New book from Multilingual Matters

[Kathryn King]

AGE AND THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

Edited by María del Pilar García Mayo and María Luisa García Lecumberri
(University of the Basque Country)

Key Features
- Deals with the issue of age and the acquisition of a foreign language
- Discusses learning English as a third language in two bilingual
communities

Description
This book provides an overview of current research on the age factor in
foreign language learning, addressing issues, which are critical for
language planning. It presents new research on foreign language learning
within bilingual communities in formal instruction settings focussing on
syntax, phonology, writing, oral skills and learning strategies. 

Contents:
Introduction María del Pilar García Mayo and María Luisa García
Lecumberri (University of the Basque Country)
PART I - THEORETICAL ISSUES
1. Critical Periods of General Age Factor(s)?  David Singleton ( Trinity
College, Dublin)
2. Phonological Acquisition in Multilingualism Jonathan Leather
(University of Amsterdam)
3. Know Your Grammar Stefka H. Marinova-Todd (Harvard Graduate School of
Education)
PART II - FIELDWORK IN BILINGUAL COMMUNITIES
4. The Influence of Age on the Acquisition of English Jasone Cenoz
(University of the Basque Country)
5. Age, Length of Exposure and Grammaticality Judgements in the
Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language María del Pilar García Mayo
(University of the Basque Country)
6. English FL Sounds in School Learners of Different Ages María Luisa
García Lecumberri and Francisco Gallardo (University of the Basque
Country)
7. Maturational Constraints on Foreign Language Written Production David
Lasagabaster and Aintzane Doiz (University of the Basque Country)
8. Variation in Oral Skills Development and Age of Onset Carmen Muñoz
(University of Barcelona)
9. Learner Strategies: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Study of
Primary and High-school EFL Learners Mia Victori (Autonomous University
of Barcelona) and Elsa Tragant (University of Barcelona)         

Editor information
María del Pilar García Mayo is Associate Professor of English
linguistics at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). Her
research interests include the acquisition of second language syntax
both from a generative
and an interactionist perspective. 
María Luisa García Lecumberri is Associate Professor of  English
phonetics at the University of the Basque Country (Spain). Her research
interests are intonation in English and Spanish and the acquisition of
English by
foreign learners.

Second Language Acquisition No.4 May 2003       Format 210 x 148mm 209pp
Hbk ISBN 1-85359-639-6  £49.95 / US$79.95 / CAN$99.95
Pbk  ISBN 1-85359-638-8 £16.95 / US$27.95 / CAN$39.95



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