Foreword
前言
Introduction
Chapter OneUnderstanding Second Language Acquisition
1.1Definition of SLA
1.2Objectives of SLA research
1.3Basic terminology in SLA
1.3.1Native language and target language
1.3.2Second language and foreign language
1.3.3Bilingualism and muhilingualism
1.3.4Second language acquisition and foreign language learning
1.3.5Input and output
1.3.6Competence and performance
1.3.7Usage and use
1.3.8Comprehension and production
1.3.9Naturalistic and instructed second language acquisition
1.4The external and internal factors in SLA
1.4.1External factors
1.4.2Internal factors
1.5A review of first language acquisition
1.5.1From babbling to words
1.5.2Development of inflections and function words
1.5.3Development of negatives and interrogatives
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Chapter TwoThe Study of Interlanguage
2.1Definition of interlanguage
2.2Characteristics of interlanguage
2.3Major findings in interlanguage studies
2.3.1Systematic change in grammar
2.3.2Acquisition order and sequence of acquisition
2.3.3L1 influence
2.4Interlanguage pragmatics
2.4.1Second language speech act
2.4.2Production of speech acts : Differences between L2 learners and L1 speakers
2.4.3Speech act research paradigm
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Chapter ThreeLinguistic Aspects of Second Language Acquisition
3.1The nature of human language
3.1.1Common characteristics of language
3.1.2Different aspects of language
3.2Early approaches to SLA
3.2.1Contrastive analysis hypothesis (CAH)
3.2.2Error analysis (EA)
3.2.3Monitor Model
3.3Universal grammar (UG)
3.3.1Definition
3.3.2Principles and parameters
3.3.3UGandSLA
3.4Typological universals : Accessibility hierarchy (AH)
3.5Functional approaches
3.5.1Systemic linguistics
3.5.2Functional typology
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Chapter FourPsyciological Aspects of Second Language Acquisition
4.1Language and the brain
4.2Behaviorist way of learning
4.3Cognitive perspective of learning
4.3.1Information processing (IP)
4.3.2Connectionist/emergentist models
4.3.3Competition model (CM)
4.3.4Bialystok's theory of L2 learning
4.3.5Gass's integrative model of SLA
4.3.6Usage-based model
4.4Individual differences
4.4.1Aptitude
4.4.2Age
4.4.3Motivation
4.4.4Cognitive style
4.4.5Personality
4.4.6Learning strategies
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Chapter FiveSocio-cultural Aspects of Second Language Acquisition
5.1Microsoeial factors
5.1.1Input and interaction
5.1.2Input modification
5.1.3Interactional modifications
5.1.4Feedback
5.1.5Interaction hypothesis
5.1.6Socio-euhural theory
5.2Macrosocial factors
5.2.1Accommodation theory
5.2.2Acculturation model
5.2.3Social identity and investment in L2 learning
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Chapter SixInstruction and Second Language Acquisition
6.1Second language teaching
6.2Form-focused instruction
6.2.1Focus on form and focus on forms
6.2.2Form-focused instruction
6.2.3Teachability hypothesis
6.2.4Input-based instruction and output-based instruction
6.2.5Consciousness-raising
6.2.6Processing instruction (PI)
6.3Uniqueness of classroom instruction
6.4Explicit and implicit instruction
6.5Teaching of grammar
6.5.1Prescriptive and descriptive grammar
6.5.2Rule-based and item-based grammar
6.5.3Grammar acquisition
6.5.4Tips for grammar teaching
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Chapter SevenSecond Language Acquisition Research: Data Collection and Analysis
7.1Data collection
7.1.1Data categorization
7.1.2Linguistic production data elicitation
7.1.3Non-linguistic information elicitation
7.2Data analysis and interpretation
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Appendix 1A Glossary of English Terms in This Book
Appendix 2Reference Key to Some Questions in the Assignment
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