20.3719, Books: Lang Acquisition/Applied Ling: Benati (Ed)

[linguist at LINGUISTLIST.ORG]

LINGUIST List: Vol-20-3719. Sun Nov 01 2009. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 20.3719, Books: Lang Acquisition/Applied Ling: Benati (Ed)

Moderators: Anthony Aristar, Eastern Michigan U <aristar at linguistlist.org>
            Helen Aristar-Dry, Eastern Michigan U <hdry at linguistlist.org>
 
Reviews: Monica Macaulay, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Eric Raimy, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Joseph Salmons, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
Anja Wanner, U of Wisconsin-Madison  
       <reviews at linguistlist.org> 

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org/

The LINGUIST List is funded by Eastern Michigan University, 
and donations from subscribers and publishers.

Editor for this issue: Hannah Morales <hannah at linguistlist.org>
================================================================  

Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers
are available at the end of this issue. 

===========================Directory==============================  

1)
Date: 27-Oct-2009
From: Jennifer Tighe < jtighe at continuumbooks.com >
Subject: Issues in Second Language Proficiency: Benati (Ed)
 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:01:50
From: Jennifer Tighe [jtighe at continuumbooks.com]
Subject: Issues in Second Language Proficiency: Benati (Ed)

E-mail this message to a friend:
http://linguistlist.org/issues/emailmessage/verification.cfm?iss=20-3719.html&submissionid=235482&topicid=2&msgnumber=1
  



Title: Issues in Second Language Proficiency 
Publication Year: 2009 
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
	   http://www.continuumbooks.com
	

Book URL: http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=133127&SearchType=Basic 


Editor: Alessandro G. Benati

Hardback: ISBN:  9780826435156 Pages: 256 Price: U.K. £ 75.00


Abstract:

This book provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language
proficiency in the field of second language acquisition.  It looks at four
areas of research paradigmatically related to the role of proficiency:

- Theorizing and measuring second language proficiency
- The dimensions of L2 proficiency
- Factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency
- Attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom

The book also contains a variety of research accounts about the specific
factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised
measurement of proficiency in second language research.  It will be
required reading for researchers in applied linguistics and second language
acquisition.

Acknowledgments 
Introduction 

1. Attaining second language proficiency, Alessandro Benati (University of
Greenwich, United Kingdom) 

Part I: Theory and dimensions of second language proficiency 

2. What is 'priming', and what might priming techniques be able to tell us
about L2 learning and proficiency? Emma Marsden (University of York, United
Kingdom) 

3. Cross-linguistic influence in L2 verb frames: The effects of word
familiarity and language proficiency, Christopher J Hall (York St John
University, United Kingdom) and Areli Reyes (Universidad Autónoma de
Tlaxcala, Mexico) 

4. The role of working memory in the development of L2 grammatical
proficiency, Clare Wright (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) 

Part II: Factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency 

5. Statistical learning and innate knowledge in the development of second
language proficiency: Evidence from the acquisition of gender concord,
Roger Hawkins (University of Essex, United Kingdom) 

6. Metalinguistic knowledge: A stepping stone towards L2 proficiency? Karen
Roehr (University of Essex, United Kingdom) and Gabriela Adela Gánem-
Gutiérrez (University of Essex, United Kingdom) 

7. The development of vocabulary proficiency in relation to learning style,
Paul Booth (Kingston University, United Kingdom) 

8. Second language reading proficiency and word recognition: The concept of
saliency and its application across different scripts, Mick Randall
(British University in Dubai, Dubai) 

9. L2 proficiency: measuring the intelligibility of words and extended
speech, Sara Kennedy (McGill University, Montréal, Canada) 

10. English with a native-like accent: An empirical study on proficiency,
Tanja Angelovska & Angela Hahn (University of Munich, Germany) 

Part 3: Attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom 

11. Formal intervention and the development of proficiency: The role of
explicit Formation, Bill Van Patten (Texas Tech University, United States
of America) 

12. Secondary and cumulative effects in attaining L2 proficiency in the
classroom. Alessandro Benati (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom),
James Lee (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Cecile Laval
(University of Greenwich, United Kingdom) 

13. Models of speaking and the assessment of second language proficiency.
Peter Skehan (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China) 

14. Researching task difficulty: towards understanding L2 proficiency.
Parvaneh Tavakoli (London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom) 

15. On transfer, proficiency and cross-individual/aggregate SLA
differences: Examining Adjectival Semantics in L2 Spanish, Pedro
Guijarro-Fuentes (University of Plymouth, United Kingdom), Tiffany Judy
(University of Iowa, United States of America) and Jason Rothman
(University of Plymouth, United Kingdom) 

Index 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition


Written In: English  (eng)
	
See this book announcement on our website: 
http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=44184


MAJOR SUPPORTERS

	Brill          
		http://www.brill.nl	

	Cambridge Scholars Publishing          
		http://www.c-s-p.org	

	Cambridge University Press          
		http://us.cambridge.org	

	Cascadilla Press          
		http://www.cascadilla.com/	

	Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd          
		http://www.continuumbooks.com	

	De Gruyter Mouton          
		http://www.mouton-publishers.com	

	Edinburgh University Press          
		http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/	

	Elsevier Ltd          
		http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics	

	Emerald Group Publishing Limited          
		http://www.emeraldinsight.com/	

	Equinox Publishing Ltd          
		http://www.equinoxpub.com/	

	European Language Resources Association - ELRA          
		http://www.elra.info.	

	Georgetown University Press          
		http://www.press.georgetown.edu	

	Hodder Education          
		http://www.hoddereducation.co.uk	

	John Benjamins          
		http://www.benjamins.com/	

	Lincom GmbH          
		http://www.lincom.eu	

	MIT Press          
		http://mitpress.mit.edu/	

	Multilingual Matters          
		http://www.multilingual-matters.com/	

	Narr Francke Attempto Verlag GmbH + Co. KG          
		http://www.narr.de/	

	Oxford University Press          
		http://www.oup.com/us	

	Palgrave Macmillan          
		http://www.palgrave.com	

	Peter Lang AG          
		http://www.peterlang.com	

	Rodopi          
		http://www.rodopi.nl/	

	Routledge (Taylor and Francis)          
		http://www.routledge.com/	

	Springer          
		http://www.springer.com	

	University of Toronto Press          
		http://www.utpjournals.com/	

	Wiley-Blackwell          
		http://www.wiley.com	

OTHER SUPPORTING PUBLISHERS	

	Association of Editors of the Journal of Portuguese Linguistics
		http://www.fl.ul.pt/revistas/JPL/JPLweb.htm 

	Graduate Linguistic Students' Association, Umass
		http://glsa.hypermart.net/ 

	International Pragmatics Assoc.
		http://www.ipra.be 

	Langues et Linguistique
		http://y.ennaji.free.fr/fr/ 

	Linguistic Association of Finland
		http://www.ling.helsinki.fi/sky/ 

	Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
		http://www.lotpublications.nl/ 

	Pacific Linguistics
		http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ 

	SIL International
		http://www.ethnologue.com/bookstore.asp 

	St. Jerome Publishing Ltd
		http://www.stjerome.co.uk 

	Utrecht institute of Linguistics
		http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/ 
	



-----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-20-3719