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Book SynopsisThis volume bridges the knowledge gap between second language acquisition researchers and second language pedagogy professionals in its focus on a topic of mutual interest: input. The reader-friendly contributions from seasoned researchers including Stephen Krashen, Bill VanPatten and new voices offer a wide range of existing and new perspectives on the matter of input. A rare feature of the book is that it includes extensive coverage by experts including James Flege and Alene Moyer of the acquisition of the sound system of a second language, where input seems to matter most. Those who are just making their acquaintance with second language acquisition research or updating their knowledge will find the editors’ introductory chapter on past and current issues in the field particularly useful.
Trade ReviewInput matters in SLA is essential reading for those who are in the field of SLA research and will also be useful for teachers of SL/FL, since input continues to be one of the most discussed areas in SLA.
-- Júlia Barón, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
The volume constitutes a major contribution to the understanding of the role of input in L2 acquisition, and especially in L2 phonology, an area where input has not been investigated systematically. I think that L2 researchers and graduate students will find this volume quite appealing and would consider it a required reading for anyone planning to undertake research projects on L2 input.
-- Mónica Cabrera, Loyola Marymount University, USA * Linguist List 20.4070 *
This book has the great merit of appealing to quite different kinds of reader. To delve into technically complex issues, second language researchers had to part company some time ago with the more practically oriented world of language pedagogy. Without understanding what happens in people’s minds when they process what they are exposed to, we cannot make real progress in shaping efficient learning programmes but still we really need books like this one to bring issues of theory and issues of practice together. Input Matters covers a diversity of topics. Part 1 deals with more general issues and features some key players in the history of input studies, notably Stephen Krashen and Bill VanPatten. Kees de Bot and colleagues also provide a fresh new way of looking at how input is organised in the mind, providing diversity as well as depth to this first part of the book. Part 2, also featuring prominent researchers, focusses on phonology so speech input is the dominant theme. This book will have great appeal to theorists and practitioners alike.
-- Mike Sharwood Smith, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
This book has the great merit of appealing to quite different kinds of reader. This book will have great appeal to theorists and practitioners alike.
-- Mike Sharwood Smith, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Martha Young-Scholten and Thorsten Piske
Part 1 : Matters of input
1. Input Frequency and the Acquisition of the Progressive - Andreas Rohde, University of Cologne, Germany
2. Processing Matters in Input Enhancement - Bill VanPatten, Texas Tech University, USA
3. Input and Second Language Development from a Dynamic Perspective - Marjolijn Verspoor, Wander Lowie and Kees de Bot, University of Groningen, Netherlands
4. The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended - Professor Emeritus Stephen Krashen, University of Southern California, USA
5. Output Matters Too - Nel de Jong, Queens College, CUNY, USA
6. Learner Attitudes towards Comprehension-based Language Learning - John Stephenson, Mie University, Japan
7. The Hidden Paradox of Foreign Language Instruction, or: Which are the Real Foreign Language Learning Processes? - Werner Bleyhl, Esslingen, Germany
Part 2: Input matters in phonology
8. Input as a Critical Means to an End: Quantity and Quality of Experience in L2 Phonological Attainment - Alene Moyer, University of Maryland, USA
9. Give Input a Chance! - James E. Flege, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, Rome, Italy
10. Orthographic Input and Second Language Phonology - Benedetta Bassetti, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
11. Second Language Speech Learning with Diverse Inputs - Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University, Denmark & Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen, University of Western Sydney, Australia
12. Phonetic Input in Second Language Acquisition: Contrastive Analysis of Native and Non-native Sounds - Anja Steinlen, University of Southern Denmark
13. Developing Non-native Pronunciation in Immersion Settings - Henning Wode, Kiel University, Germany
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