Second Language Learning Theories (Second Edition)

Cover......Page 1
Second Language Learning Theories, Second Edition......Page 2
Copyright - ISBN: 9780340807668......Page 3
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
1.1 Introduction......Page 18
1.2 What makes for a good theory?......Page 19
1.3 Views on the nature of language......Page 22
1.4 The language learning process......Page 25
1.5 Views of the language learner......Page 36
1.7 Conclusion......Page 41
2.1 Introduction......Page 42
2.2 The 1950s and 1960s......Page 43
2.3 The 1970s......Page 46
2.4 The 1980s and beyond......Page 63
3.1 Introduction......Page 65
3.2 Why a Universal Grammar?......Page 66
3.3 What does Universal Grammar consist of?......Page 74
3.4 Universal Grammar and first language acquisition......Page 84
3.5 Universal Grammar and second language acquisition......Page 90
3.6 Evaluation of Universal Grammar-based approaches to second language acquisition......Page 104
4.1 Introduction......Page 108
4.2 Processing approaches......Page 112
4.3 Connectionism......Page 134
4.4 Evaluation of cognitive approaches to second language learning......Page 139
5.1 Introduction......Page 144
5.2 Functional perspectives on first language development......Page 145
5.3 Early functionalist studies of second language learning......Page 150
5.4 Functionalism beyond the case study: the European Science Foundation project......Page 158
5.5 \'Time talk\': developing the means to talk about past time......Page 164
5.6 The aspect hypothesis......Page 166
5.7 Evaluation......Page 167
6.1 Introduction......Page 172
6.2 Input and interaction in first language acquisition......Page 174
6.3 Input in second language acquisition: Krashen\'s \'Input hypothesis\'......Page 177
6.4 Interaction in second language acquisition......Page 179
6.5 Rethinking the Interaction hypothesis......Page 186
6.6 Output in second language acquisition......Page 187
6.7 Feedback, recasts and negative evidence......Page 189
6.8 Attention, consciousness-raising and \'focus on form\'......Page 196
6.9 Theorizing input and interaction research......Page 200
6.10 Evaluation: the scope of interaction research......Page 203
7.1 Introduction......Page 206
7.2 Socio-cultural theory......Page 207
7.3 Applications of socio-cultural theory to second language learning......Page 213
7.4 Evaluation......Page 231
8.1 Introduction......Page 236
8.2 Variability in second language use......Page 237
8.3 Second language socialization......Page 248
8.4 Communities of practice and situated second language learning......Page 253
8.5 Second language learning and the (re)construction of identity......Page 259
8.6 Affect and investment in second language learning......Page 263
8.7 Evaluation: the scope and achievements of sociolinguistic enquiry......Page 267
9.2 Main achievements of recent second language learning research......Page 270
9.3 Future directions for second language research......Page 272
9.4 Second language research and language education......Page 274
References......Page 276
Subject index......Page 302
Author index......Page 312