1st Edition
Grammar Instruction for Second Language Development Bridging the Socio-Cognitive Divide in Theory and in Practice
Preface. Introduction Chapter 1. A Sociocognitive Proposal to Account for the Reality of Grammar Instruction Chapter 2. Our Shared History: From Grammar-Centered Teaching to Communicative Competence Chapter 3. Our Shared History: Where Does Grammar Belong in Communicative Language Teaching? Chapter 4. Chomsky’s Cognitive Theory of Language Chapter 5. Halliday’s Social Theory of Language Chapter 6. Consciousness and Cognition in Language Learning Chapter 7. Implicit Linguistic Development Chapter 8. Social Interaction and Language Learning Chapter 9. Language Learning from a Sociocultural Perspective Chapter 10. Language Learners in Classroom Communities Chapter 11. Planning and Implementing Sociocognitively Relevant Grammar Instruction
Biography
Paul D. Toth is a professor of Spanish applied linguistics at Temple University, in Philadelphia, USA, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses and mentors doctoral students. Since 1991, he has taught high school and university-level Spanish, coordinated language curricula, and supervised pre-service teachers. He has published numerous research articles and book chapters on instructed second language learning from a variety of theoretical perspectives and was twice awarded the Paul Pimsleur Award for research excellence from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
"Paul Toth's monograph adopts a complex dynamic systems perspective that balances the social and the cognitive in L2 development, integrating them to inform concrete applications for task design in grammar instruction. A most useful tool for teachers and teacher educators."
Cristina Sanz, Professor of Spanish and Applied Linguistics, Georgetown University
