First And Second Foreign Language
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First And Second Foreign Language
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Author : Evelyn Schmitz
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2008-03-06
First And Second Foreign Language written by Evelyn Schmitz and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-06 with Literary Collections categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,3, University of Frankfurt (Main) (IEAS), course: Hauptseminar HS Applied Linguistics and Second/Foreign Language Education, 12 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: 1. Introduction “[T]he major challenge of learning and using a language – whether as L1 or L2 – lies not in the area of broad syntactic prin-ciples but in the ‘nitty-gritty’ of the lexicon.” (Singleton, 1999: 4) With this statement Singleton asserts that syntax learning is comparatively sim-ple to lexical acquisition. Because “language is largely a matter of words” (Sin-gleton, 1999: 8), words are essential for “linguistic communication” (Singleton, 1999: 9). Therefore, many researches on the mental lexicon of the human first language (L1) have been published, and an increasing number of publications on second and/or foreign language (L2) acquisition – in particular L2 lexical ac-quisition – have raised interest also in this domain. A crucial basis for research on L2 lexical acquisition is the awareness that the knowledge of at least one language is already present in the situation of acqui-sition. This basis leads to the following questions: • How does first language lexical acquisition proceed? • How does L2 lexical acquisition proceed in comparison to L1 lexical proc-esses? • To what extent are L1 and L2 mental lexicons separated from or inte-grated with each other? • To what extent are L1 and L2 lexical acquisition connected to the acqui-sition of grammar? • In what way does lexical processing work and what does it imply for lexi-cal acquisition? In this paper I do not only want to focus on these questions. Moreover, I want to consider the aspect of Foreign Language Education in terms of lexical acqui-sition. I will conclude my elaborations with regard to the question, what it actu-ally means to know a word. Nevertheless, I have to define some important terms which I will use frequently throughout the paper. L1 refers to the human mother tongue which is normally acquired during infancy and within the first few years of life. But L1 can also refer to a second bilingually acquired language with a mother-tongue-competence. On the contrary, L2 can refer to any other language which has been acquired after the acquisition of the native language. This does not neces-sarily have to be the second but can also be the fourth or sixth foreign lan-guage one acquires. Whenever I am referring to language learning, I normally mean lexical acquisition in particular, as this is the main focus of this paper. Moreover, I frequently use terms such as ‘word’, ‘lexical unit’, ‘lexical item’ etc., which I do not further differentiate. I use them rather synonymously.
First Language Use In Second And Foreign Language Learning
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Author : Miles Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2009-08-24
First Language Use In Second And Foreign Language Learning written by Miles Turnbull and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-24 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. It includes new work by both new and established scholars in educational scholarship, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics, as well as in a variety of languages, countries, and educational contexts. Through its focus at the intersection of theory, practice, curriculum and policy, the book demands a reconceptualization of code-switching as something that both proficient and aspiring bilinguals do naturally, and as a practice that is inherently linked with bilingual code-switching.
First And Second Language Acquisition
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Author : Jürgen M. Meisel
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-07-07
First And Second Language Acquisition written by Jürgen M. Meisel and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Infants and very young children develop almost miraculously the ability of speech, without apparent effort, without even being taught - as opposed to the teenager or the adult struggling without, it seems, ever being able to reach the same level of proficiency as five year olds in their first language. This useful textbook serves as a guide to different types of language acquisition: monolingual and bilingual first language development and child and adult second language acquisition. Unlike other books, it systematically compares first and second language acquisition, drawing on data from several languages. Research questions and findings from various subfields are helpfully summarized to show students how they are related and how they often complement each other. The essential guide to studying first and second language acquisition, it will be used on courses in linguistics, modern languages and developmental psychology.
Vocabulary And Writing In A First And Second Language
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Author : D. Albrechtsen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-01-17
Vocabulary And Writing In A First And Second Language written by D. Albrechtsen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Listening to the voices of learners as they write an essay or try to cope with unfamiliar words in a text is a luxury often reserved for researchers. This book observes individuals performing similar tasks in their first and their foreign language and invites readers with an interest in foreign language acquisition to follow the same learners in their efforts to cope in both languages.
First Language Use In Second And Foreign Language Learning
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Author : Miles Turnbull
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2009
First Language Use In Second And Foreign Language Learning written by Miles Turnbull and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book focuses on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. Through the intersection of theory, practice, curriculum and policy, the volume calls for a reconceptualization of code-switching as something that both proficient and aspiring bilinguals do naturally, and as a practice that is inherently linked with bilingual code-switching.
The Role Of The First Language In Foreign Language Learning
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Author : Håkan Ringbom
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Role Of The First Language In Foreign Language Learning written by Håkan Ringbom and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with English language categories.
This book is concerned with the foreign language learner's underlying processes. The book analyses the different ways in which the learner's knowledge of the first language and other languages affect the processes of comprehension and production.
Second And Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction
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Author : Joan Kelly Hall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2000-06-01
Second And Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction written by Joan Kelly Hall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with Education categories.
This volume brings together the current theoretical interest in reconceptualizing second and foreign language learning from a sociocultural perspective on language and learning, with practical concerns about second and foreign language pedagogy. It presents a set of studies whose focus is on the empirical description of particular practices constructed in classroom interaction that promote the learning of a second or foreign language. The authors examine in detail the processes by which the learning of additional languages is accomplished in the interaction of a variety of classrooms and in a variety of languages. Not only will the findings from the studies reported in this volume help to lay a foundation for the development of a more expansive, sociocultural model of second and foreign language learning, but on a more practical level they will help language educators in creating a set of principles for identifying and sustaining classroom interactional practices that foster additional language development. The volume is distinguished in three ways: * Following a Vygotskyan perspective on development, the studies assume that language learning is a fundamentally pragmatic enterprise, intrinsically linked to language use. This breaks from a more traditional understanding of second and foreign language learning, which has viewed learning and use as two distinct phenomena. The importance of classroom interaction to additional language development is foregrounded. * The investigations reported in this book are distinguished by their methodological approach. Because language learning is assumed to be a situated, context-sensitive, and dynamic process, the studies do not rely on traditional experimental methods for collecting and analyzing data, but rather, they involve primarily the use of ethnographic and discourse analytic methods. * The studies focus on interactional practices that promote second and foreign language learning. Although a great deal of research has examined first language learning in classrooms from a sociocultural perspective, little has looked at second and foreign language classrooms from such a perspective. Thus there is a strong need for this volume of studies addressing this area of research. Researchers, teacher educators, and graduate students across the fields of second and foreign language learning, applied linguistics, and language education will find this book informative and relevant. Because of the programmatic implications arising from the studies, it will also appeal to teacher educators and teachers of second and foreign languages from the elementary to the university levels.
How Languages Are Learned
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Author : Patsy M. Lightbown
language : en
Publisher: Oxford
Release Date : 2006-04-27
How Languages Are Learned written by Patsy M. Lightbown and has been published by Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04-27 with Foreign Language Study categories.
'How Languages Are Learned' provides a readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition, relating them to approaches to classroom methodology and practice.
Affect In Foreign Language And Second Language Learning
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Author : Dolly J. Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Affect In Foreign Language And Second Language Learning written by Dolly J. Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Education categories.
Affect in Foreign Language and Second Language Learning offers high school and college/university second language teachers, or teachers-in-training, practical suggestions for creating activities that take into account learner anxieties, frustrations or discomfort in the language learning process. The objective of the book is to offer concrete instructional approaches for language learning that are rooted in second language acquisition research and, at the same time, that promote a low-anxiety classroom environment. The authors of each chapter are specialists in specific areas of language learning and their essays, composed specifically for this volume, lay the groundwork for continued research on affect in language learning. This text is part of the McGraw-Hill Second Language Professional Series, edited by James F. Lee and Bill VanPatten.
Foreign Language Input
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Author : Rebekah Rast
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 2008-03-07
Foreign Language Input written by Rebekah Rast and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-07 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Foreign Language Input: Initial Processing presents the most comprehensive study to date of the starting point of second language acquisition. Its focus is on the language input that learners receive and what they actually do with this input. The empirical study detailed in the book follows a methodology in which all of the language input provided to the learners from the moment of first exposure is controlled, recorded and transcribed. This input is then quantitatively compared to the learners’ performance on language tasks administered at various time intervals up to 8 hours after first exposure. This in-depth analysis of the input and the learners’ performance sheds light on questions still unanswered in second language acquisition literature, such as what knowledge is brought to the acquisition process and how learners use this knowledge to process new linguistic information.