Understanding Second Language Process

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Zhaohong Han, Eun Sung Park
Multilingual Matters, 2008 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 256 pages
This is a collection of 11 analytical and empirical studies on the process of second language acquisition, probing a wide array of issues, from transfer appropriate processing to L2 default processing strategies, among hearing or deaf learners of a variety of target languages.
 

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Black Hole or Wormhole for Second
16
On the Role of Meaning in Focus on Form
45
The Efficacy of Visual Input Enhancement in Teaching
80
Working Memory and L2 Processing of Redundant
133
An Investigation
160
Prosody Acquisition by Japanese Learners
176
Recognition and Production of Formulas
205
References
223
Index
254
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ZhaoHong Han is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research interests include second language learnability, teachability, and fossilization. She is the author of Fossilization in Adult Second Lan

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