Comprehension Strategies in the Acquiring of a Second Language - Hardcover

Winitz, Harris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3030529975 ISBN 13: 9783030529970

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

Synopsis

This book provides a critical analysis and account of the development of the Comprehension Approach as a method for language learning. The author draws on interrelated sub-fields - including linguistic theory, child language acquisition, and educational technology - to examine how a comprehension-based strategy could have pedagogical potential for adult second language learning. While second language pedagogy has to date been dominated by production models, this book takes another look at the Comprehension Approach as a possible alternative, presenting results from both child first language and adult second language contexts. It will be of interest to psycholinguistics and applied linguistics scholars, particularly those with an interest in second language teaching and learning. 

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About the Author

Harris Winitz is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA. 

From the Back Cover

This book provides a critical analysis and account of the development of the Comprehension Approach as a method for language learning. The author draws on interrelated sub-fields - including linguistic theory, child language acquisition, and educational technology - to examine how a comprehension-based strategy could have pedagogical potential for adult second language learning. While second language pedagogy has to date been dominated by production models, this book takes another look at the Comprehension Approach as a possible alternative, presenting results from both child first language and adult second language contexts. It will be of interest to psycholinguistics and applied linguistics scholars, particularly those with an interest in second language teaching and learning. 

Harris Winitz is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030529975
• ISBN 13: 9783030529970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 386