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Second
Language Learning & Language Teaching: the Website |
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This is
for users of the book Second Language Learning and Language Teaching (4th
ed. 2008). It organises access to the Second
Language Website in terms of its chapters and sections, and provides supplementary materials,
printable summaries etc. |
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Keywords
Vivian Cook
SLA
Topics SLABIB |
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Background to second language acquisition research and language teaching |
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1 The scope of this book |
Background notes on assumptions Article: Questioning traditional assumptions in language teaching |
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2 Common assumptions of language teaching |
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3 What is second language acquisition research? |
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4 Background ideas of SLA research |
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Learning and teaching different types of grammar |
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1 What is grammar? |
Summaries
Chapter 2 article: The English past tense |
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2 Structure words, morphemes and sequences of acquisition |
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3 The processability model |
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4 Principles and parameters grammar |
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5 L2 learning of grammar and L2 teaching |
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6 The role of explicit grammar in language teaching |
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Learning and teaching vocabulary |
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1 Word frequency |
Summaries
Chapter 3 Exercise:
Learning new words old
article:
Words and Meanings
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2 Knowledge of words |
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One word-store or two in the |
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4. Types of meaning |
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5. Strategies for understanding and learning vocabulary |
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6. Vocabulary and teaching |
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Acquiring and teaching pronunciation |
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1. Phonemes and second language acquisition |
old article: Sound System of Language
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2. Learning syllable structure |
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3. General ideas abut phonology learning |
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4. Choosing a model for pronunciation teaching |
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5. Learning and teaching pronunciation |
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6. The learning and teaching of intonation |
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Acquiring and teaching a new writing system | |
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1. Writing systems |
Exercise: E-deletion and Dickens Exercise: Punctuation and Tolkien Correspondence rules for vowels
L2 spelling notes article:
Teaching Spelling
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2. Spelling |
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3. Punctuation |
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4. The writing system and language teaching |
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Strategies for communicating and learning | |
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1 Communication strategies |
Summaries
Chapter 6 |
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2 Learning strategies |
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Listening and reading processes | |
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1 Meaning and reading |
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2 Listening processes |
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Individual differences in L2 users and L2 learners | |
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1 Motivation for L2 learning |
Summaries
Chapter 8 |
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2 Attitudes |
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3 Aptitude |
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4 Age |
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5 Other personality traits |
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Classroom interaction and Conversation Analysis | |
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1 Language and interaction in the classroom |
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2 Language input and language learning |
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3 Describing conversation |
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The L2 user and the native speaker | |
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1 The L2 user versus the native speaker in language teaching |
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Chapter 10 article: Basing Teaching on the L2 User | |
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2 Codeswitching |
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3 using the L1 in the classroom |
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4 Are native speakers better language teachers? |
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5 English as Lingua Franca |
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The goals of language teaching | |
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1 The different roles of second languages in societies |
Article: Goals of EFL | |
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2 Language and groups of speakers |
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3 The goals of language teaching |
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General models of L2 learning | |
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1 Universal Grammar |
Chapter
12 Summaries of Models | |
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2 Processing models |
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3 The Socio-educational Mode |
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4 The interaction approach |
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5 Sociocultural theory |
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6 Multi-competence - the L2 user model |
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7 General issues |
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Second language learning and language teaching styles | |
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1 The academic style |
Chapter 13 Summaries of teaching styles article: Reciprocal language teaching
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2. Audiolingual style |
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3 The communicative style |
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4 Task-based learning |
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5 The mainstream EFL style |
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6 Other styles |
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Other webpages |
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First and second language acquisition SLA research tools on-line (links) |
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Second
Language Acquisition Bibliography |
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since 06/07/08
