Awareness in Action The Role of Consciousness in Language Acquisition /

The papers included in the volume look at how language awareness affects the outcomes of foreign and second language acquisition in advanced learners. The  book focuses on questions such as how much linguistic knowledge is open to the learner’s conscious experience, what should and should not be con...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Łyda, Andrzej (Editor), Szcześniak, Konrad (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:Second Language Learning and Teaching,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:The papers included in the volume look at how language awareness affects the outcomes of foreign and second language acquisition in advanced learners. The  book focuses on questions such as how much linguistic knowledge is open to the learner’s conscious experience, what should and should not be considered the knowledge of language, how language awareness can be enhanced in the classroom, and, most crucially, what effects language awareness has on attained proficiency. Some papers in the volume also address methodological challenges of researching language awareness, such as the difficulty of defining and measuring awareness with sufficient precision.
Physical Description:XVI, 268 p. 29 illus. online resource.
ISBN:9783319004617
ISSN:2193-7648