Second language acquisition in multilingual and mixed ability Indian classrooms. (2016)
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- Book
- Title:
- Second language acquisition in multilingual and mixed ability Indian classrooms. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Second language acquisition in multilingual and mixed ability Indian classrooms
- Further Information:
- Note: Vaishna Narang, Salonee Priya, Varalakshmi Chaudhry.
- Other Names:
- Nāraṅga, Vaiśnā
Priya, Salonee
Chaudhry, Varalakshmi - Contents:
- Foreword; Preface; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Second Language Acquisition Research on Spoken and Written Output; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Problems Identified in the Classroom as a Language Teaching Theorist; 1.3 Issues Addressed in the Study; 1.3.1 Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Theories and a Different Perspective on What Is Acquired; 1.3.2 Materials and Methods; 1.3.3 Task Planning and Task Performance; 1.3.4 Evaluation and Measurement: Measurement of Accuracy, Complexity, and Fluency; 1.3.5 Conclusion; 1.4 Perspective for Our Studies of SLA: Spoken and Written Output. 1.4.1 Attitudes and Expectations of the Learners; 1.5 The Importance of Language in Higher Education; 1.5.1 The Indian Setting for Our Studies on SLA in Classrooms; 1.5.2 The Objectives and Scope; 1.5.2.1 SST-Seminar Speech Task; 1.5.2.2 WTPT-Written Test Performance Task; 1.5.3 The Experimental Tasks; 1.5.3.1 The SST; 1.5.3.2 The WTPT; References; 2 Certain Theoretical Concepts in SLA Research on Speech and Writing; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Certain Theoretical Notions Related to Language Production; 2.2.1 Competence and Performance. 2.2.2 Distinctions Similar to the Learning-Acquisition Distinction; 2.2.3 Language Deployment; 2.2.4 Input Processing; 2.2.5 Information Processing; 2.3 Studies on Spoken Output; 2.3.1 The Concept of Fluency; 2.3.2 A Possible Role for Imitation in Learning to Speak; 2.3.3 Speech Production in First Language; 2.3.4 Errors and Self-Monitoring; 2.3.4.1Foreword; Preface; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Second Language Acquisition Research on Spoken and Written Output; Abstract; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Problems Identified in the Classroom as a Language Teaching Theorist; 1.3 Issues Addressed in the Study; 1.3.1 Second Language Acquisition (SLA) Theories and a Different Perspective on What Is Acquired; 1.3.2 Materials and Methods; 1.3.3 Task Planning and Task Performance; 1.3.4 Evaluation and Measurement: Measurement of Accuracy, Complexity, and Fluency; 1.3.5 Conclusion; 1.4 Perspective for Our Studies of SLA: Spoken and Written Output. 1.4.1 Attitudes and Expectations of the Learners; 1.5 The Importance of Language in Higher Education; 1.5.1 The Indian Setting for Our Studies on SLA in Classrooms; 1.5.2 The Objectives and Scope; 1.5.2.1 SST-Seminar Speech Task; 1.5.2.2 WTPT-Written Test Performance Task; 1.5.3 The Experimental Tasks; 1.5.3.1 The SST; 1.5.3.2 The WTPT; References; 2 Certain Theoretical Concepts in SLA Research on Speech and Writing; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Certain Theoretical Notions Related to Language Production; 2.2.1 Competence and Performance. 2.2.2 Distinctions Similar to the Learning-Acquisition Distinction; 2.2.3 Language Deployment; 2.2.4 Input Processing; 2.2.5 Information Processing; 2.3 Studies on Spoken Output; 2.3.1 The Concept of Fluency; 2.3.2 A Possible Role for Imitation in Learning to Speak; 2.3.3 Speech Production in First Language; 2.3.4 Errors and Self-Monitoring; 2.3.4.1 Utterance Initiation in a Second Language; 2.3.5 Prefabricated Language; 2.4 Studies on Written Output; 2.4.1 SLA Process: Information and Input Processing; 2.4.1.1 Information Processing (IP); 2.4.1.2 Input Processing. 2.5 Research on Language Processing for Production; References; 3 Second Language Acquisition in Mixed Ability Classrooms: Seminar Speech Task (SST); Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Methodology and Elicitation Procedures; 3.2.1 Working Hypothesis; 3.2.2 The Teaching-Learning Situation; 3.2.3 The Selection of Participants: Inclusion-Exclusion Criteria; 3.2.4 Elicitation of the Data; 3.2.5 Transcription: Procedure and Problems; 3.3 Analysis; 3.3.1 Errors and Monitoring; 3.3.1.1 Errors; 3.3.1.2 Self-monitoring and Self-repair; 3.3.2 Routines, Patterns and Rote Learning; 3.3.2.1 Acquired Elements. 3.3.2.2 Indianisms; 3.4 Discussion; 3.4.1 Discourse Structure and Fluency Strategies; 3.4.1.1 Strategies of Fluency; 3.4.1.2 Discourse Structure; 3.5 An Overview of SST Study; References; 4 Second Language Acquisition in Mixed Ability Classrooms: Written Test Performance Task (WTPT); Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Role of Input and Output in SLA Studies; 4.3 The Pilot Study; 4.4 Restatement of the Hypothesis; 4.5 Methodology and Procedural Steps Followed in WTPT; 4.5.1 Methodology; 4.5.2 Analytical Procedures; 4.5.2.1 Quantitative Analytical Procedure; 4.5.2.2 Qualitative Analytical Procedure. 4.5.2.3 A Consolidation Procedure. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- New Delhi : Springer India
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (242 pages)
- Subjects:
- 401.93
Second language acquisition
Multilingual education -- India
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General
Multilingual education
Second language acquisition
India
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9788132226048
8132226046
8132226038
9788132226031 - Related ISBNs:
- 8132226038
9788132226031 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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