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Grammatical Development in Language Learning

Grammatical Development in Language Learning

Grammatical Development in Language Learning
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Grammatical Development in Language Learning Papeback - - 1st Edition

by Robert Dekeyser

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  • Title Grammatical Development in Language Learning
  • Author Robert Dekeyser
  • Binding Papeback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 246
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackwell Publishing
  • Publication date pp. 248
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 61496598
  • ISBN 9781405135818 / 1405135816
  • Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 0.55 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 1.40 cm)
  • Category Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
  • Library of Congress subjects Grammar, Comparative and general, Second language acquisition
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005042121
  • Dewey Decimal Code 418
  • Quantity available 3

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Reader reviews for Grammatical Development in Language Learning

From the publisher

Why is learning the grammar of a second language difficult? The present volume brings together insights from leading researchers, published in the past five years of the journal Language Learning, to identify the multiple factors that combine to challenge learners in attaining full proficiency in a second language.

  • An innovative synthesis of recent research on grammar and second language acquisition.
  • Highlights the importance of transparency in form-meaning relations as well as learners' aptitudes and previous language learning experiences.
  • Shows how diminutives facilitate gender acquisition in Russian.
  • Demonstrates how learners make semantic distinctions in acquiring gender distinction in French.
  • Evaluates the role of phonological short-term memory in the acquisition of gender in a semi-artificial linguistic system.
  • A useful collection for a graduate seminar on psycholinguistic aspects of second language acquisition.

From the rear cover

Why is learning the grammar of a second language difficult? The present volume brings together recent insights from leading researchers in the U.S. and Europe to identify the multiple factors that challenge learners in attaining full proficiency in a second language. DeKeyser's introductory review synthesizes recent research and theories, illuminating the concept of difficulty in second language acquisition, emphasizing the relations between meaning and forms of a first and second language and their interactions with learners' personal characteristics. A meta-analysis of past research by Goldschneider and DeKeyser highlights the importance of transparency in form-meaning relations as well as learners' aptitudes and previous language learning experiences. Kempe and Brooks show how diminutives facilitate gender acquisition in Russian. Carroll demonstrates how learners make semantic distinctions in acquiring gender distinctions in French. Williams and Lovatt evaluate the role of phonological short-term memory in the acquisition of gender in a semi-artificial linguistic system.

About the author

Robert DeKeyser is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh. He has a Ph.D. in Education with a minor in Linguistics from Stanford University. His research is on second language acquisition, particularly cognitive-psychological aspects. Some of his favorite topics are interlanguage variability, monitoring processes, automatization of second language grammar, the effect of age of learning and other individual differences, and the relationship between implicit and explicit learning and knowledge. He has published in a variety of journals, including Language Learning, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Language Testing, The Modern Language Journal, TESOL Quarterly, and AILA Review.
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