However, there are two publications in particular that are seen as instrumental to the development of the modern study of sla. Input not only plays a role in models of second language acquisition, such as gass s 1988 gass s, 20 and leows 2015leows, 2019 as discussed in section 2. Marcel danesi 1 view affiliations hide affiliations affiliations. Sla differs from bilingualism or multilingualism in the sense that it is not learnt simultaneously but at a later stage after the first language has already been acquired. If the relationship between input and output are divided into two sides. Despite the proliferation of books and introductory courses in second language acquisition, most of these books very often provide a very complex account of theoretical views in second language acquisition and sometimes fail to emphasise the crucial interplay between how people learn languages and what is the most effective way to teach languages. The role of interaction in second language acquisition. The coverage is broad and current, the style accessible, the discussions of theory and research findings. It can be seen that input seems to have an important role in second language acquisition more than output in terms of the first element to help second language learners to acquire their target language. This book is a thorough revision of the highly successful text first published in 1994. View second language acquisition research papers on academia. Newbury house publishers, 1985 foreign language study 464 pages. Comprehensible input and second language acquisition volume 16 issue 3 lester loschky. Document resume fl 024 253 author pica, teresa multiple.
She is the authoreditor of numerous books, has served as. A developmental account larry lafond this dissertation applies a particular theory of language acquisition and representation, optimality theory prince and smolensky 1993, grimshaw 1997, and a particular learning algorithm within this theory, the constraint demotion algorithm. It assumed that language acquisition involved the formation of a set of habits. An introductory course 4th edition is an introduction to a variety of topics, theories, studies, and models in sla. The fourth edition of second language acquisition continues to lead the field in textbooks for generalist sla courses at the undergraduate and graduate level. In his keynote address on wednesday he talked about five words that he thinks all of us who work and teach in the field of language acquisition should eliminate from our vocabulary when we talk about our language classrooms. This paper specifically investigates the relationship among input, interaction, and second language production.
Long 1985 input and second language acquisition theory. We begin with a brief overview of child first language development and attempt to understand a. Input, interaction, and second language production studies. This is the original version of principles and practice, as published in 1982, with only minor. The prodrop parameter in second language acquisition revisited. The negative transfer of l1 is what the behaviorists believe to be proactive inhibition. Input in second language acquisition issues in second language research susan gass, carolyn madden on.
Key issues in second language acquisition since the 1990s. Input, interaction, and second language development 561 feedback. Principles and practice in second language acquisition stephen d krashen university of southern california. Input, interaction, and the second language learner by. In this updated and expanded fourth edition of second language acquisition, sue gass and her coauthors have provided faculty and students with a firstrate introduction to the field. The authors retain the multidisciplinary approach that presents research from linguistics, sociology, psychology, and education, in a format designed for use in an introductory course for undergraduate or graduate students. In the preface to the fourth edition of second language acquisition. Input processing in second language acquisition columbias. In sum, gass and selinker have produced an updated text with nice coverage of the breadth of information related to second language acquisition. In chapter one, modeling second acquisition, gass argues how input is conceived in krashens model and ug framework. Second language acquisition an introductory course. This volume provides a definitive view of the relationship between input, interaction, and second language acquisition.
English language teaching june, 2008 129 second language acquisition. Second language acquisition research papers academia. Gass is university distinguished professor in the department of linguistics and germanic, slavic, asian and african languages at michigan state university. Van pattens nickname, for obvious reasons, is bvp, and he is an expert on second language acquisition sla. Implication of il fossilization in second language acquisition. Key issues in second language acquisition since the 1990s shuangshuang wang shandong normal university, jinan, china abstractthe research field of the second language acquisition has been increasingly widened in recent years, and emerged various kinds of new theories. Then she moves toward the sla framework which is accounted for the transformation of input into l2 output through intermediate stages apperception, comprehended input, intake, integration, and output. This thesis summarizes foreign and domestic researches key issues. As gass 1997 points out, second language l2 learning simply cannot take place without input of some sort. Gass s model advocates an input interaction interface as the basis of language development. Susan gass is university distinguished professor in the department of linguistics and germanic, slavic, asian and african languages at michigan state university. A good deal of this work has focused on the ways in which interaction can be influenced by factors of gender, ethnicity, and the role in the social relationship of learners and their interlocutors, and.
The new and updated edition of this bestselling introductory textbook is a comprehensive overview of the field of second language acquisition. According to long, this feedback may induce noticing of some forms. An introductory course, gass emphasises the interdisciplinary nature of the. With the advent of interactionist per spectives in sla, emphasis was placed on. Nov 01, 1993 susan gass is university distinguished professor in the department of linguistics and germanic, slavic, asian and african languages at michigan state university. For a description of these procedures, see witaograd 1983.
In second language acquisition, the native language would be considered previous linguistic knowledge. She coedits second language acquisition research with alison mackey published by routledge currently at msu, she is the director of the english language center, codirector of the center for language education and susan gass is university distinguished professor in the department of linguistics and germanic, slavic, asian and african. Gass michigan state university this article considers the relationship between second language acquisition sla and other disciplines. University of hawaii at manoa, department of english as a second language. In an easytoread, accessible style, it provides students with information about the scope of the field, but also provides background information on related areas such as first language acquisition. The role of personality in second language acquisition yan zhang qingdao university of science and technology, qingdao 266000, china email. It retains slas comprehensive coverage of the field and its unique work with second language data samples while incorporating substantial uptodate additions. I begin by presenting several approaches to sla, including formal linguistics. Now in a fourth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume for the study of second l. It has been theoryless in that,as most major textbooks remind us, there has yet to emerge a single, coherent theory that can describe, explain, and predict second language learning. Teacherpupil interaction in second language development. The role of personality in second language acquisition.
Input, interaction, and the second language learner. Her research is in second language acquisition and includes the areas of input and. Second language acquisition sla is a process which people learn another language other than their first language, or the field of study that investigates this process. Indexing termskeywords second language acquisition. Input is operationally defined as oral andor written corpus of the target language tl to which l2 learners are exposed through various sources, and recognized by them as language input. Jennifer behney is assistant professor of second language acquisition and italian at youngstown state university. The effects of negotiated interaction and premodified input on second language comprehension and retention occasional paper no. The emergence of patterns in second language writing.
The role of input, interaction and output in the development. The contrastive analysis hypothesis the contrastive analysis hypothesis is a result of the meeting of behaviourist psychology and structural l inguistics. In so doing, it should prove useful to those whose major concern is with the acquisition of a second or foreign language as well as for those who are primarily interested in these issues from a pedagogical perspective. As gass 1997 points out, second language l2 learning. Gass model of l2 acquisition gass model an overarching framework incorporating aspects of all the other hypotheses mentioned a. As secondlanguage acquisition began as an interdisciplinary field, it is hard to pin down a precise starting date. Gasss model advocates an inputinteraction interface as the basis of language development. Input, interaction, and second language production. Read second language acquisition an introductory course by susan m. Since its inception, the field of second language acquisition sla has been both theoryless and theoryladen. The intent of this chapter is to provide a selective overview of current second language acquisition sla research. The role of input and interaction in second language. Comprehensible input and second language acquisition.
Eric ed256180 input in second language acquisition. Various theories of second language acquisition sla attribute significant importance to the role of input in second language l2 learning. The role of input and interaction in second language acquisition. Input and interaction in the communicative language classroom. Second language acquisition research and applied linguistics. The book is meant to be useful for elt students of different. Effects of visually enhanced input, input processing and pushed. Input in second language acquisition issues in second. An introductory course, gass emphasises the interdisciplinary nature of the relatively recent field of second language acquisition sla, which emerged. The linguistic approaches to second language acquisition include.
Input not only plays a role in models of second language acquisition, such as gasss 1988 gasss, 20 and leows 2015leows, 2019 as discussed in section 2. The main purpose of theories of second language acquisition sla is to shed light on how people who already know one language learn a second language. Further, as gass 2004 has pointed out, todays research world is dealing with. This paper is a research in the second language acquisition sla with its focus on the role of input, interaction and output in the development of oral fluency in the efl context from both a theoretical point of view and a case study. Language problems and language planning, volume 10, issue 2, jan 1986, p. While a great deal is now known about the way in which nonnative speakers interact with native speakers and other nonnative speakers, little is known about the lasting effects of these interactions on a nonnatives linguistic development. Skilled variation in a kindergarten teachers use of foreigner talk. Second language acquisition research and applied linguistics abstract the purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of second language acquisition sla research over the past several decades, and to highlight the ways in which it has retained its original applied and linguistic.
Input is one of the most important elements in the process of second language acquisition sla. Gass presents an overview of the role of input in l2 acquisition from the perspective of different frameworks in chapter 4, input and second language acquisition theories. This course is a linguistic exploration into adult second language acquisition. She is the authoreditor of numerous books, has served as the president of the american association for. Some roles of comprehensible input and comprehensible output in its development. This statement has been generally supported by researchers in the field regardless of ones theoretical approach. Second language acquisition critical concepts in linguistics edited and with a new introduction by lourdes ortega, university of hawaii, usa second language acquisition was born in the late 1960s as an interdisciplinary enterprise that borrowed equally from the feeder fields of linguistics, language teaching, child language acquisition, and. Pdf the role of input and interaction in second language. The detail with which interlanguage data is discussed makes this text appropriate for graduate level instruction but its readability also makes this a viable choice for advanced undergraduates. It provides a detailed information on the role of input and interaction in second language learning, discussing different related hypotheses. She has conducted research in a wide variety of subareas of second language acquisition, including language transfer, language universals, second language research methods, and input and interaction. The research is updated throughout and there are new sections and chapters in this. Dec 19, 2015 input and interaction in second language learning by mahsa farahanynia allameh tababie university, tehran 2015 2. Secondlanguage acquisition critical concepts in linguistics edited and with a new introduction by lourdes ortega, university of hawaii, usa secondlanguage acquisition was born in the late 1960s as an interdisciplinary enterprise that borrowed equally from the feeder fields of linguistics, language teaching, child language acquisition, and.
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