Universal Grammar And The Second Language Classroom

Author : Melinda Whong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 940076362X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom written by Melinda Whong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes that research into generative second language acquisition (GenSLA) can be applied to the language classroom. Assuming that Universal Grammar plays a role in second language development, it explores generalisations from GenSLA research. The book aims to build bridges between the fields of generative second language acquisition, applied linguistics, and language teaching; and it shows how GenSLA is poised to engage with researchers of second language learning outside the generative paradigm. Each chapter of Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom showcases ways in which GenSLA research can inform language pedagogy. Some chapters include classroom research that tests the effectiveness of teaching particular linguistic phenomena. Others review existing research findings, discussing how these findings are useful for language pedagogy. All chapters show how generative linguistics can enhance teachers’ expertise in language and second language development. “This groundbreaking volume ably takes on the gap that currently exists between generative linguistic theory in second language acquisition (GenSLA) and second language pedagogy, by gathering chapters from GenSLA researchers who are interested in the relevance and potential application of their research to second/foreign language teaching. It offers a welcome and thought-provoking contribution to any discussion of the relation between linguistic theory and practice. I recommend it not only for language teachers interested in deepening their understanding of the formal properties of the languages they teach, but also for linguists interested in following up on more practical consequences of the fruits of their theoretical and empirical research.” Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA

Author : Melinda Whong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789400763630
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Grammar and the Second Language Classroom written by Melinda Whong and published by . This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Lydia White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521796477
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Language Acquisition and Universal Grammar written by Lydia White and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Author : Eli Hinkel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113564408X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms written by Eli Hinkel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Perspectives on Grammar Teaching in Second Language Classrooms brings together various approaches to the contextualized teaching of grammar and communicative skills as integrated components of second language instruction. Its purpose is to show from both theoretical and practical perspectives that grammar teaching can be made productive and useful in ESL and EFL classrooms. In this text: *First-rate scholars approach the teaching of grammar from multiple complementary perspectives, providing an original, comprehensive treatment of the topic. *Discourse analysis and research data are used to address such pedagogical areas as grammatical and lexical development in speaking, listening, reading, and writing. *The communicative perspective on ESL and EFL instruction that is presented provides ways for learners to enhance their production skills, whereas the meaning-based grammar instruction can supplement and strengthen current methodology with a communicative focus. This volume is intended as a foundational text for second language grammar pedagogy courses at the advanced undergraduate and master's levels.

Author : Margaret Ann Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781134388493
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition written by Margaret Ann Thomas and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ancient Mediterranean world to the present day, our conceptions of what is universal in language have interacted with our experiences of language learning. This book tells two stories: the story of how scholars in the west have conceived of the fact that human languages share important properties despite their obvious differences, and the story of how westerners have understood the nature of second or foreign language learning. In narrating these two stories, the author argues that modern second language acquisition theory needs to reassess what counts as its own past. The book addresses Greek contributions to the prehistory of universal grammar, Roman bilingualism, the emergence of the first foreign language grammars in the early Middle Ages, and the Medieval speculative grammarians efforts to define the essentials of human language. The author shows how after the renaissance expanded people's awareness of language differences, scholars returned to the questions of universals in the context of second language learning, including in the 1660 Port-Royal grammar which Chomsky notoriously celebrated in Cartesian Linguistics. The book then looks at how Post-Saussurean European linguistics and American structuralism up to modern generative grammar have each differently conceived of universals and language learning. Universal Grammar in Second Language Acquisition is a remarkable contribution to the history of linguistics and will be essential reading for students and scholars of linguistics, specialists in second language acquisition and language teacher-educators.

Author : Lydia White
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027224617
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Grammar and Second Language Acquisition written by Lydia White and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative textbook provides an overview and analysis of current second language acquisition research conducted within the generative linguistic framework. Lydia White argues that second language acquisition is constrained by principles and parameters of universal grammar.

Author : Richard Towell
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 9781853592348
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Approaches to Second Language Acquisition written by Richard Towell and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1994 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines five central issues of second-language acquisition: transfer, staged development, cross-learner systematicity, incompleteness and variability.

Author : Vivian Cook
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134683294
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Second Language Learning and Language Teaching written by Vivian Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second Language Learning and Language Teaching provides an introduction to the application of second language acquisition research to language teaching. Assuming no previous background in second language acquisition or language teaching methods, this text starts by introducing readers to the basic issues of second language acquisition research. It then examines how people learn particular aspects of the second language, such as grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and the writing system, and at the strategies they adopt in their learning and the differences between individuals. Final chapters look at second language learning in a broader context – the goals of language teaching and how teaching methods relate to SLA research. This newly updated fifth edition builds on the comprehensive scope of earlier editions while also addressing more recent developments in the field, particularly multilingual approaches to language teaching.

Author : William E. Rutherford
Publisher : Newbury House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grammar and Second Language Teaching written by William E. Rutherford and published by Newbury House. This book was released on 1988 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Usha Lakshmanan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027224757
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Universal Grammar in Child Second Language Acquisition written by Usha Lakshmanan and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines child second language acquisition within the Principles and Parameters theory of Universal Grammar (UG). Specifically, the book focuses on null-subjects in the developing grammars of children acquiring English as a second language. The book provides evidence from the longitudinal speech data of four child second language (L2) learners in order to test the predictions of a recent theory of null-subjects, namely, the Morphological Uniformity Principle (MUP). Lakshmanan argues that the child L2 acquisition data offer little or no evidence in support of the MUP s predictions regarding a developmental relation between verb inflections and null-subjects. The evidence from these child L2 data indicates that regardless of the status of null subjects in their first language, child L2 learners of English hypothesize correctly from the very beginning that English requires subjects of tensed clauses to be obligatorily overt. The failure on the part of these learners to obey this knowledge in certain structural contexts is the result of perceptual factors that are unrelated to parameter setting. The book demonstrates the value of child second language acquisition data in evaluating specific proposals within linguistic theory for a Universal principle.