Developing, Modelling and Assessing Second Languages

Editors

Jörg-U. Keßler

| Ludwigsburg University of Education

Anke Lenzing

| Paderborn University

Mathias Liebner

| Carl-von-Ossietzky Gymnasium Bonn

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This edited volume brings together the work of a number of researchers working in the framework of Processability Theory (PT), a psycholinguistic theory of second language acquisition (SLA) (Pienemann 1998; 2005). The aim of the volume is two-fold: It engages with current issues in both theory development and theory application and focuses on theoretical developments within the framework of PT as well as issues related to second language teaching and assessment. In coordinating approaches to addressing both theoretical and applied aspects of SLA, this volume aims at bridging the gap between theory and practice. It also reflects the richness of debate within the field of PT-based research. The volume is intended for postgraduate students, SLA researchers as well as language teachers.

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[Processability Approaches to Language Acquisition Research & Teaching, 5] 2016. xviii, 244 pp.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii–viii
Modelling and assessing second language acquisition: 30 years onwards Anke Lenzing	xi–xiv
About this book	xv–xviii
Theory Development
The development of argument structure in the initial L2 mental grammatical system Anke Lenzing	3–34
Question constructions, argument mapping, and vocabulary development in English L2 by Japanese speakers: A cross-sectional study Satomi Kawaguchi	35–64
Processability Theory and language development in children with Specific Language Impairment Gisela Håkansson	65–78
Testing the Developmentally Moderated Transfer Hypothesis: The initial state and the role of the L2 in L3 acquisition* Manfred Pienemann, Anke Lenzing and Jörg-U. Keßler	79–98
Theory Assessment
The ‘tense’ issue: Variable past tense marking by advanced end-state Chinese speakers of L2 English Yanyin Zhang and Bo Liu	101–120
Acquisition as a gradual process: Second language development in the EFL classroom Jana Roos	121–134
Psychometric approaches to language testing and linguistic profiling – A complementary relationship? Katharina Hagenfeld	135–162
Assessing linguistic levels of L2 English in primary school programs Esther Maier, Lea Neubauer, Katharina Ponto, Stefanie Couve de Murville and Kristin Kersten	163–192
Diagnosing L2-English in the communicative EFL Classroom: A task-based approach to individual and developmentally moderated focus on form in a meaning-focused setting Jörg-U. Keßler and Mathias Liebner	193–206
The cognitive processes elicited by L2 listening test tasks – A validation study Henning Rossa	207–238
About the Authors	239–242
Index	243–244

“Keßler et al. have accomplished their objective to bring together theory development and theory application within the framework of PT. Along with insightful implications for L2 teaching and assessment, this bridging of theory and practice is one of the many hallmarks of their volume that will catch the attention of readers interested in PT-based research. The book makes a valuable contribution to L2 acquisition and PT research and should be on the ‘reading wish list’ of researchers, language teachers, graduate students, and anyone interested in psycholinguistic approaches to L2 acquisition.”

John W. Schwieter, Wilfrid Laurier University, in Applied Linguistics 38(5): 771-774

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Subjects

Linguistics

Psycholinguistics

Cognition and language

Theoretical linguistics

Language acquisition

BIC Subject: CFDC – Language acquisition

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

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