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Understanding Second Language Process

Understanding Second Language Process

Dr. ZhaoHong Han

(2007)

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Abstract

This book assembles 11 analytical and empirical studies on the process of second language acquisition, probing a wide array of issues, from transfer appropriate processing to L2 default processing strategies, among hearing or deaf learners of a variety of target languages including English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, French, Spanish, and American Sign Language. Although instruction per se is not the focus of this volume, the chapters are written with instructed learners in mind, and hence offer valuable insights for both second and foreign language researchers and practitioners.


ZhaoHong Han is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include second language learnability, teachability, and fossilization. She is the author of Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition (2004, Multilingual Matters) and of a variety of articles in journals and books in applied linguistics, second language learning, and second language education.


Understanding Second Language Process brings together well known researchers addressing the ‘process’ issue in SLA. Through both conceptual and empirical articles, through a range of languages being learned and looking at an array of language areas, the authors provide us with a glimpse into the world of learning processes. The classroom is always in the picture of these articles making this book a must read for anyone interested in SLA and particularly in the intersection between instruction and learning.


Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Contents v
The Contributors vii
Preface xi
Chapter 1 Revisiting the Role of Consciousness with MOGUL 1
Chapter 2 Multi-Competence: Black Hole or Wormhole for Second Language Acquisition Research? 16
Chapter 3 Transfer Appropriate Processing as a Model for Classroom Second Language Acquisition 27
Chapter 4 On the Role of Meaning in Focus on Form 45
Chapter 5 The Efficacy of Visual Input Enhancement in Teaching Deaf Learners of L2 English 80
Chapter 6 Learner Spontaneous Attention in L2 Input Processing: An Exploratory Study 106
Chapter 7 Working Memory and L2 Processing of Redundant Grammatical Forms 133
Chapter 8 L2 Learners’ Interpretation of Operator-Variable Binding in VP Ellipsis 148
Chapter 9 Metasyntactic Ability in L2: An Investigation of Task Demand 160
Chapter 10 Prosody Acquisition by Japanese Learners 176
Chapter 11 Recognition and Production of Formulas in L2 Pragmatics 205
References 223
Index 254