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Proposes the study of literary texts as a vital component of L2 linguistic and cultural knowledge. This book takes the debate on the inclusion of literature in language education as a springboard for posing crucial questions about how students, and educators, view literature.

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An invaluable text arguing for the study of literary texts as a vital component of L2 linguistic and cultural knowledge.

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Presents an analysis of the difficulties faced by native speakers of English in the learning of Romance languages and proposes a comprehensive model of the acquisition of tense-aspect marking. This book is suitable for academics researching second language acquisition and applied linguistics.

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An argument that the way we listen to speech is shaped by our experience with our native language.

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Offers a conversation analysis based exploration of the role of online chat in supporting the teaching and learning of foreign languages. This book contributes to our understanding of how conversation in a foreign language unfolds between native speakers and learners in an online social environment, rather than in the classroom.

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A book-length exploration of the role of online chat in supporting the teaching and learning of foreign languages. It takes a Conversation Analysis approach, which is new to online Second Language Acquisition. It provides insights into how native speakers and learners pursue the learning of foreign language and culture during online text chat.

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This book provides a broad overview of parameter-setting theory in first and second language acquisition. It goes on to refine the theory by revisiting and challenging the traditional assumptions that underlie it, based on cross-linguistic language data that cover a range of syntactic and phonological phenomena.

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How do children learn to produce language sound patterns and what errors do they make Assuming only an undergraduate background in phonology, child speech patterns and their analogues across adult languages are used to discuss Optimality Theory. It also investigated how phonological learning interacts with other aspects of language acquisition.

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How do children learn to produce language sound patterns and what errors do they make Assuming only an undergraduate background in phonology, child speech patterns and their analogues across adult languages are used to discuss Optimality Theory. It also investigated how phonological learning interacts with other aspects of language acquisition.

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Raising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children elucidates how children learn foreign languages and when they can do so with the best results.

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Through its constuctivist orientation and Sociocultural perspective, this book contributes to an improved understanding of what it means to read and, particularly, to recall, second language texts in the context of both second language reading and research.

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Through its constuctivist orientation and Sociocultural perspective, this book contributes to an improved understanding of what it means to read and, particularly, to recall, second language texts in the context of both second language reading and research.

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Begins with a presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences. This book examines in detail and critiques research focussing on identity in three distinct second language learning contexts. These contexts are: adult migration, foreign language classrooms and study abroad programmes.

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An examination of how identity is an issue in different second language learning contexts. It begins with a detailed presentation of what has become a popular approach to identity in the social sciences (including applied linguistics. It concludes with suggestions for future research focussing on identity in second language learning.

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An transdisciplinary exploration of narrative not just as a target for interpretation but also as a means for making sense of experience itself.

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