Agendas for language learning research
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Agendas for language learning research
(Currents in language learning series / series editor Nick C. Ellis)
Wiley-Blackwell, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Currents in Language Learning provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bi/multilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts.
Draws on interdisciplinary perspectives from linguistics, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, and neuroscience
Brings together a team of leading linguists to explore current issues
Develops research agendas in areas including: progress and relevance in second language acquisition; usage-based linguistics; age effects in language learning; second language pragmatics; vocabulary knowledge; transfer of learning in second language instruction; language, literacy, and culture; academic language development in schools; practice theory; and evolutionary perspectives on language
Table of Contents
Foreword v
SLA for the 21st Century Disciplinary Progress, Transdisciplinary Relevance, and the Bi/multilingual Turn Lourdes Orteg 1
Usage-Based Language: Investigating the Latent Structures That Underpin Acquisition Nick C. Ellis Matthew Brook O'Donnell Ute Roemer 25
Age Effects in Second Language Learning: Stepping Stones Toward Better Understanding Robert M. DeKeyser 52
Developing L2 Pragmatics Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig 68
Capturing the Diversity in Lexical Diversity Scott Jarvis 87
Transfer of Learning Transformed Diane Larsen-Freeman 107
Multiple Dimensions of Academic Language and Literacy Development Alister Cumming 130
The Role of Metalanguage in Supporting Academic Language Development Mary J. Schleppegrell 153
Practice Theory in Language Learning Richard F. Young Alice C. Astarita 171
Societal Responses to Adult Difficulties in L2 Acquisition: Toward an Evolutionary Perspective on Language Acquisition John H. Schumann 190
Subject Index 210
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