Extending the Boundaries of Research on Second Language Learning and Teaching

✍ Scribed by Mirosław Pawlak (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 343
• Series: Second Language Learning and Teaching
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book contains a selection of papers reflecting cutting-edge developments in the field of learning and teaching second and foreign languages. The contributions are devoted to such issues as classroom-oriented research, sociocultural aspects of language acquisition, individual differences in language learning, teacher development, new strands in second language acquisition research as well as methodological considerations. Because of its scope, the diversity of topics covered and the adoption of various theoretical perspectives, the volume is of interest not only to theorists and researchers but also to methodologists and practitioners, and can be used in courses for graduate students.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Influence of Visual Input Enhancement on the Acquisition of English Embedded Questions....Pages 3-13
Focused Communication Tasks as a Way of Developing Accurate Speaking at the Advanced Level....Pages 15-28
Grammar Instruction in ELT: Insights from the Classroom....Pages 29-39
Taking a Hard Look at the Task-Based Approach: Do Learners’ Speaking Skills Really Develop and if So, How?....Pages 41-50
Teachers’ Use of Internet Resources for Preparing English Lessons....Pages 51-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
How to Develop Intercultural Competence in a Business English Classroom in Poland?....Pages 63-75
Strangers in Paradise: The Role of Target Language Culture in Foreign Language Teaching Materials....Pages 77-91
British Politeness in a Polish ESL/EFL Classroom?....Pages 93-102
Poles Experiencing English (and Much More!) in Ireland....Pages 103-110
American Studies Web Resources: Are They Keeping Up with the Joneses?....Pages 111-126
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Intelligence in Gifted L2 Learners....Pages 129-142
Anxiety as a Cause of Poor Language Learning in Pakistan: A Case Study....Pages 143-148
Anxiety as a Factor Influencing the Use of Language Learning Strategies....Pages 149-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Second Language Teacher Education: Shifting Paradigms and Future Challenges....Pages 169-179
The First Year in the Classroom: Crossing the Borderland from Being a Student to Being a Teacher....Pages 181-195
Teacher Presence and Classroom Awareness : On the Nature of Critical Incidents in Foreign Language Instruction....Pages 197-209
Foreign Language Teacher Burnout: A Research Proposal....Pages 211-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Away from the Input: Affordance as a Way of Activating Personal Touch to Language Learning....Pages 227-239
Cognitive Linguistics and Foreign Language Pedagogy: An Overview of Recent Trends and Developments....Pages 241-262
Across the Borders of Typhlopedagogy and SLA: New Research Problems, Recent Findings, Perspectives....Pages 263-274
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
New Perspectives in Language Assessment: The Interpretivist Revolution....Pages 275-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Mix? Yes, but How? Mixed Methods Research Illustarted....Pages 289-300
Reconstructive Elicited Imitation as a Tool for Measuring Implicit L2 Knowledge....Pages 301-315
Some Methodological Issues in Second-Language Speech Research: Participant Selection and Experimental Design....Pages 317-326
Crossing Frontiers in the Think Aloud on Reading: Revealing Text-Recounting Method Effect....Pages 327-338

✦ Subjects

Theoretical Languages; Applied Linguistics; Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics