Foreign Language Input

Initial Processing

AvRebekah Rast

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Del 28 i serien Second Language Acquisition

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Beskrivning

Foreign Language Input: Initial Processing presents the most comprehensive study to date of the starting point of second language acquisition. Its focus is on the language input that learners receive and what they actually do with this input. The empirical study detailed in the book follows a methodology in which all of the language input provided to the learners from the moment of first exposure is controlled, recorded and transcribed. This input is then quantitatively compared to the learners’ performance on language tasks administered at various time intervals up to 8 hours after first exposure. This in-depth analysis of the input and the learners’ performance sheds light on questions still unanswered in second language acquisition literature, such as what knowledge is brought to the acquisition process and how learners use this knowledge to process new linguistic information.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-03-07
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:554 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Second Language Acquisition
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN:9781847690425

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Rebekah Rast teaches English and Linguistics at The American University of Paris. She has published in the field of second and third language acquisition and conducts research in collaboration with the interdisciplinary CNRS research team Language, Cognition et Développement (UMR 7023), based at the Université Paris VIII. Her research interests include second and additional language acquisition, as well as the interface between language acquisition and teaching.

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Rast's clearly written exploration of input variables illuminates the nature of word and sentence repetition and word- and sentence-translation tasks for learners given minimal L2 exposure. This work will undoubtedly inspire further studies of first exposure.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: Theoretical Preliminaries1. Input and Intake Revisited2. First Exposure StudiesPart 2: The Study3. Polish-French Contrastive Analysis4. Research Methodology5. The Adult’s Available Knowledge at First Exposure to an Unknown Language6. Case Studies: Two Learners with Similar Linguistic Profiles7. Speech Perception8. Speech Comprehension9. Grammatical Analysis10. Concluding RemarksReferences