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Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
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Expected 24 Mar 26Alternative Approaches to Second Language Second Edition is the eagerly awaited, expanded update of a landmark text. This volume explores alternative perspectives on second language acquisition, offering a critical challenge to the dominant cognitivist, theory-testing framework that shaped mid-20th-century human sciences.
Leading SLA scholars provide a comprehensive overview of nine alternative complex dynamic systems theory, sociocultural theory, identity studies, conversation analysis, language socialization, corpus analysis, decolonial theory, assemblage theory, and the sociocognitive approach. Each contribution reflects the cutting edge of current research, including insights into L2 sociolinguistic variation, brain research, gesture studies, and newly added further readings and discussion questions. The consistent chapter structure enables readers to effortlessly compare and navigate these diverse approaches. The editors’ introduction offers a powerful framework for understanding the relevance of these alternative approaches in today’s rapidly evolving landscape of SLA research and pedagogy.
This volume is an essential resource for graduate students, researchers, and educators in Applied Linguistics, SLA, and language education. It serves as both a comprehensive introduction for newcomers and a fresh update for those familiar with the first edition.
Leading SLA scholars provide a comprehensive overview of nine alternative complex dynamic systems theory, sociocultural theory, identity studies, conversation analysis, language socialization, corpus analysis, decolonial theory, assemblage theory, and the sociocognitive approach. Each contribution reflects the cutting edge of current research, including insights into L2 sociolinguistic variation, brain research, gesture studies, and newly added further readings and discussion questions. The consistent chapter structure enables readers to effortlessly compare and navigate these diverse approaches. The editors’ introduction offers a powerful framework for understanding the relevance of these alternative approaches in today’s rapidly evolving landscape of SLA research and pedagogy.
This volume is an essential resource for graduate students, researchers, and educators in Applied Linguistics, SLA, and language education. It serves as both a comprehensive introduction for newcomers and a fresh update for those familiar with the first edition.
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January 4, 2019
Ugh, I'm so glad to be done with this one. If there is one thing that I hate it is authors who decide to write simple sentences in the most difficult way ever (aka tons of synonyms, a comma or three per sentence, repeat the same thing over and over but with a slight twist here and there so that your reader has to figure out what is different, and a dash of French as a finishing touch).
It's a real shame that the writing style is so terrible because there is a ton of information in here, stuff that is really interesting and that I would have loved to learn about if only the reading experience had been better. I will toss this one in some dark corner and hopefully never have to look at it again.
It's a real shame that the writing style is so terrible because there is a ton of information in here, stuff that is really interesting and that I would have loved to learn about if only the reading experience had been better. I will toss this one in some dark corner and hopefully never have to look at it again.
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