Language Acquisition: Learning to Use Language in Context

2022 States Academic Press hardcover edition. Unread copy in very good condition. Contents: 1 The effects of English-medium instruction in higher education on students' perceived level and self-confidence in ELF Sofia Moratinos-Johnston, Maria Juan-Garau, Joana Salazar-Noguera, 2 Assessing learners' changes in foreign accent during Study Abroad Pilar Avello, 3 The second time around: The effect of formal instruction on VOT production upon return from Study Abroad Victoria Monje, Angelica Carlet, 4 Context effects in second language acquisition: Formal instruction, Study Abroad and immersion classrooms Carmen Perez-Vidal, Sonia Lopez-Serrano, Jennifer Ament, Dakota J. Thomas-Wilhelm, 5 The acquisition of discourse markers in the English-medium instruction context Jennifer Ament, Julia Baron Pares, 6 Exploring the acquisition of countable and uncountable nouns in English-medium instruction and formal instruction contexts Dakota J. Thomas-Wilhelm, Carmen Perez-Vidal, 7 Writing performance and time of exposure in EFL immersion learners: Analysing complexity, accuracy and fluency Isabel Tejada-Sanchez, Carmen Perez-Vidal, 8 An exploration of life experiences during Study Abroad: A case study of bilingual students and their process of intercultural adaptation Iryna Pogorelova, Mireia Trenchs, 9 Acculturation and pragmatic learning: International students in the United States Ariadna Sanchez-Hernandez, 10 Teachers' assessment of perceived foreign accent and comprehensibility in adolescent EFL oral production in Study Abroad and Formal Instruction contexts Carmen del Rio, Maria Juan-Garau, Carmen Perez-Vidal, 11 International posture, motivation and identity in Study Abroad Leah Geoghegan.…