Grammar Growth in Child Second Language German: Investigating DP Development in an Immersion Setting

ISBN-13: 9783631657287 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 275 str.

Christiane Schoneberger; Christiane Schoeneberger; Christiane Scheoneberger

Opis

This empirical study investigates the acquisition and development of nominal morphology in L1-English-speaking children acquiring German as a second language in an immersion school context. The focus is on accuracy development in the emerging German article system. Embracing theoretical and applied aspects of second language acquisition research, the study brings together educational, cognitive and psycholinguistic dimensions of second language learning and teaching. Results have implications for curriculum design and quality development in language immersion and content and language integrated learning.

Spis treści

Contents: Second language acquisition - Nominal morphology - Accuracy development - L2 grammar - Child language acquisition - Immersion - Second language learning - Second language teaching - Content and language integrated learning - L1 English - German as a second language - Articles in L2A.

O autorze

Christiane Schöneberger studied English Language and Literature as well as Spanish Language and Literature at the Universities of Cologne, St. Andrews (United Kingdom) and Salamanca (Spain). She is a research assistant at the University of Cologne. Her research interests include early multilingualism, language and literacy development as well as child first and second language acquisition.