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Second Language Acquisition eBook Series

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  • Context, Individual Differences and Pragmatic Competence

    by Naoko Taguchi ...
    Series Book 62 - Second Language Acquisition
    Pragmatic competence plays a key role in the era of globalization where communication across cultural boundaries is an everyday phenomenon. The ability to use language in a socially appropriate manner is critical, as lack of it may lead to cross-cultural miscommunication or cultural stereotyping. This book describes second language learners’ development of pragmatic competence. It proposes an ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Developing Interactional Competence in a Japanese Study Abroad Context

    by Naoko Taguchi ...
    Series Book 88 - Second Language Acquisition
    In the process of second language acquisition, the ability to interact effectively is critical. But what does it mean to be interactively competent? This book addresses this question by presenting research on the development of interactional competence among learners of Japanese as a second language. Qualitative data collected on learners studying abroad in Japan is evaluated to explain changes in ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning

    A Sociocultural Perspective

    by Leo van Lier ...
    Series Book 3 - Educational Linguistics
    In this book I try to give a coherent and consistent overview of what an ecological approach to language learning might look like. This is not a fully fledged grand theory that aims to provide an explanation of everything, but an attempt to provide a rationale for taking an ecological world view and applying it to language education, which I regard as one of the most important of all human ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Online Informal Learning of English

    by G. Sockett ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Young people around the world are increasingly able to access English language media online for leisure purposes and interact with other users of English. This book examines the extent of these phenomena, their effect on language acquisition and their implications for the teaching of English in the 21st century. ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning

    Speaking Blackness in Brazil

    by Uju Anya ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Second Language Studies
    *Winner of the 2019 AAAL First Book Award*Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning: Speaking Blackness in Brazil provides a critical overview and original sociolinguistic analysis of the African American experience in second language learning. More broadly, this book introduces the idea of second language learning as "transformative socialization": how learners, instructors, and their ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Acquisition of L2 Phonology

    by Arabski, Janusz and Wojtaszek, Adam (eds) ...
    The Acquisition of L2 Phonology is a wide-ranging new collection which explores various aspects of the acquisition of an L2 phonological system. It covers L2 speech production and perception, theoretical conceptualisations of L2 phonology acquisition, and the importance of the mastery of highly intelligible pronunciation as an important component of L2 education. ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • For the Love of Language

    An Introduction to Linguistics

    by Kate Burridge, Tonya N. Stebbins ...
    For the Love of Language: An Introduction to Linguistics is an engaging introduction to human language and the role of linguistics in understanding its fundamental design, acquisition and functions. Replete with case studies and examples from Australia, New Zealand and around the world, this text offers a thorough introduction to core topics, including the structure and meaning of words, the ... Read more

    $85.29 USD

  • The Acquisition of Heritage Languages

    by Silvina Montrul ...
    Heritage speakers are native speakers of a minority language they learn at home, but due to socio-political pressure from the majority language spoken in their community, their heritage language does not fully develop. In the last decade, the acquisition of heritage languages has become a central focus of study within linguistics and applied linguistics. This work centres on the grammatical ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Beliefs, Agency and Identity in Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

    by Paula Kalaja, Ana Maria F. Barcelos, Mari Aro, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty ...
    This book explores the phenomena of believing (or giving personal meanings), acting, and identifying (or identity construction), and the interconnectedness of these phenomena in the learning and teaching of English and other foreign languages. ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Revision Cognitive and Instructional Processes

    Cognitive and Instructional Processes

    Edited by Pierre Largy, Linda Allal, L. Chanquoy ...
    Series Book 13 - Studies in Writing
    Revision Revisited LINDA ALLAL* & LUCILE CHANQUOY** *University ofGeneva, SWitzerland, **UniversityofNantes, France Revision is a fundamental component of the writing process. So fundamental that for some specialists writing is largely a matter of revising, or as Murray (1978) stated, "Writing is rewriting..." (p. 85). Experience with writing does not, however, automatically translate into ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Haitian Creole Language

    History, Structure, Use, and Education

    by Elizabeth Barrows, Yves Dejean, Hugues St. Fort, Georges Fouron, Uli Locher, Serge Madhere, Marie-José Nzengou-Tayo, Mayra Cortes Piñeir, Jocelyne Trouillot-Lévy, Albert Valdman, Flore Zéphir, Nicholas Faraclas ...
    Series series Caribbean Studies
    The Haitian Creole Language is the first book that deals broadly with a language that has too long lived in the shadow of French. With chapters contributed by the leading scholars in the study of Creole, it provides information on this language's history; structure; and use in education, literature, and social interaction. Although spoken by virtually all Haitians, Creole was recognized as the co ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Future Research Directions for Applied Linguistics

    Edited by Simone E. Pfenninger, Dr. Judit Navracsics ...
    Series Book 109 - Second Language Acquisition
    This edited volume provides an overview of current thinking and directions for further research in applied linguistics by bringing together in a single volume a range of perspectives regarding original research agendas and innovative methodological approaches. It focuses not only on the challenges that applied linguistics researchers have been facing in recent years but also on producing workable ... Read more

    $23.79 USD