Issues in Second Language Proficiency
1st Edition
Published on 10. June 2009
270 pages
978-1-4411-7593-9 (ISBN)
Description
Benati provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language proficiency in the field of second language acquisition. He looks at four areas of research paradigmatically related to the role of proficiency: theorizing and measuring second language proficiency; the dimensions of L2 proficiency; factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency and attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom.
It also contains a variety of research accounts about the specific factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised measurement of proficiency in second language research. It will be required reading for researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition.
It also contains a variety of research accounts about the specific factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised measurement of proficiency in second language research. It will be required reading for researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
20
ISBN-13
978-1-4411-7593-9 (9781441175939)
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Alessandro G. Benati
Issues in Second Language Proficiency
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12/2011
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Person
Alessandro G. Benati is Professor in the School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. He has held positions in several British and overseas institutions. He is known for his work in second language acquisition, and he published ground-breaking research on the pedagogical framework called processing instruction. His research on processing instruction has been recently driven by the use of new online measurements (e.g., eye tracking, and self-paced reading). Alessandro has coordinated national and international high-impact research projects which have been influential in determining educational policy and had an impact in providing effective language teacher training programs. He is the author and co-author of several research monographs, peer-reviewed articles in high-ranked journals, and editor and co-editor of book series and scientific journals such as Cambridge Elements in SLA and Instructed Second Language Acquisition. He was a member of the sub-panel for Modern Languages and Linguistics for the Research Excellence Framework for England (REF 2021), AHRC Panel, and he is an Honorary Professor at Your SJ University (UK), University of Hong Kong (China), Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University (Australia), and Visiting Professor at Anaheim University (USA)
Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Attaining second language proficiency, Alessandro Benati (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom)
Part I: Theory and dimensions of second language proficiency
2. What is 'priming', and what might priming techniques be able to tell us about L2 learning and proficiency? Emma Marsden (University of York, United Kingdom)
3. Cross-linguistic influence in L2 verb frames: the effects of word familiarity and language proficiency, Christopher J Hall (York St John University, United Kingdom) and Areli Reyes (Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico)
4. The role of working memory in the development of L2 grammatical proficiency, Clare Wright (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
Part II: Factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency
5. Statistical learning and innate knowledge in the development of second language proficiency: evidence from the acquisition of gender concord, Roger Hawkins (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
6. Metalinguistic knowledge: A stepping stone towards L2 proficiency? Karen Roehr (University of Essex, United Kingdom) and Gabriela Adela Ganem- Gutierrez (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
7. The development of vocabulary proficiency in relation to learning style, Paul Booth (Kingston University, United Kingdom)
8. Second language reading proficiency and word recognition: The concept of saliency and its application across different scripts, Mick Randall (British University in Dubai, Dubai)
9. L2 proficiency: measuring the intelligibility of words and extended speech, Sara Kennedy (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
10. English with a native-like accent: an empirical study on proficiency, Tanja Angelovska & Angela Hahn (University of Munich, Germany) Part 3: Attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom
11. Formal intervention and the development of proficiency: the role of explicit Formation, Bill Van Patten (Texas Tech University, United States of America)
12. Secondary and cumulative effects in attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom. Alessandro Benati (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom), James Lee (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Cecile Laval (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom)
13. Models of speaking and the assessment of second language proficiency. Peter Skehan (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
14. Researching task difficulty: towards understanding L2 proficiency. Parvaneh Tavakoli (London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom)
15. On transfer, proficiency and cross-individual/aggregate SLA differences: Examining Adjectival Semantics in L2 Spanish, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom), Tiffany Judy (University of Iowa, United States of America) and Jason Rothman (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom)
Index
Introduction
1. Attaining second language proficiency, Alessandro Benati (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom)
Part I: Theory and dimensions of second language proficiency
2. What is 'priming', and what might priming techniques be able to tell us about L2 learning and proficiency? Emma Marsden (University of York, United Kingdom)
3. Cross-linguistic influence in L2 verb frames: the effects of word familiarity and language proficiency, Christopher J Hall (York St John University, United Kingdom) and Areli Reyes (Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala, Mexico)
4. The role of working memory in the development of L2 grammatical proficiency, Clare Wright (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
Part II: Factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency
5. Statistical learning and innate knowledge in the development of second language proficiency: evidence from the acquisition of gender concord, Roger Hawkins (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
6. Metalinguistic knowledge: A stepping stone towards L2 proficiency? Karen Roehr (University of Essex, United Kingdom) and Gabriela Adela Ganem- Gutierrez (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
7. The development of vocabulary proficiency in relation to learning style, Paul Booth (Kingston University, United Kingdom)
8. Second language reading proficiency and word recognition: The concept of saliency and its application across different scripts, Mick Randall (British University in Dubai, Dubai)
9. L2 proficiency: measuring the intelligibility of words and extended speech, Sara Kennedy (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
10. English with a native-like accent: an empirical study on proficiency, Tanja Angelovska & Angela Hahn (University of Munich, Germany) Part 3: Attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom
11. Formal intervention and the development of proficiency: the role of explicit Formation, Bill Van Patten (Texas Tech University, United States of America)
12. Secondary and cumulative effects in attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom. Alessandro Benati (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom), James Lee (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Cecile Laval (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom)
13. Models of speaking and the assessment of second language proficiency. Peter Skehan (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
14. Researching task difficulty: towards understanding L2 proficiency. Parvaneh Tavakoli (London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom)
15. On transfer, proficiency and cross-individual/aggregate SLA differences: Examining Adjectival Semantics in L2 Spanish, Pedro Guijarro-Fuentes (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom), Tiffany Judy (University of Iowa, United States of America) and Jason Rothman (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom)
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