Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series

Conditions, Processes, and Knowledge in SLA and Bilingualism

Cristina Sanz, Ronald P. Leow, Cristina Sanz, Ronald P. Leow

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9781589017535
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Over the last several decades, neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, and psycholinguists have investigated the implicit and explicit continuum in language development and use from theoretical, empirical, and methodological perspectives. This book addresses these perspectives in an effort to build connections among them and to draw pedagogical implications when possible.

The volume includes an examination of the psychological and neurological processes of implicit and explicit learning, what aspects of language learning can be affected by explicit learning, and the effects of bilingualism on the mental processing of language. Rigorous empirical research investigations probe specific aspects of acquiring morphosyntax and phonology, including early input, production, feedback, age, and study abroad. A final section explores the rich insights provided into language processing by bilingualism, including such major areas as aging, third language acquisition, and language separation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• 1. Introduction
• PART I: THEORY
• PART II: METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON AWARENESS, PEDAGOGICAL CONTEXTS, AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SLA
• PART III: EMPIRICAL RESEARCH ON L2 PHONOLOGY
• PART IV: EMPIRICAL STUDIES ON KEY ISSUES IN BILINGUALISM: AGING, THIRD LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, AND LANGUAGE SEPARATION