Readings on Second Language Acquisition

Name: Readings on Second Language Acquisition
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ISBN: 9780131022607

ISBN-10: 0131022601

ISBN-13: 9780131022607

Edition: 1st 1994

Authors: H. Douglas Brown, Susan Gonzo

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Book details

List price: $66.20
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Pearson ESL
Publication date: 6/16/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 500
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Understanding Second Language Acquisition Research



Statistics as a Foreign Language - Part 1: What to Look for in Reading Statistical Language Studies




Ethnography in ESL: Defining the Essentials




Comparing and Contrasting First and Second Language Acquisition



Genes and Teens - Sociobiological Explanations for the Presence of Accents After Puberty




Critical Period Effects in Second Language Learning: The Influence of Maturational State on the Acquisition of English as a Second Language




Cognitive Styles and Strategies



The Cognitivo Styles of Reflection/Impulsivity and Field Independence/Dependence and ESL Success




Listening Comprehension Strategies in Second Language Acquisition




Affective Factors



Competitiveness and Anxiety in Adult Second Language Learning: Looking at and through the Diary Studies




An Instrumental Motivation in Language Study: Who Says It Isn't Effective?




Sociocultural Factors



World Englishes: Approaches, Issues, and Resources




Second Language Acquisition: The Pidginization Hypothesis




Interlanguage



Task Related Variation in Interlanguage: The Case of Articles




Focus-on-Form and Corrective Feedback in Communicative Language Teaching




Communicative Competence



Learning to Communicate in the Classroom: A Study of Two Language Learners' Requests




Sex Differences and Apologies: One Aspect of Communicative Competence




Language Testing



Cloze Method: What Difference Does It Make?




What Does Language Testing Have to Offer?




Theories of Second Language Acquisition



Universal Grammar: Is it Just a New Name for Old Problems?




The Least a Second Language Acquisition Theory Needs to Explain



Editors' Appendix