Rule Learning in Second Language: The Acquisition of Regular and Irregular Past-Tense Forms by Adult ESL Learners - Couverture souple

Bandi-Rao, Shoba

 
9783639179934: Rule Learning in Second Language: The Acquisition of Regular and Irregular Past-Tense Forms by Adult ESL Learners
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ISBN 10 : 3639179935 ISBN 13 : 9783639179934
Editeur : VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

Learning a second language as an adult contrasts sharply with learning a first language as a child. Parents do not explicitly teach grammar rules to their children, yet all normal children attain full competence of the grammar in their language. Like-wise, grammatical competence is frequently observed for those learning a second language in their childhood. However, those learning a second language in their adulthood do not appear to attain the same degree of grammatical competence. This book attempts to account for aspects of the observed child-adult differences. It examines some of the underlying cognitive processes involved in the acquisition of the simple past tense in English by adult learners using written and oral production tasks, grammaticality judgment tasks, and a story-telling task. Results from the study indicate that some of these rule learning mechanisms do not appear to be available to adult language learners to the same extent as they are to first language learners. The book suggests ways to incorporate these insights concerning cognitive processing into current teaching practices to help adult language learners master certain grammar rules more efficiently.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Learning a second language as an adult contrasts sharply with learning a first language as a child. Parents do not explicitly teach grammar rules to their children, yet all normal children attain full competence of the grammar in their language. Like-wise, grammatical competence is frequently observed for those learning a second language in their childhood. However, those learning a second language in their adulthood do not appear to attain the same degree of grammatical competence. This book attempts to account for aspects of the observed child-adult differences. It examines some of the underlying cognitive processes involved in the acquisition of the simple past tense in English by adult learners using written and oral production tasks, grammaticality judgment tasks, and a story-telling task. Results from the study indicate that some of these rule learning mechanisms do not appear to be available to adult language learners to the same extent as they are to first language learners. The book suggests ways to incorporate these insights concerning cognitive processing into current teaching practices to help adult language learners master certain grammar rules more efficiently.

Biographie de l'auteur

Shoba Bandi-Rao received her Ph. D. in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)/Applied Linguistics from New York University. Currently, she is an E-Communities Researcher/Writing Instructor in the Opportunity Programs at NYU. Shoba is interested in the origin of human language. In her free time, she dabbles in amateur astronomy.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639179935
ISBN 13 
9783639179934
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
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Personne responsable
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