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Encyclopedia of Language and Education

Second Language Education

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  • © 1997

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Editors:
  1. G. Richard Tucker

    1. Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

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  2. David Corson

    1. The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Language and Education (LANG, volume 4)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Theoretical Underpinnings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages xvii-xvii
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    2. Linguistic Theory & Research: Implications for Second Language Teaching

      • Yasuhiro Shirai
      Pages 1-9

    3. Linguistic Theory and Research: Implications for Second Language Learning

      • Jacquelyn Schachter
      Pages 11-19

  3. Focus on the Learner

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Conditions for Second Language (L2) Learning

      • Rebecca L. Oxford
      Pages 23-31

    3. Individual Differences and Second Language Learning

      • R. C. Gardner
      Pages 33-42

    4. Age and Second Language Learning

      • David Singleton
      Pages 43-50

    5. Language Attrition

      • Kees De Bot
      Pages 51-59

  4. Focus on the Delivery of Instruction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Classroom-Oriented Research in Second Language Learning

      • Dick Allwright
      Pages 63-74

    3. Language Teaching Approaches for School-Aged Learners in Second Language Contexts

      • Joann Crandall
      Pages 75-84

    4. Teaching Exceptional Second Language Learners

      • Else V. Hamayan
      Pages 85-93

    5. Second Language Teaching Approaches for Adults

      • Barbara Burnaby
      Pages 95-104

    6. Language for Special Purposes

      • Britt-Louise Gunnarsson
      Pages 105-117

  5. Focus on Professional Preparation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. Approaches to Second Language Teacher Education

      • H. G. Widdowson
      Pages 121-129

    3. The Use of Multimedia in Teaching

      • Udo O.H. Jung
      Pages 131-139

    4. Second Language Assessment

      • Elana Shohamy
      Pages 141-149

  6. Focus on Selected Regions of the World

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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Keywords

About this book

In many parts of the world, it is common for a child to grow up speaking a local language at home, another in the market place, adding another to her repertoire as a lingua franca, and then adding a language of wider communication such as English or French if she continues her formal schooling.
The contributions to the volume examine in some detail diverse aspects of second language education, ranging from a focus on the basic contributions of linguistic theory and research to our understanding of second language learning and teaching on the one hand, to a series of reviews of innovative language education practices in selected regions of the world on the other.
For the purposes of this volume, second language education has been defined operationally to encompass education which occurs in those settings and situations in which a dominant language is offered as a second language (e.g., ESL in England or the United States whether as a subject of study or a vehicle through which other material is studied), as well as those cases in which an official, but not necessarily dominant, language is mandated (e.g., French or English in certain parts of the Middle East or the Mahgreb). The contributions also focus mainly, albeit not exclusively, on second language education for school-aged learners.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Modern Languages, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

    G. Richard Tucker

  • The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada

    David Corson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Encyclopedia of Language and Education

  • Book Subtitle: Second Language Education

  • Editors: G. Richard Tucker, David Corson

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Language and Education

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4419-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4640-1Published: 01 November 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4931-0Published: 31 May 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4419-3Published: 01 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 272

  • Topics: Education, general, International and Comparative Education, Psycholinguistics

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