Implicit and Explicit Language Learning: Conditions, Processes, and Knowledge in SLA and Bilingualism (Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589017293 ISBN 13: 9781589017290

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Over the last several decades, neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, and psycholinguists have investigated the extent to which language learning is implicit, emerging largely independent of awareness, or explicit, requiring overt instruction and conscious learning strategies. This volume explores the implicit through explicit learning continuum in second language acquisition and development. It brings together theoretical, methodological, and new empirical perspectives, builds connections among them, and draws pedagogical implications when possible. The section on theory examines the psychological and neurological processes of implicit and explicit learning, what aspects of language learning can be affected by explicit learning, and the effects of bilingualism on the mental processing of language. Rigorous empirical research investigations probe specific aspects of acquiring morphosyntax and phonology, including early input, production, feedback, age, and study abroad. A final section explores the rich insights provided into language processing by bilingualism, including such major areas as aging, third language acquisition, and language separation.

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About the Author

Cristina Sanz is a professor of Spanish applied linguistics, director of the School of Foreign Service & Intensive Spanish Programs, and codirector of the Center for Brain Basis of Cognition at Georgetown University. She is the editor of Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition, which won the MLA's Kenneth W. Mildenberger Award. Ronald P. Leow is professor of Spanish applied linguistics and director of Spanish language instruction at Georgetown University. He is the coeditor of Little Words: Their History, Phonology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, and Acquisition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589017293
• ISBN 13: 9781589017290
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Sanz Cristina, Leow Ronald P.