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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809421503321

Titolo

Mind and context in adult second language acquisition : methods, theory, and practice / / Cristina Sanz, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-58901-373-5

1-4356-2743-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SanzCristina

Disciplina

418

Soggetti

Second language acquisition

Cognitive learning

Psycholinguistics

Computational linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Adult SLA / Cristina Sanz -- Research methodology / Rusan Chen -- Research methodology / Rebecca Adams, Akiko Fujii, and Alison Mackey -- Individual differences / Harriet Wood Bowden, Cristina Sanz, and Catherine A. Stafford -- A cognitive neuroscience perspective on second language acquisition / Michael T. Ullman -- Attention and awareness in SLA / Ronald P. Leow and Melissa A. Bowles -- Input and interaction / Alison Mackey and Rebekha Abbuhl -- Explicitness in pedagogical interventions / Cristina Sanz and Kara Morgan-Short -- Processing instruction / Bill VanPatten -- Content-based foreign language instruction / Heidi Byrnes.

Sommario/riassunto

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