Second Language Acquisition Abroad
The LDS Missionary Experience
Published on 15. February 2012
Book
Hardback
268 pages
978-90-272-4186-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together for the first time a collection of studies devoted to missionary language learning and retention. Introductory chapters provide historical perspectives on this population and on language teaching philosophy and practice in the LDS tradition. The empirical studies which follow are divided into two sections, the first examining mission language acquisition by English-speaking missionaries abroad, the second focusing on post-mission language attrition. These chapters by internationally known scholars offer cutting-edge research using a number of different target languages in addressing various issues in second language development. Finally, a comprehensive bibliography of sources on mission languages is included. The readership of this pioneering work is expected to extend beyond specialists in study abroad and missionary language training to a broader audience of applied linguists, educators, and students interested in language acquisition and attrition. In addition, the book offers useful insights to adults who want to maintain a second language.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
+ index
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
650 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-4186-3 (9789027241863)
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Content
1. Foreword; 2. Chapter 1. Introduction: Investigating mission languages (by Hansen, Lynne); 3. Section I Acquisition of mission languages; 4. Chapter 2. Language learning and teaching in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (by Graham, C. Ray); 5. Chapter 3. The development of speaking proficiency of LDS missionaries (by Dewey, Dan); 6. Chapter 4. An examination of the effects of input, aptitude, and motivation on the language proficiency of missionaries mearning Japanese as a second language (by Larson-Hall, Jenifer); 7. Chapter 5. In the beginning was the word: Vocabulary learning in six mission languages (by Hansen, Lynne); 8. Section II Attrition of mission languages; 9. Chapter 6. The lost word: Vocabulary attrition in six mission languages (by Hansen, Lynne); 10. Chapter 7. Vocabulary attrition in adult speakers of Spanish as a second language (by Graham, C. Ray); 11. Chapter 8. Savings in the relearning of mission vocabulary: The effects of time and proficiency (by Hansen, Lynne); 12. Chapter 9. What counts in the retention of numeral classifiers in Japanese and Chinese? (by Hansen, Lynne); 13. Chapter 10. Syntactic attrition in L2 Japanese missionary language (by Russell, Robert A.); 14. Chapter 11. The measurement of oral fluency in mission languages (by Hansen, Lynne); 15. Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Unannotated; 15. Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Annotated; 16. Index