Skehan, Peter
A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning / Peter Skehan. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. - iii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Oxford Applied Linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-313) and index.
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Comprehension and production strategies in language learning Chapter 2: The role of memory and lexical learning Chapter 3: Psycholinguistic processes in language use and language learning Chapter 4: Models of language learning Chapter 5: A rationale for task-based instruction Chapter 6: Implementing task-based instruction Chapter 7: Processing perspectives on testing
Chapter 8: Research into language aptitude Chapter 9: Issues in aptitude theory: exceptional learners and modularity Chapter 10: Learning style Chapter 11: Learners, learning, and pedagogy Chapter 12: Conclusions
"This book has two major themes: firstly, it discusses psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of language learning, and secondly, it looks at the contrast between universalist accounts of language learning and accounts which focus on individual differences between learners. Interwoven throughout is a focus on practical applications of these themes in task-based learning and language testing. The book aims to redress the balance of viewpoints in second language acquisition research and language teaching pedagogy, which the author feels has leaned too far towards linguistics and sociolinguistics in recent years and has not, until recently, drawn effectively on contemporary cognitive psychology." (Book Cover)
0194372170 (pbk)
Second language acquisition.
Cognition.
Psycholinguistics.
A Cognitive Approach to Language Learning / Peter Skehan. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998. - iii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Oxford Applied Linguistics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-313) and index.
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Comprehension and production strategies in language learning Chapter 2: The role of memory and lexical learning Chapter 3: Psycholinguistic processes in language use and language learning Chapter 4: Models of language learning Chapter 5: A rationale for task-based instruction Chapter 6: Implementing task-based instruction Chapter 7: Processing perspectives on testing
Chapter 8: Research into language aptitude Chapter 9: Issues in aptitude theory: exceptional learners and modularity Chapter 10: Learning style Chapter 11: Learners, learning, and pedagogy Chapter 12: Conclusions
"This book has two major themes: firstly, it discusses psycholinguistic and cognitive aspects of language learning, and secondly, it looks at the contrast between universalist accounts of language learning and accounts which focus on individual differences between learners. Interwoven throughout is a focus on practical applications of these themes in task-based learning and language testing. The book aims to redress the balance of viewpoints in second language acquisition research and language teaching pedagogy, which the author feels has leaned too far towards linguistics and sociolinguistics in recent years and has not, until recently, drawn effectively on contemporary cognitive psychology." (Book Cover)
0194372170 (pbk)
Second language acquisition.
Cognition.
Psycholinguistics.