The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Input Processing
Joe Barcroft editor Wynne Wong editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:27th Jun '24
£215.00
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This state-of-the-science handbook offers a comprehensive discussion of input processing in second language acquisition. The volume assesses past and current research on input processing and engages the reader in critical reflection about the current state of the field and what lies ahead for future research, theory-building, and implications for language instruction.
The handbook considers multiple theoretical perspectives, pivotal research findings, issues in research methodology, and instructional implications that underscore the centrality of input processing in second language acquisition. Whereas to date most research in this area has focused on input processing as it relates to the acquisition of morphosyntax and lexis, the present volume also attends to more recent theoretical advances regarding other linguistic subsystems, such as phonology and pragmatics, as well as processing resource allocation during multilevel input processing.
Thorough and forward-looking, this volume is an indispensable resource to scholars and advanced students of second language acquisition, bilingualism, applied linguistics, cognitive science, psychology, and education.
This comprehensive and balanced collection of papers on learning from input processing will be welcomed by those beginning their study of input processing as well as those who are familiar with the field. The papers included tackle the major issues and do so with clarity and authority. It is especially pleasing to see that vocabulary is now getting the attention it deserves in this crucial area of second language acquisition.
Paul Nation, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
This impressive handbook comprehensively brings together key topics in input processing as written by renowned scholars and remarkably establishes connections with related theoretical, empirical, methodological, and pedagogical work. Thus, it offers innovative directions for understanding input processing and second/additional language acquisition more generally.
Kara Morgan-Short, University of Illinois Chicago, USA
In this cutting-edge and mesmerizingly insightful handbook, Drs. Wong and Barcroft share the writings of a generation’s worth of wisdom on the brain’s mechanisms in acquiring new languages. This is a volume every applied linguist should read.
Paula Winke, Michigan State University, USA
This volume is a testament to the longevity and the intellectual force that is input processing in the field of SLA. Decades in the making, yet current and cutting edge, the text’s contributions and their individual contributors—led by Wynne Wong and Joe Barcroft—have simultaneously consolidated and propelled our understanding of input processing at the nexus of theory, empirical research, and practice.
Luke Plonsky, Northern Arizona University
ISBN: 9780367471439
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 940g
402 pages