Investigations in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Studies on Language Acquisition)

Housen, A.

ISBN 10: 3110179709 / ISBN 13: 9783110179705

Published by Mouton Publishers, 2004

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:9783110179705.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Investigations in Instructed Second Language Acquisition (Studies on Language Acquisition)
• Publisher: Mouton Publishers
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3110179709
• ISBN 13: 9783110179705
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Weight: 1000 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics

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Synopsis

Methods in current instructed second language acquisition research range from laboratory experiments to ethnography using non-obtrusive participant observation, from cross-sectional designs to longitudinal case studies. Many different types of data serve as the basis for analysis, including reaction times measurements, global test scores, paper and pencil measures, introspective comments, grammaticality judgements, as well as textual data (elicited or naturalistic, oral or written, relating to comprehension or production). Some studies rely on extensive quantification of data, while others may favour a more qualitative and hermeneutic analytic approach.
Many of these issues and methods are exemplified by the contributions to this volume. Data-based studies included here deal with the acquisition of specific linguistic phenomena (e.g. verb and noun morphology, lexicon, clause structures) in a range of target languages (e.g. English, French, German, Russian) from a variety of settings involving different instructional approaches (e.g. traditional foreign language classes, immersion classes, intensive ESL classes, content and language integrated language classes). Collectively, the chapters in this book illustrate the productivity and diversity of current research on instructed second language acquisition. As such they serve as a valuable resource for researchers in SLA, psycholinguistics, linguistics, and language education.

About the Author

Alex Housen is Lecturer at the University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

Michel Pierrard is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Brussels (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)