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From: "Kathryn King" <Kathryn at multilingual-matters.com>
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Subject: New book from Multilingual Matters


> 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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>
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