Social Context and Fluency in L2 Learners

Social Context and Fluency in L2 Learners
Author: Lynda Pritchard Newcombe
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2007
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1853599948
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The focus in this book is on learners experiences using Welsh outside class but the issues discussed have implications for a wide range of other situations where the population is bilingual or multilingual and interaction takes place in a language of wider communication.

Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent

Social Dynamics in Second Language Accent
Author: John M. Levis
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1614518289
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This volume offers a definitive source for understanding social influences in L2 pronunciation, demonstrating the importance of empirical findings from a number of research perspectives, and outlining the directions that future work can take. The aim is to present a coherent argument for the significance of social factors and how they contribute to phonological acquisition.

The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner

The Dynamic Interplay between Context and the Language Learner
Author: Jim King
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-10-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781137457127
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This edited volume offers a series of state-of-the-art conceptual papers and empirical research studies which consider how contextual factors at multiple levels dynamically interact with individuals to influence how they go about the complex business of learning and using a second language.

Formulaic Language and Second Language Speech Fluency

Formulaic Language and Second Language Speech Fluency
Author: David Wood
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2010-09-02
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1441158197
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The only comprehensive survey of research on formulaic language and L2 speech and the teaching implications of the link between them

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Language Testing
Author: Paula Winke
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2020-12-27
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1351034774
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This Handbook, with 45 chapters written by the world’s leading scholars in second language acquisition (SLA) and language testing, dives into the important interface between SLA and language testing: shared ground where researchers seek to measure second language performance to better understand how people learn their second languages. The Handbook also reviews how to best measure and evaluate the second language (L2) learners’ personal characteristics, backgrounds, and learning contexts to better understand their L2 learning trajectories. Taking a transdisciplinary approach to research, the book builds upon recent theorizing and measurement principles from the fields of applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, psycholinguistics, psychometrics, educational measurement, and social psychology. The Handbook is divided into six key sections: (1) Assessment concepts for SLA researchers, (2) Building instruments for SLA research, (3) Measuring individual differences, (4) Measuring language development, (5) Testing specific populations, and (6) Measurement principles for SLA researchers.

Fluency in L2 Learning and Use

Fluency in L2 Learning and Use
Author: Pekka Lintunen
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2020
Genre: Fluency (Language learning)
ISBN: 9781788926294
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This interdisciplinary book brings together a selection of theoretical and empirical approaches to second language (L2) fluency. The volume includes chapters approaching fluency from an SLA perspective and integrates perspectives from related fields, such as psycholinguistics, sign language studies and L2 assessment.

Usage-inspired L2 Instruction

Usage-inspired L2 Instruction
Author: Andrea E. Tyler
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2018-02-15
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9027264465
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This book presents a set of compelling essays collectively making a persuasive case for why a usage-based perspective on language is fast becoming a leading theoretical framework for investigating second language (L2) learning and the foundation for effective, innovative, engaging pedagogy. Drawing on 20 years of research in psychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive science, and linguistic theory, including discourse analytic approaches, the combined contributions paint a picture of theoretically-informed L2 pedagogy which emphasizes all facets of language as meaningful, embodied, and socially situated. The introduction and conclusion offer an outline of five foundational tenets essential to a usage-inspired pedagogy and a heuristic for developing usage-inspired L2 research and pedagogy. Each essay provides a unique vantage on usage-inspired L2 instruction and a demonstration of the efficacy of usage-based pedagogy. This volume will be invaluable for SLA researchers, graduate students, and classroom teachers interested in exploring usage-inspired L2 pedagogy.

Second Language Speech Fluency

Second Language Speech Fluency
Author: Parvaneh Tavakoli
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2020-12-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1108603432
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Second language (L2) fluency is an exciting and fast-moving field of research, with clear practical applications in language teaching. This book provides a lively overview of the current advances in the field of L2 fluency, and connects the theory to practice, presenting a hands-on approach to using fluency research across a range of different language-related professions. The authors introduce an innovative multidisciplinary perspective, which brings together research into cognitive and social factors, to understand fluency as a dynamic variable in language performance, connecting learner-internal factors such as speech processing and automaticity, to external factors such as task demands, language testing, and pragmatic interactional demands in communication. Bringing a much-needed multidisciplinary and novel approach to understanding the complex nature of L2 speech fluency, this book provides researchers, students and language professionals with both the theoretical insights and practical tools required to understand and research how fluency in a second language develops.

The Interactional Feedback Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning

The Interactional Feedback Dimension in Instructed Second Language Learning
Author: Hossein Nassaji
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1472505123
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This book examines current advances in the role of interactional feedback in second language (L2) teaching and learning. Drawing on recent theory and research in both classroom and laboratory contexts, the book explores a wide range of issues regarding interactional feedback and their relevance for both theory and practice, including how interactional feedback is used, processed, and contributes to L2 acquisition. This book will provide a useful resource for applied linguistics students and academics as well as language teachers and teacher educators who would like to gain insight into the role of interactional feedback and how it can be used as a means of integrating form and meaning in classroom contexts.