Psycholinguistics & Language Acquisition, Teaching - Language Arts
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Overview
This inaugural volume in the MLA series Teaching Languages, Literatures, and Cultures provides an overview of second language acquisition research. Is language a system of linguistic forms to be acquired by the study of grammar, or is language a means of communication, where students learn not by studying rules but by engaging straightaway in the use of language to convey meanings? Which approach is better in the classroom? The vibrant field of second language acquisition research is now carefully examining questions like these.
Written for a nonspecialized audience--for readers who share an interest in foreign language teaching and learning--Learning Foreign and Second Languages addresses both theory and methodology. Administrators, department chairs, curriculum and materials developers, teachers, and graduate students will find this collection of essays enlightening.
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The first volume in a new series provides an overview of second language acquisition to members of secondary and post-secondary level foreign language departments, whose primary area of interest is literary research. The aim is to support a dialogue between language and literature specialists that will contribute to the evolution of foreign language departments in higher education. Twelve contributions explore current theories and methodologies with regard to such topics as cognitive characteristics of adult second language learners, acquiring competence, the role of technology in second language learning, evaluation of learning outcomes, and construction of curricula. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1998
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America
Pages
322
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780873528016