Modelling and Assessing Second Language AcquisitionKenneth Hyltenstam, Manfred Pienemann This book forms an invaluable reference work for all teachers of second languages and researchers in the field of L2 acquisition. In the first section of the book, the authors of the various chapters discuss the contribution that modern research into L2 acquisition has to make in the curriculum development process. In particular, the book provides the reader with arguments for and against the various approaches to teaching. In the second part of the book, the contributors concern themselves with the various assessment tests and their validity, discussing them in particular on psycholinguistic grounds. They also discuss the political function of such assessment and how tests are used or abused in many different contexts around the world. |
Contents
Guidance for the Family | 3 |
Canadian Perspectives | 15 |
Learnability and Syllabus Construction | 23 |
Can Language Acquisition be Altered by Instruction? | 101 |
Implications for Language | 137 |
Learnability and Learner Strategies in Second Language Syntax | 153 |
Learner Variations and the Teachability Hypothesis | 177 |
Medium or Object Different Contexts of schoolbased Second | 197 |
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Instructed Second Language Acquisition: Learning in the Classroom Rod Ellis No preview available - 1991 |
Language, Minority Education, and Gender: Linking Social Justice and Power David Corson Limited preview - 1993 |