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Gurzynski-Weiss, Laura, Ed. – Language Learning & Language Teaching, 2020
This book examines the role of interlocutors and their individual differences (IDs) in second language (L2) development from four theoretical lenses: the cognitive-interactionist approach, sociocultural theory, the variationist approach, and complex dynamic systems theory. A theoretical overview to each approach is written by a preeminent scholar…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sociocultural Patterns
Schwieter, John W., Ed.; Benati, Alessandro, Ed. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this "Handbook," written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Theories
Bergsleithner, Joara M., Ed.; Frota, Sylvia Nagem, Ed.; Yoshioka, Jim K., Ed. – National Foreign Language Resource Center at University of Hawaii, 2013
This volume celebrates the life and groundbreaking work of Richard Schmidt, the developer of the influential Noticing Hypothesis in the field of second language acquisition. The 19 chapters encompass a compelling collection of cuttingĀ­-edge research studies exploring such constructs as noticing, attention, and awareness from multiple perspectives,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Attention, Language Processing
Abedi, Jamal; Bailey, Alison; Butler, Frances; Castellon-Wellington, Martha; Leon, Seth; Mirocha, James – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
The research effort reported in this document addresses the important national need for determining the validity of large-scale content assessments in English with students who are in the process of acquiring English as a second language. Often these students have been excluded from such assessments, but there have been recent, growing efforts to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Aptitude, Construct Validity