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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 418
EAN: 9781589010703
ISBN: 1589010701
Label: Georgetown University Press
Manufacturer: Georgetown University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 348
Publication Date: November 02, 2005
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Studio: Georgetown University Press
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How do people learn nonnative languages? Is there one part or function of our brains solely dedicated to language processing, or do we apply our general Information-processing abilities when learning a new language? In this book, an interdisciplinary collaboration of scholars and researchers presents an overview of the latter approach to adult second language acquisition and brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of the latest research on this subject. Clearly organized into four distinct but integrated parts, Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition first provides an introduction to information-processing approaches and the tools for students to understand the data. The next sections explain factors that affect language learning, both internal (attention and awareness, individual differences, and the neural bases of language acquisition) and external (input, interaction, and pedagogical interventions). It concludes by looking at two pedagogical applications: processing instruction and content-based instruction. This important and timely volume is a must-read for students of language learning, second language acquisition, and linguistics who want to better understand the information-processing approaches to learning a nonprimary language. This book will also be of immense interest to language scholars, program directors, teachers, and administrators in both second language acquisition and cognitive psychology.
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I read this book in order to get some ideas for creating a software program that will help people learn the ancient Biblical languages. The first six chapters of this book seemed very much geared to the academic specialist--overly technical and repetitive for the general reader, with only a few useful nuggets mixed in. Chapters 7 through 9, however, were extremely helpful and worth the price of the book (and the time spent reading it). If I had been the editor, I would have placed the last three chapters at the beginning, while moving the first six chapters to the end, either as technical appendices or excurses.
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