Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition

by Bill VanPatten, Alessandro G. Benati

Overview

Benati gives linguistics and English language students a comprehensive overview of all the key terms in second language acquisition.

Sales Points

Co-authored by Bill Van Pattern, one of the leading academics in the area.

Alessandro Benati also has decades of experience in second language acquisition.

Comprehensive and detailed, yet accessible, it can be used by undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Description

Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition explains all of the terms in the field which students of linguistics and English language are likely to encounter during their study. The book includes definitions of key terms within second language acquisition, as well as accessible summaries of the key theories and thinkers within this often difficult area of study.

The final section presents a list of key readings in second language acquisition, to signpost the reader towards classic articles, as well providing a springboard to further study. It's Accessibly written, with complicated terms and concepts explained in an easy to understand way.

Key Terms in Second Language Acquisition is an essential resource for students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474227520
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	11/26/2015
Series:	Key Terms
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	678 KB

About the Author

Bill VanPatten is Professor of Spanish and Director of Romance Language Instruction at Michigan State University, USA.

Alessandro G. Benati is Professor in the School of Education, University College Dublin, Ireland. He has held positions in several British and overseas institutions. He is known for his work in second language acquisition, and he published ground-breaking research on the pedagogical framework called processing instruction. His research on processing instruction has been recently driven by the use of new online measurements (e.g., eye tracking, and self-paced reading). Alessandro has coordinated national and international high-impact research projects which have been influential in determining educational policy and had an impact in providing effective language teacher training programs. He is the author and co-author of several research monographs, peer-reviewed articles in high-ranked journals, and editor and co-editor of book series and scientific journals such as Cambridge Elements in SLA and Instructed Second Language Acquisition. He was a member of the sub-panel for Modern Languages and Linguistics for the Research Excellence Framework for England (REF 2021), AHRC Panel, and he is an Honorary Professor at Your SJ University (UK), University of Hong Kong (China), Adjunct Professor at Macquarie University (Australia), and Visiting Professor at Anaheim University (USA)

Table of Contents

1 Second Language Acquisition: An Overview

1.1 What is SLA?

1.2 Historical perspective

2 Key theories in Second Language Acquisition: Theory, Research and Pedagogy

2.1 Key Theories

2.2 Implications for Teaching

3 Key Terms in SLA

4 Key Texts in SLA

4.1 General Key texts

Editorial Reviews

This is a very clear, concise, well-organised and extremely readable description of key terms and issues in SLA. It will be an excellent study companion, and valuable entry point to more expanded treatments of the field, for readers.” —Peter Robinson, Professor of Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan

From the Publisher

This is a very clear, concise, well-organised and extremely readable description of key terms and issues in SLA. It will be an excellent study companion, and valuable entry point to more expanded treatments of the field, for readers.

Peter Robinson