Developing, Modelling and Assessing Second Languages
Published on 29. June 2016
Book
Hardback
244 pages
978-90-272-0305-2 (ISBN)
Description
This edited volume brings together the work of a number of researchers working in the framework of Processability Theory (PT), a psycholinguistic theory of second language acquisition (SLA) (Pienemann 1998; 2005). The aim of the volume is two-fold: It engages with current issues in both theory development and theory application and focuses on theoretical developments within the framework of PT as well as issues related to second language teaching and assessment. In coordinating approaches to addressing both theoretical and applied aspects of SLA, this volume aims at bridging the gap between theory and practice. It also reflects the richness of debate within the field of PT-based research. The volume is intended for postgraduate students, SLA researchers as well as language teachers.
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Reviews / Votes
Kessler et al. have accomplished their objective to bring together theory development and theory application within the framework of PT. Along with insightful implications for L2 teaching and assessment, this bridging of theory and practice is one of the many hallmarks of their volume that will catch the attention of readers interested in PT-based research. The book makes a valuable contribution to L2 acquisition and PT research and should be on the 'reading wish list' of researchers, language teachers, graduate students, and anyone interested in psycholinguistic approaches to L2 acquisition. -- John W. Schwieter, Wilfrid Laurier University, in Applied Linguistics 38(5): 771-774More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-0305-2 (9789027203052)
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Jorg-U. Keler
Developing, Modelling and Assessing Second Languages
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06/2016
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Content
1. Acknowledgements; 2. Modelling and assessing second language acquisition: 30 years onwards (by Lenzing, Anke); 3. About this book; 4. Theory Development; 5. The development of argument structure in the initial L2 mental grammatical system (by Lenzing, Anke); 6. Question constructions, argument mapping, and vocabulary development in English L2 by Japanese speakers: A cross-sectional study (by Kawaguchi, Satomi); 7. Processability Theory and language development in children with Specific Language Impairment (by Hakansson, Gisela); 8. Testing the Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis: The initial state and the role of the L2 in L3 acquisition* (by Pienemann, Manfred); 9. Theory Assessment; 10. The 'tense' issue: Variable past tense marking by advanced end-state Chinese speakers of L2 English (by Zhang, Yanyin); 11. Acquisition as a gradual process: Second language development in the EFL classroom (by Roos, Jana); 12. Psychometric approaches to language testing and linguistic profiling - A complementary relationship? (by Hagenfeld, Katharina); 13. Assessing linguistic levels of L2 English in primary school programs (by Maier, Esther); 14. Diagnosing L2-English in the communicative EFL Classroom: A task-based approach to individual and developmentally moderated focus on form in a meaning-focused setting (by Kessler, Jorg-U.); 15. The cognitive processes elicited by L2 listening test tasks - A validation study (by Rossa, Henning); 16. About the Authors; 17. Index