To Advanced Proficiency and Beyond: Theory and Methods for Developing Superior Second Language Ability - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1626161739 ISBN 13: 9781626161733

Publisher: Georgetown University Press, 2015

Synopsis

To Advanced Proficiency and Beyond: Theory and Methods for Developing Superior Second Language Ability addresses an important issue in Second Language Acquisition--how to help learners progress from Intermediate and Advanced proficiency to Superior and beyond. Due to the pressures of globalization, American society encounters an ever-increasing demand for speakers with advanced language abilities. This volume makes available cutting edge research on working memory and cognition and empirical studies of effective teaching. In addition it can serve as a practical handbook for seasoned and pre-professional instructors alike. The bringing together of the latest in second language acquisition theory, decades of empirical research, and practical classroom application makes for an unprecedented volume examining the achievement of Superior-level foreign language proficiency.

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About the Author

Tony Brown is a professor in the department of German and Russian at Brigham Young University. He has published articles in the Foreign Language Annals, Modern Language Journal, Russian Language Journal, and Language Policy. Jennifer Bown is an associate professor in the department of German and Russian at Brigham Young University. Her articles have appeared in such journals as Language Teaching, Foreign Language Annals, Modern Language Journal, and Innovation in Language Teaching and Learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1626161739
• ISBN 13: 9781626161733
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Brown Tony, Bown Jennifer