: An Interactive Approach 16. Wilfried Stolting: Language Assessment as a Social Activity

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Details

• NCID: BA06629108
• ISBN:
  • 0905028422
  • 0905028414
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Clevedon
• Pages/Volumes: 400 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P53
  • DC19 : 401/.9
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Foreign language skills. Acquisition
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Study and teaching
  • LCSH : Language acquisition
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA0388721X