1st Edition

Shadowing as a Practice in Second Language Acquisition Connecting Inputs and Outputs

By Shuhei Kadota Copyright 2019
214 Pages 139 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 139 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

214 Pages 139 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Shadowing is a theoretically and empirically well-examined method to develop L2 learners’ listening comprehension (input effect); enhance their subvocal rehearsal mechanism in the phonological working memory for learning new words, formula, and constructions (practice effect); simulate some stages of speech production (output effect); and  develop metacognitive monitoring and control by... Read more

1. What is Shadowing?

2. Shadowing for L2 Listening Comprehension

3. Shadowing for Promoting Second Language Learnability

4. Shadowing for L2 Speech Production

5. Shadowing to Develop Metacognitive Monitoring and Control

6. Establishing a New Concept of Practice in L2 Acquisition

Biography

Shuhei Kadota is a Professor of Applied Linguistics, Graduate School of Language, Communication and Culture, Department of Law at Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan.