Talking About Second Language Acquisition

ISBN-13: 9783030997601 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023

Karim Sadeghi

Opis

This book includes interviews with fourteen internationally-acclaimed leading figures in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), who speak on seminal issues in the field as well as their own contributions to SLA scholarship. As well as covering the contributors’ backgrounds and academic achievements, the interviews also delve into their areas of expertise, current theoretical and practical considerations, and contemporary questions, developments and challenges in SLA. The author probes their views on current topics including input and interaction, vocabulary acquisition, teaching pronunciation, writing development, syntactic processing, multilingualism, L1 attrition, complex dynamic systems, processing instruction, instructed second language acquisition, and technology in language teaching. An introduction by the author draws out the key themes and debates in the field today, and highlights areas for future research and further exploration, and a foreword is provided by Rod Ellis. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Applied Linguistics, Teacher Education and Methodology, and Second and Foreign Language Education.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: SLA at 55: What are the key issues?

Chapter 2: Input and Interaction in SLA: An Interview with Susan Gass.

Chapter 3: Interaction and Feedback in SLA: An Interview with Alison Mackey.

Chapter 4: Classroom Interaction and SLA: An Interview with Masatoshi Sato.

Chapter 5: Teaching Pronunciation and SLA: An Interview with Tracey Derwing.

Chapter 6: Vocabulary Acquisition and Pedagogy in SLA: An Interview with Norbert Schmitt.

Chapter 7: Morphosyntactic Processing in SLA: An Interview with Alison Gabriele.

Chapter 8: Emergentist Syntax and SLA: An Interview with William O’Grady.

Chapter 9: Writing Development in SLA: An Interview with Rosa Manchon.

Chapter 10: First Language Attrition and SLA: An Interview with Monika Schmid.

Chapter 11: Bilingualism and SLA: An Interview with Antonella Sorace.

Chapter 12: Complex Dynamic Systems and Bi-/Multilingualism in SLA: An Interview with Kees de Bot.

Chapter 13: Instructed Second Language Acquisition: An Interview with Shawn Loewen.

Chapter 14: Processing Instruction and SLA: An Interview with Alessandro Benati.

Chapter 15: Digital Technology and SLA: An Interview with Glenn Stockwell.

O autorze

Karim Sadeghi is Professor of TESOL at Urmia University, Iran, and is the founding editor-in-chief of the Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, a Scopus Q1 journal. His recent publications have appeared in Frontiers in Psychology, Current Psychology, System, ESP Journal, RELC Journal and Assessing Writing among others. His monograph Assessing Second Language Reading was published in 2021.

Blurb

“[T]he book succeeds in providing a very novel and engaging expose of key issues and key scholars in the field of SLA – a combination rarely encountered in a book focusing on topics in SLA.”

—Neomy Storch, Associate Professor, The University of Melbourne, Australia

“Bringing SLA research to life through such a personalized approach promises to be an invaluable source of inspiration to burgeoning and seasoned scholars alike. Highly recommended!”

—Roy Lyster, Professor Emeritus, McGill University, Canada

“These interviews with fourteen minds that have shaped the field of second language acquisition are an intellectual feast and a treasure of historical memory and future-looking insights.”

—Lourdes Ortega, Professor, Georgetown University, USA

“Both experienced and new researchers in the field will find this a very useful resource to understand the past, present and future of several key SLA topics. The personal voices of the contributors make this an interesting read throughout.”

—Bimali Indrarathne, University of York, UK

This book includes interviews with fourteen internationally-acclaimed leading figures in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), who speak on seminal issues in the field as well as their own contributions to SLA scholarship. As well as covering the contributors’ backgrounds and academic achievements, the interviews also delve into their areas of expertise, current theoretical and practical considerations, and contemporary questions, developments and challenges in SLA. An introduction by the author draws out the key themes and debates in the field today, and highlights areas for future research and further exploration, and a foreword is provided by Rod Ellis. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Applied Linguistics, Teacher Education and Methodology, and Second and Foreign Language Education.

Karim Sadeghi is Professor of TESOL at Urmia University, Iran, and is the founding editor-in-chief of the Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, a Scopus Q1 journal.