1st Edition
Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
Introduction
Dwight Atkinson
Chapter 1: The Sociocultural Approach to Second Language Acquisition: Sociocultural Theory, Second Language Acquisition, and Artificial L2 Development
James P. Lantolf
Chapter 2: A Complexity Theory Approach to Second Language Development/ Acquisition
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Chapter 3: An Identity Approach to Second Language Acquisition
Bonny Norton & Carolyn McKinney
Chapter 4: Language Socialization Approaches to Second Language Acquisition: Social, Cultural, and Linguistic Development in Additional Languages
Patricia A. Duff & Steven Talmy
Chapter 5: A Conversation-analytic Approach to Second Language Acquisition
Gabriele Kasper & Johannes Wagner
Chapter 6: A Sociocognitive Approach to Second Language Acquisition: How Mind, Body, and World Work Together in Learning Additional Languages
Dwight Atkinson
Chapter 7: Discussion - SLA after the Social Turn: Where Cognitivism and its Alternatives Stand
Lourdes Ortega
Biography
Dwight Atkinson is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University, Indiana, specializing in second language acquisition, second language writing, and qualitative research approaches.
‘In recent years there has been growing recognition that the acquisition of a second language is very much a social as well as a cognitive affair. This volume brings together a collection of articles documenting the various theories and methodologies for investigating L2 acquisition as a social phenomenon. As such, it is an essential purchase for anyone interested in SLA.’
Rod Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand
"This book should be an essential resource for graduate seminars in SLA.It is a unique testimony to the vibrancy of the field and to the astonishing complexity of the SLA experience."
Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, USA
"[A] remarkable effort to provide a comprehensive overview of current trends in SLA by gathering together different approaches in a critical way."
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