Continuum companion to second language acquisition

Author(s)

• Macaro, Ernesto

Bibliographic Information

Continuum companion to second language acquisition

edited by Ernesto Macaro

Continuum, c2010

Other Title

The continuum companion to second language acquisition

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Second language acquisition : the landscape, the scholarship and the reader / Ernesto Macaro
• A compendium of key concepts in second language acquisition / Ernesto Macaro, Robert Vanderplank and Victoria Murphy
• Research methods in second language acquisition / Andrew D. Cohen and Ernesto Macaro
• The relationship between first and second language acquisition revisited / Vivian Cook
• The relationship between age of learning and exposure to the second language in L2 children / Victoria A. Murphy
• The relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 vocabulary use / Paul Meara
• The relationship between L2 input and L2 output / Susan Gass
• The relationship between pedagogical focus and interaction in L2 lessons / Paul Seedhouse
• The relationship between language aptitude and language learning motivation : individual differences from a dynamic systems perspective / Zoltán Dörnyei
• The relationship between strategic behaviour and language learning success / Ernesto Macaro

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Bloomsbury Companion To Second Language Acquisition, this book is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource: it features an overview of key topics in SLA as well the key research methods. It then goes on to look at current research areas and new directions in the field by examining key relationships in the field, including the relationship between first and second language acquisition and the relationship between L2 input and L2 output. It is a complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

Table of Contents

• Part 1: The Second Language Acquisition Landscape
• 1. Second Language Acquisition: the landscape, the scholarship and the reader, Ernesto Macaro (University of Oxford, UK)
• 2. A compendium of key concepts in second language acquisition, Ernesto Macaro, Robert Vanderplank and Victoria Murphy (Oxford University Language Centre and University of Oxford, UK)
• 3. Research methods in second language acquisition, Andrew D. Cohen and Ernesto Macaro (University of Minnesota, USA and University of Oxford, UK)
• Part 2: Issues and Relationships in Second Language Acquisition
• 4. The relationship between first and second language acquisition revisited, Vivian Cook (Newcastle University, UK)
• 5. The relationship between age of learning and exposure to the second language in L2 children, Victoria Murphy (University of Oxford, UK)
• 6. The relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 vocabulary use, Paul Meara (University of Wales Swansea, UK)
• 7. The relationship between L2 input and L2 output, Susan Gass (Michigan State University, USA)
• 8. The relationship between pedagogical focus and interaction in L2 lessons, Paul Seedhouse (Newcastle University, UK)
• 9. The relationship between language aptitude and language learning motivation: individual differences from a dynamic systems perspective, Zoltan Dornyei (University of Nottingham, UK)
• 10. The relationship between strategic behaviour and language learning success, Ernesto Macaro (University of Oxford, UK)
• Conclusions Ernesto Macaro, (University of Oxford, UK)
• References
• Index.

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• NCID: BB01598547
• ISBN:
  • 9780826495068
• LCCN: 2010002275
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 357 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P118.2
  • DC22 : 401/.93
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition -- Research
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Study and teaching