Talking About Second Language Acquisition
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This book includes interviews with fourteen internationally-acclaimed leading figures in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), who speak on seminal issues in the field as well as their own contributions to SLA scholarship. As well as covering the contributors' backgrounds and academic achievements, the interviews also delve into their areas of expertise, current theoretical and practical considerations, and contemporary questions, developments and challenges in SLA. The author probes their views on current topics including input and interaction, vocabulary acquisition, teaching pronunciation, writing development, syntactic processing, multilingualism, L1 attrition, complex dynamic systems, processing instruction, instructed second language acquisition, and technology in language teaching. An introduction by the author draws out the key themes and debates in the field today, and highlights areas for future research and further exploration, and a foreword is provided by Rod Ellis. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Applied Linguistics, Teacher Education and Methodology, and Second and Foreign Language Education.
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"This is a compilation of fascinating interviews conducted by Karim Sadeghi with 14 scholars in the field of SLA, each a well-known expert in their own sub field. What distinguishes this book is that each of the 14 chapters begins with the scholar revealing their personal journey to becoming an applied linguist before discussing their research interests, their contribution to the field, and what they perceive as important issues and research directions. As such the book succeeds in providing a very novel and engaging expose of key issues and key scholars in the field of SLA - a combination rarely encountered in a book focusing on topics in SLA." (Neomy Storch, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne, Australia)"Karim Sadeghi successfully provides a captivating overview of the field of SLA through this collection of interviews with fourteen specialists in specific areas of SLA research. The interviewees first personalize their perspectives in terms ofrelevant life experiences, then outline their own research contributions to the field, and finally reflect on current and future trends in SLA. Bringing SLA research to life through such a personalized approach promises to be an invaluable source of inspiration to burgeoning and seasoned scholars alike. Highly recommended!" (Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Canada)
"These interviews with fourteen minds that have shaped the field of second language acquisition are an intellectual feast and a treasure of historical memory and future-looking insights. Both junior and senior scholars will find this book fascinating!" (Lourdes Ortega, Professor, Georgetown University, USA)
"This book shows how a range of major contributors have helped the SLA field to evolve over the past few decades. Both experienced and new researchers in the field will find this a very useful resource to understand the past, present and future of several key SLA topics. Thepersonal voices of the contributors make this an interesting read throughout."-Bimali Indrarathne, Dr., University of York, United Kingdom
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Karim Sadeghi is Professor of TESOL at Urmia University, Iran, and is the founding editor-in-chief of the Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research , a Scopus Q1 journal. His recent publications have appeared in Frontiers in Psychology, Current Psychology, System, ESP Journal, RELC Journal and Assessing Writing among others. His monograph Assessing Second Language Reading was published in 2021.