索书号：H003/FLM
内容简介:Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is increasingly recognized as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages are vitally important to diverse groups of people, ranging from refugees to college students facing foreign language requirements. An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research provides a synthesis of empirical findings on second and foreign language learning by children and adults. emphasising the desing and execution of appropriate research. The book assumes no prior knowledge of SLA. and introduces major topics such as the scope of SLA research. research methodology for gathering and analysing data, the history and development of SLA research and substantive findings on interlanguage development. explanations for success and failure, the role of theory in social science, current theories of SLA. and the effects of formal instruction on language learning. The volume also includes an extensive bibliography and suggestions for further reading, as well as discussion questions and problems to accompany each chapter. An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Researc is a comprehensive, yet highly accessible study which will prove invaluable for language teachers and teachers in raining, as well as discusion questions and problems to accompany each chapter. An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research is a comprehensive, yet highly accessible study which will prove invaluable for language teachers and teachers in training, as well as students in applied linguistics, linguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics and foreign language education. Diane Larsen-Freeman is a Senior Faculty Member in the MAT Program at the Sehool of International Training.Vermont. USA and Michael H. Long is Professor of English as a Second Language, at the University of Hawaii,USA.
书评:《第二语言习得研究概况》是Larsen-Freeman和Long对几十年来第二语言习得研究的理论和实证调查所做的一次综述性的回顾和讨论。写这本书时，Larsen-Freeman是美国佛蒙特国际培训学校的高级教师，Long是夏威夷大学的ESL教授，两人都是第二语言习得研究领域里有成就、有影响的专家学者。此书的讨论涉及偏误分析、中介语立论、语言习得环境、学习者个人差异、认知理论和语言学理论在第二语言习得研究中的应用、课堂学习与第二语言习得的关系等等。作者的综述比较客观，当涉及某种理论时，一般都介绍其核心原则和基本内容以及相关的实证调查结果，包括支持和批驳这一理论的相关研究。这本书有两个亮点，一是对第二语言习得领域的研究方法作了综述，比较易懂，二是对理论的分析部分比较全面，尤其是ZISA项目，读完之后能有一个大概的了解，不会让人觉得不知所云。