Instructed second language acquisition : learning in the classroom

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Instructed second language acquisition : learning in the classroom

Rod Ellis

（Applied language studies / edited by David Crystal and Keith Johnson）

B. Blackwell, 1990

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Bibliography: p. [205]-224

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: hdc ISBN 9780631162018

Description

How does classroom language learning take place? How does an understanding of second language acquisition contribute to language teaching? In answering these questions, Rod Ellis reviews a wide range of research on classroom learning, developing a theory of instructed second language acquisition which has significant implications for language teaching. The early chapters of this book trace the attempts to explain classroom language learning in terms of general theory of learning (behaviourism) and the study of naturalistic language learning. The middle chapters document the attempts of researchers to enter the "black box" of the classroom in order to describe the teaching-learning behaviours that take place there and to investigate to what extent and in what ways instruction results in acquisition. The book concludes with a theory of classroom language learning. This theory advances an explanation of the relationship between explicit and implicit linguistic knowledge and in so doing accounts for how both form-focused and meaning-focused instruction contribute to second language acquisition in the classroom.

Table of Contents

  • Investigating classroom language learning
  • behaviourist learning theory and classroom language learning
  • naturalistic language and classroom language learning
  • classroom process research
  • the relationship between classroom interaction and language learning
  • formal instruction and language learning
  • a theory of classroom language learning.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631162025

Description

How does classroom language learning take place? How does an understanding of second language acquisition contribute to language teaching? In answering these questions, Rod Ellis reviews a wide range of research on classroom learning, developing a theory of instructed second language acquisition which has significant implications for language teaching.

Table of Contents

Preface vii List of abbreviations ix 1. Investigating Classroom Language Learning 1 2. Behaviourist Learning Theory and Classroom Language Learning 19 3. Naturalistic Language Learning and Classroom Language Learning 32 4. Classroom Process Research 64 5. The Relationship between Classroom Interaction and Language Learning 93 6. Formal Instruction and Language Learning 130 7. A Theory of Classroom Language Learning 174 8. Final Comments 199 Bibliography 205 Index 225

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