The handbook of advanced proficiency in second language acquisition /
A comprehensive, current review of the research and approaches to advanced proficiency in second language acquisition The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition offers an overview of the most recent and scientific-based research concerning higher proficiency in second langua...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
2018.
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| Series: | Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Reference; Part I Advanced L2 Capacity: Orientations on Acquisition; Chapter 2 Systemic Functional Linguistics and Advanced Second Language Proficiency; Introduction; SFL-based assumptions about language and language development: Implications for the construct of L2 advancedness; SFL-based descriptions: Specifying L2 advancedness; SFL-inspired curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment: Fostering advanced L2 proficiency
- Outlook: An agenda for the SFL-informed research on L2 advanced proficiencyNotes; References; Chapter 3 Psycholinguistic Approaches and Advanced Proficiency; Introduction; L2 parsing and advanced proficiency; Agreement processing and advanced proficiency; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 4 What Does Critical Period Research Reveal about Advanced L2 Proficiency?; The relationship between Critical Period research and advanced L2 proficiency; Early results; Morphology and syntax; Lexis and collocations; L2 learning at advanced proficiency levels: Summary of findings
- Types of items resistant to learning even at advanced proficiency levelsAvenues for future research; References; Chapter 5 Generative Approaches to Second Language (L2) Acquisition and Advanced L2 Proficiency; Introduction; Main tenets of generative linguistic theory; Generative approaches to L2 ultimate attainment; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Notes; References; Chapter 6 Interaction-Driven L2 Learning: Advanced Learners; Introduction; The interaction approach; Interaction and advanced learners; Pedagogical implications; Conclusions and future directions; References
- Chapter 7 Sociocultural Theory: Mediating Learners toward Advanced ProficiencyIntroduction; Principles of Sociocultural Theory; L2 education to promote advanced proficiency; Future directions; References; Part II Advanced Proficiency and Performance: Multiple Dimensions and Contexts; Chapter 8 Advanced-Level Grammatical Development in Instructed SLA; Introduction; Problematizing the interrelationships among advanced abilities, grammar, and instructed learning; Advancedness, where art thou?; Understanding and addressing local-level phenomena
- Exploring the complex embeddedness of grammatical featuresObserving advanced-level grammatical abilities through the CAF lens; Understanding advancedness as a discourse phenomenon; Toward a functional understanding of grammar; Directions for future research; References; Chapter 9 Individual Differences in Advanced Proficiency; Introduction and literature review; Abroad experience; Heritage status; Use of authentic L2 resources outside of class; Motivation; Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 10 The Prior Language Experience of Heritage Bilinguals; Introduction