On Foreign Language Acquisition and Effective Learning - Softcover

Hans W. Dechert; Muiris Ó Laoire; David Singleton; Christian Uffmann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8322616848 ISBN 13: 9788322616840

Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego, 2007

Synopsis

Published in a limited academic edition of 300 copies. Contents: Part 1 Theoretical considerations (Competing plans hypothesis revisited / Instructed second language acquisition in minority & revitalization contexts / L2 classroom input from relevance theory & SLA theory perspective / Questions from language classroom revisited: What does SLA research have to tell us about effective foreign language pedagogy? / Conceptions of the lexicon: approaches to second language vocabulary teaching: historical perspective / Language contact & foreign language teaching) Part 2 Empirical Studies (Learners' aptitude & willingness to study: Are linguistically apt learners good comprehenders? / Coping with English as a secondary school subject / A study on the prediction of success in the learning of English as a SL / Reflective EFL learning: A study on students' willingness & ability to reflect) (Learner strategies & competence: What organising strategies do academic writers use? / Lexical strategies in Arabic-Italian interlanguage / Language competence of English teacher training college graduates / To be afraid or not to be afraid of fossilization? On fossilophobia among FL learners) (Phonological subsystem: English phonetic vowel shortening & lengthening as perceptually active for Poles / Shifting standards: The fall of RP & its implications for teaching pronunciation / Success in non-native speech production: a parametric phonetic approach / Prosodic structure in the acquisition of English) (Lexical subsystem: The role of suppression in L2 idiom processing: Exploring the effect of context / English as instruction medium - does it have an effect on learners' vocabulary? / How much lexis can very young learners acquire in early L2 instruction?)

Edition details

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Slaskiego
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8322616848
• ISBN 13: 9788322616840
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 345
• Editor: Janusz Arabski