Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

Abstract

1. Acknowledgments 2. Foreword (by Myles, Florence) 3. Introduction (by Garcia Mayo, Maria del Pilar) 4. Chapter 1. What is easy and what is hard to acquire in a second language: A generative perspective (by Slabakova, Roumyana) 5. Chapter 2. Systemic Functional approaches to second language acquisition in school settings (by Garcia, Ana Llinares) 6. Chapter 3. From input, output and comprehension to negotiation, evidence, and attention: An overview of theory and research on learner interaction and SLA (by Pica, Teresa) 7. Chapter 4. Skill Acquisition Theory and the role of practice in L2 development (by Lyster, Roy) 8. Chapter 5. The Input Processing Theory in second language acquisition (by Benati, Alessandro G.) 9. Chapter 6. Processability Theory: Explaining developmental sequences (by Hakansson, Gisela) 10. Chapter 7. Sociocultural Theory and second language development: Theoretical foundations and insights from research (by Ganem-Gutierrez, Gabriela Adela) 11. Chapter 8. Investigating L2 spoken syntax: A Usage-based perspective (by Weinert, Regina) 12. Chapter 9. Connectionist models of second language acquisition (by Li, Ping) 13. Chapter 10. Dynamic Systems Theory as a comprehensive theory of second language development (by Bot, Kees de) 14. Chapter 11. Electrophysiology of second language processing: The past, present and future (by Sabourin, Laura L.) 15. Afterword. On multiplicity and mutual exclusivity: The case for different SLA theories (by Rothman, Jason) 16. List of contributors