Specialized Vocabulary Learning and Use in Theology: Native and Non-native English-speaking Students in a Graduate School - Couverture souple

Lessard-Clouston, Michael

 
9783838304717: Specialized Vocabulary Learning and Use in Theology: Native and Non-native English-speaking Students in a Graduate School
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3838304713 ISBN 13 : 9783838304717
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

While second language acquisition (SLA) research has grown significantly, one research gap concerns natural SLA in contexts other than ESL/EFL classes. One field with large numbers of ESL/EFL students is theology, and this book addresses this area by describing an investigation into 1) the specialized vocabulary of an introductory course at a graduate school of theology in central Canada and 2) the learning and use of this theological vocabulary by both native and non-native English speaker participants. Using various data sources, the book details how native and non-native English speakers approached and succeeded in learning the technical vocabulary of their discipline over one semester and provides corpus analyses of a) theology lectures as lexical environments and b) participants’ written work in this context. This study delivers a systematic overview of issues in technical vocabulary and discusses implications for related theory, future research, and the learning and teaching of specialized vocabulary. The book, with samples of word lists and student writing, will therefore be of interest to theological students as well as ESL/EAP teachers and applied linguistics researchers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

While second language acquisition (SLA) research has grown significantly, one research gap concerns natural SLA in contexts other than ESL/EFL classes. One field with large numbers of ESL/EFL students is theology, and this book addresses this area by describing an investigation into 1) the specialized vocabulary of an introductory course at a graduate school of theology in central Canada and 2) the learning and use of this theological vocabulary by both native and non-native English speaker participants. Using various data sources, the book details how native and non-native English speakers approached and succeeded in learning the technical vocabulary of their discipline over one semester and provides corpus analyses of a) theology lectures as lexical environments and b) participants? written work in this context. This study delivers a systematic overview of issues in technical vocabulary and discusses implications for related theory, future research, and the learning and teaching of specialized vocabulary. The book, with samples of word lists and student writing, will therefore be of interest to theological students as well as ESL/EAP teachers and applied linguistics researchers.

Biographie de l'auteur

Michael Lessard-Clouston (M.T.S., Tyndale Seminary; Ph.D., OISE/University of Toronto) teaches applied linguistics and TESOL in the Cook School of Intercultural Studies at Biola University in La Mirada, California, U.S.A. He has worked in ESL/EFL education and applied linguistics for over 20 years, in Canada, China, Japan, and the United States.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3838304713
ISBN 13 
9783838304717
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
212
Coordonnées du fabricant
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