First Exposure to a Second Language (Paperback)

ZhaoHong Han

ISBN 10: 1108810411 / ISBN 13: 9781108810418

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019

Beschreibung

Paperback. The initial state of learner spontaneous input processing in foreign language learning, as well as the extent to which this processing leads to intake, is of central importance to theoreticians and teachers alike. In this collection of original studies, leading experts examine a range of issues, such as what learners do when faced with a language they know little or nothing about, what factors appear to mediate beginning learners' processing of input, how beginners treat two types of information - form and meaning - in the input, and how adult cognition deals with stimulus frequency at this initial stage. This book provides a microscopic view on learners' processing of foreign language input at the early stages of learning, and evaluates a variety of methodological options within the context of ab initio processing of foreign languages other than English, such as German, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, and Spanish. 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. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781108810418

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: First Exposure to a Second Language (Paperback)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1108810411
• ISBN-13: 9781108810418
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

This collection of original studies examines the cognitive processes and the fundamental mechanisms underlying adult second language acquisition.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

ZhaoHong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

Rebekah Rast is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics in the Department of Comparative Literature and English at The American University of Paris, France.