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The Multilingual Turn
Drawing on the latest developments in bilingual and multilingual research, The Multilingual Turn offers a critique of, and alternative to, still-dominant monolingual theories, pedagogies and practices in SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education. Critics of the 'monolingual bias' argue that notions such as the idealized native speaker, and related concepts of interlanguage, language competence, and fossilization, have framed these fields inextricably in relation to monolingual speaker norms. In contrast, these critics advocate an approach that emphasizes the multiple competencies of bi/multilingual learners as the basis for successful language teaching and learning.
This volume takes a big step forward in re-situating the issue of multilingualism more centrally in applied linguistics and, in so doing, making more permeable its key sub-disciplinary boundaries - particularly, those between SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education. It addresses this issue head on, bringing together key international scholars in SLA, TESOL, and bilingual education to explore from cutting-edge interdisciplinary perspectives what a more critical multilingual perspective might mean for theory, pedagogy, and practice in each of these fields.
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Intensive exposure experiences in second language learning
This volume brings together studies from learning contexts that provide intensive exposure to the target language: naturalistic immersion (immigration and study abroad), intensive instruction, and informal intensive environments in foreign language settings. Its chapters highlight the unique role of intensive exposure in second language learning.
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Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
This volume presents six alternative approaches to studying second language acquisition - 'alternative' in the sense that they contrast with and/or complement the cognitivism pervading the field. All six approaches - sociocultural, complexity theory, conversation-analytic, identity, language socialization, and sociocognitive - are described according to the same set of six headings, allowing for direct comparison across approaches.
Each chapter is authored by leading advocates for the approach described: James Lantolf for the sociocultural approach; Diane Larsen-Freeman for the complexity theory approach; Gabriele Kasper and Johannes Wagner for the conversation-analytic approach; Bonny Norton and Carolyn McKinney for the identity approach; Patricia Duff and Steven Talmy for the language socialization approach and Dwight Atkinson for the sociocognitive approach.
Introductory and commentary chapters round out this volume. The editor's introduction describes the significance of alternative approaches to SLA studies given its strongly cognitivist orientation. Lourdes Ortega's commentary considers the six approaches from an 'enlightened traditional' perspective on SLA studies - a viewpoint which is cognitivist in orientation but broad enough to give serious and balanced consideration to alternative approaches.
This volume is essential reading in the field of second language acquisition.
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Children’s Literature in Second Language Education
Bringing together leading scholars and teacher educators from across the world, from Europe and the USA to Asia, this book presents the latest research and new perspectives into the uses of children's literature in second language teaching for children and young adults. Children's Literature in Second Language Education covers such topics as extensive reading, creative writing in the language classroom, the use of picturebooks and graphic novels in second language teaching and the potential of children's literature in promoting intercultural education. The focus throughout the book is on creative approaches to language teaching, from early years through to young adult learners, making this book an essential read for those studying or embarking on second language teaching at all levels.
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New perspectives on the development of communicative and related competence in foreign language education
\"This book offers insights from current research on the development of knowledge, skills and competencies in language teaching and learning and in second/foreign language acquisition. It presents theoretical frameworks and new perspectives by leading scholars that bear important implications for language education. It also discusses innovative and practical approaches for the teaching and learning of languages\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Exploring Language Teacher Efficacy in Japan
This book examines language teacher efficacy beliefs, focusing
on the individual and collective beliefs of Japanese high school
teachers. It discusses personal and collective dimensions of
language teacher efficacy related to personal second language (L2)
capability, instructional L2 efficacy and collective capability
towards collaboration. The book provides a detailed discussion
about the ways in which these beliefs develop and situates the
findings within the wider field of teacher efficacy research. It
helps further understanding of factors that may influence teacher
self-efficacy and suggests new directions for research to explore
in future studies. It will appeal to postgraduates and researchers
with an interest in language teacher cognition, the psychology of
language teaching and those in the wider fields of self-efficacy,
teacher efficacy and teacher agency. It is also of use to those
with an interest in the high school English education system in
Japan, as well as researchers investigating similar contexts.
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