First Exposure to a Second Language: Learners' Initial Input Processing

ISBN-13: 9781108810418 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 221 str.

Zhaohong Han; Rebekah Rast

Opis

Looking at second-language learners of a range of languages, this collection of original studies examines the phenomena of 'intake' versus 'input' in second language learning. It explores the cognitive process involved, and the fundamental mechanisms underlying adult second language acquisition, which is of central importance to theoreticians and teachers alike.

Recenzje

'… the book is of central importance to theorists and teachers because of its overriding theme of the state of learner spontaneous input processing in foreign language learning, and the extent to which this processing leads to intake. It is also an essential resource for academics, researchers, pedagogues, and students of applied linguistics pursuing their academic research within SLA and L2 pedagogy. The wide range of issues the book covers may interest other researchers to pursue investigation by building on the results, or make some inferences about processing. It also provides practitioners with insights to manipulate intake through pedagogical interventions.' Abdu Alkadi, LINGUIST List

Spis treści

Introduction. First exposure, input processing and theorizing ZhaoHong Han and Rebekah Rast; 1. First exposure: a replication of Han and Peverly (2007) ZhaoHong Han and Yayun Sun; 2. Learners' first exposure to written L2 input: insights from learners' spontaneous think-alouds Eun Sung Park; 3. Initial processing and use of inflectional markers: evidence from French adult learners of Polish Rebekah Rast, Marzena Watorek, Heather Hilton and Ellenor Shoemaker; 4. Processing 'words' in early-stage foreign language acquisition: a comparison of first exposure and low proficiency learners S. E. Carroll; 5. Absence of morphological transfer in beginners: evidence from eye tracking Nuria Sagarra; 6. The challenges of establishing spontaneous allocation of attention to meaning and form Nina Moreno; Epilogue. Input processing by novices: issues in the nature of processing and in research methods Bill VanPatten.