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How second languages are learned :an introduction /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	How second languages are learned :Roger Hawkins.
Reminder of title:	an introduction /
remainder title:	How 2nd languages are learned
Author:	Hawkins, Roger
Description:	xviii, 328 pages ;26 cm
Subject:	Second language acquisition.
ISBN:	9781108475037

How second languages are learned :an introduction /
Hawkins, Roger

How second languages are learned :an introduction /How 2nd languages are learnedRoger Hawkins. - xviii, 328 pages ;26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Second language learning: the nature of the task -- How words and their parts are learned -- Exploring the L2 learning of English verb forms -- How sentence structure is learned -- Second language learning and universal grammar -- How phrasal and sentential meaning are learned -- How sound systems are learned -- Real-time and contextual use of language by second language speakers -- The role of input in second language learning -- The effect of starting age on learning second languages -- Pulling the threads together: a theory of how second languages are learned?

"Some people are apparently very good at learning languages beyond the one(s) they acquire in infancy. The 19th century British explorer Sir Richard Burton claimed to have spoken more than 40 languages and dialects (Farwell, 1963). There are also 'linguistic savants', people who, despite a number of cognitive impairments, have a precocious ability to learn languages. Christopher, a linguistic savant studied by Smith and Tsimpli (1995), has a number of cognitive impairments that make it difficult for him to find his way around or deal with everyday tasks like doing up buttons or shaving. However 'he can read, write and communicate in any of fifteen to twenty languages' (1995: 1). In contrast to these examples, other people appear to be rather poor at language learning. In 2008, the Guardian newspaper reported the attempts of a French teacher at a London school to motivate a Vietnamese boy in his bottom French class, Tommy, for an upcoming French exam. In doing so he was presented with a challenge"--

ISBN: 9781108475037

Standard No.: 40028846972

Standard Tech. Report. No.: cam 2200361 i 4500

LCCN: 2018022951Subjects--Topical Terms:

179062
Second language acquisition.

LC Class. No.: P118.2 / .H3658 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 418.0071

How second languages are learned :an introduction /
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