Patti Spinner - Böcker

Inspired by the pioneering work of Alan Juffs, this collection makes the case for the value of the field of linguistics as a key contributor to the understanding of second language development and the improvement of language education.This volume builds on Juffs’s career-spanning efforts to champion the study of linguistics to advance language teaching and learning. At a critical juncture in language education and second language studies, the book demonstrates how linguistics can shed light on the processes and planning of language learning and teaching. The first section features essays and reviews on the intersection of linguistics and language education; the second section focuses on practical applications of linguistics to language teaching; and the final section includes a range of empirical studies demonstrating the value of linguistics in applied linguistics, language pedagogy, and second language acquisition. Taking Juffs’s achievements as a guiding framework, the volume concludes with an overview of the major themes from the volume and considers future directions for the continued advancement of these areas of study.Bringing together original research, research reviews, and critical reflections, this book will be of interest to students and scholars in language teaching and learning, second language studies, language education, TESOL, and curriculum development.

Synthesizing the theory behind and methodology for conducting judgment tests, Using Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research aims to clarify the issues surrounding this method and to provide best practices in its use. The text is grounded on a balanced and comprehensive background of the usage of judgment data in the past up through its present-day applications. SLA researchers and graduate students will find useful a chapter serving as a "how-to" guide for a variety of situations to conduct research using judgments, including ways to optimize task design and examples from successful studies. Lucid and practical, Using Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research offers guidance on a method widely used by SLA researchers, both old and new to the field.

Synthesizing the theory behind and methodology for conducting judgment tests, Using Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research aims to clarify the issues surrounding this method and to provide best practices in its use. The text is grounded on a balanced and comprehensive background of the usage of judgment data in the past up through its present-day applications. SLA researchers and graduate students will find useful a chapter serving as a "how-to" guide for a variety of situations to conduct research using judgments, including ways to optimize task design and examples from successful studies. Lucid and practical, Using Judgments in Second Language Acquisition Research offers guidance on a method widely used by SLA researchers, both old and new to the field.

Salience in Second Language Acquisition brings together contributions from top scholars of second language acquisition (SLA) in a comprehensive volume of the existing literature and current research on salience. In the first book to focus exclusively on this integral topic, the editors and contributors define and explore what makes a linguistic feature salient in sections on theory, perpetual salience, and constructed salience. They also provide a history of SLA theory and discussion on its contemporary use in research. An approachable introduction to the topic, this book is an ideal supplement to courses in SLA, and a valuable resource for researchers and scholars looking for a better understanding of the subject.