Routledge Handbook Of Instructed Second Language Acquisition

Description: The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first collection of state-of-the-art papers pertaining to Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA). Written by 45 world-renowned experts, the entries are full-length articles detailing pertinent issues with up-to-date references. Each chapter serves three purposes: (1) provide a review of current literature and discussions of cutting edge issues; (2) share the authors' understanding of, and approaches to, the issues; and (3) provide direct links between research and practice. In short, based on the chapters in this handbook, ISLA has attained a level of theoretical and methodological maturity that provides a solid foundation for future empirical and pedagogical discovery. This handbook is the ideal resource for researchers, graduate students, upper-level undergraduate students, teachers, and teacher-educators who are interested in second language learning and teaching. .

Review: "This is an ambitious work, covering the whole breadth of the field from its theoretical underpinnings to research and teaching methodology. The Editors have managed to recruit a stellar panel of contributors, resulting in the kind of 'all you ever wanted to know about instructed SLA' collection that should be found on the shelves of every good library." Zoltan Doernyei, University of Nottingham, UK

Contents: Chapter 1 ISLA: An overview - Shawn Loewen & Masatoshi Sato SECTION I. Second Language Processes and Products Chapter 2 Knowledge and skill in ISLA - Robert DeKeyser Chapter 3 Intentional and incidental L2 learning - Ronald Leow & Celia Zamora Chapter 4 Complexity, accuracy, and fluency in L2 production - Marije Michel Chapter 5 Sociocultural theory in the L2 classroom - Neomy Storch SECTION II. Approaches to Second Language Instruction Chapter 6 Content-based language teaching - Roy Lyster Chapter 7 Task-based language teaching - Rod Ellis Chapter 8 Cognitive-interactionist approaches to L2 instruction - Youjin Kim Chapter 9 Concept-based language instruction - James Lantolf & Xian Zhang Chapter 10 Processing Instruction - Bill VanPatten Chapter 11 Assessment in the L2 classroom - Ute Knoch & Susy Macqueen SECTION III. Language and Instructed Second Language Acquisition Chapter 12 Grammar acquisition - Hossein Nassaji Chapter 13 Acquisition of L2 pragmatics - Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig Chapter 14 L2 Fluency development - Tracey Derwing Chapter 15 Pronunciation acquisition - Sara Kennedy & Pavel Trofimovich Chapter 16 Vocabulary acquisition - Beatriz Gonzalez-Fernandez & Norbert Schmitt Chapter 17 Written language learning - Charlene Polio & Jongbong Lee SECTION IV. Instructed Second Language Acquisition Learning Environments Chapter 18 ISLA in East Asian contexts - Yuko Goto-Butler Chapter 19 Study abroad and ISLA - Carmen Perez-Vidal Chapter 20 Computer-assisted SLA - Hayo Reinders & Glenn Stockwell SECTION V. Individual Differences and Instructed Second Language Acquisition Chapter 21 Social dimensions and differences in ISLA - Patricia Duff Chapter 22 Cognitive differences and ISLA - Shaofeng Li Chapter 23 Motivation in the L2 classroom - Kata Csizer Chapter 24 Psychological dimensions and foreign language anxiety - Jean-Marc Dewaele Chapter 25 L2 Instructor individual characteristics - Laura Gurzynski-Weiss Chapter 26 Child ISLA - Rhonda Oliver, Bich Nguyen, & Masatoshi Sato Chapter 27 Instructed heritage language acquisition - Silvina Montrul & Melissa Bowles SECTION VI. Instructed Second Language Acquisition Research Methods Chapter 28 Quantitative research methods -- Luke Plonsky Chapter 29 Qualitative research methods -- Peter De Costa, Lorena Valmori, and Ina Choi Chapter 30 Classroom-based research -- Alison Mackey Chapter 31 Experimental research methods -- Kim McDonough Chapter 32 Ethics in ISLA -- Susan Gass and Scott Sterling

Author Biography: Shawn Loewen is Associate Professor of Second Language Studies at Michigan State University, USA. Masatoshi Sato is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics at Universidad Andres Bello, Chile