LEADER 04147nam 22006731 450 001 9910778482103321 005 20200514202323.0 010 $a1-4742-1223-9 010 $a1-282-29703-1 010 $a9786612297038 010 $a1-4411-7593-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474212236 035 $a(CKB)1000000000794337 035 $a(EBL)454774 035 $a(OCoLC)646829217 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001146202 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12474688 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001146202 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11124217 035 $a(PQKB)11519565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454774 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL454774 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10329969 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL229703 035 $a(OCoLC)893334697 035 $a(UkLoBP)bpp09258245 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000794337 100 $a20150227d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIssues in second language proficiency /$fedited by Alessandro G. Benati 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-4411-8232-2 311 $a0-8264-3515-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Attaining Second Language Proficiency; Part 1: Theory and the Dimensions of Second Language Proficiency; 2. What Is 'Priming', And What Might Priming Techniques Be Able to Tell Us About L2 Learning and Proficiency?; 3. Cross-linguistic Influence In L2 Verb Frames: The Effects of Word Familiarity and Language Proficiency; 4. The Role of Working Memory in the Development of L2 Grammatical Proficiency; Part 2: Factors Contributing to the Attainment of L2 Proficiency 327 $a5. Statistical Learning And Innate Knowledge in the Development of Second Language Proficiency: Evidence From the Acquisition of Gender Concord6. Metalinguistic Knowledge: A Stepping Stone Towards L2 Proficiency?; 7. The Development of Vocabulary Proficiency in Relation to Learning Style; 8. Second Language Reading Proficiency and Word Recognition: The Concept of Saliency and Its Application Across Different Scripts; 9. L2 Proficiency: Measuring the Intelligibility of Words and Extended Speech; 10. English With a Native-like Accent: An Empirical Study on Proficiency 327 $aPart 3: Attaining L2 Proficiency in the Classroom11. Formal Intervention and The Development of Proficiency: The Role of Explicit Information; 12. Secondary and Cumulative Effects in Attaining L2 Proficiency in the Classroom: The Acquisition of French; 13. Models of Speaking and The Assessment of Second Language Proficiency; 14. Researching Task Difficulty: Towards Understanding L2 Proficiency; 15. On Transfer, Proficiency and Cross-individual/Aggregate Sla Differences: Examining Adjectival Semantics In L2 Spanish; Index 330 $aBenati provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language proficiency in the field of second language acquisition. He looks at four areas of research paradigmatically related to the role of proficiency: theorizing and measuring second language proficiency; the dimensions of L2 proficiency; factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency; and attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom. It also contains a variety of research accounts about the specific factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised measurement of proficiency in second language resear 606 $aSecond language acquisition 606 $aCommunicative competence 606 $aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching 615 0$aSecond language acquisition. 615 0$aCommunicative competence. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xStudy and teaching. 676 $a418.0071 702 $aBenati$b Alessandro G. 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778482103321 996 $aIssues in second language proficiency$93859755 997 $aUNINA