Issues in L2: Theory as Practice/Practice as Theory

Abstract

Preface Roles in Foreign Language Classroom The Importance of Native Language in Light of Second-Language Studies PART I. TEXT COMPREHENSION A Model of L2 Text Reconstruction: The Recall of Literary Text by Learners of German The Effect of Instruction on ESL Speakers' Control of the {Z} and {D} Morphemes On Pseudodiscrimination. Reading, Cognitive Style, and Culture: A Look at Some Relationships in Second-Language Acquisition The Role of Universal Knowledge Versus Culture Specific Knowledge for Comprehending Text The Acquisition of Restrictions on Backward Pronominalization by Adult ESL Learners Learning from the Speech Errors of Near-Native Speakers PART II. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MATHEMATICAL AND LINGUISTIC ABILITY The Language of Mathematics: The English Barrier. Processing Mathematics in a Second Language: Problems for LEP Children PART III. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Administering a Spanish Proficiency Test in the Montana de Guerrero, Mexico Analysis of Cooperation in a Spanish NS-NNS Interview Situation The Performance of Nonnative Speakers of American Sign Language: A Question of Proficiency The Other Side of Classroom Discourse: What Happens When the Students are Native Speakers and the Teacher Uses L2? Investigating Advanced L2 Competence PART IV. TEACHING AND CURRICULUM The Role of an Anthropologist in L2 Teaching Narrowing the Gap Between Written and Spoken Arabic in Teaching Conversation for Speakers of Other Languages Language Attrition in Secondary School Students of Spanish Author Index Subject Index