What is easy and what is hard in second language acquisition: A generative perspective
What is easy and what is hard in second language acquisition: A generative perspective
Explaining why some linguistic features and constructions are easy or difficult to acquire in a second language has become a prominent current concern in generative second language acquisition (SLA) research. Based on a comparison of findings on the L2 acquisition of functional morphology, syntax, the syntax-semantics and syntax-discourse interfaces, the Bottleneck Hypothesis argues that functional morphemes and their features are the bottleneck of L2 acquisition; acquisition of syntax and semantics (and maybe even the syntax-discourse interface) flows smoothly (Slabakova 2006, 2008). The chapter presents recent experimental studies supporting this view. A pedagogical implication of this model is discussed, namely, that an enhanced focus on practicing grammar in language classrooms is beneficial to learners.
9789027205254
5-28
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Slabakova, Roumyana
1bda11ce-ce3d-4146-8ae3-4a486b6f5bde
García Mayo, Maria del Pilar
Gutierrez-Mangado, Maria Junkal
April 2013
Slabakova, Roumyana
1bda11ce-ce3d-4146-8ae3-4a486b6f5bde
García Mayo, Maria del Pilar
Gutierrez-Mangado, Maria Junkal
Slabakova, Roumyana
(2013)
What is easy and what is hard in second language acquisition: A generative perspective.
In,
García Mayo, Maria del Pilar, Gutierrez-Mangado, Maria Junkal and Martínez Adrián, Maria
(eds.)
Contemporary Approaches to Second Language Acquisition.
(AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 9)
Amsterdam, NL.
John Benjamins Publishing Company, .
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Explaining why some linguistic features and constructions are easy or difficult to acquire in a second language has become a prominent current concern in generative second language acquisition (SLA) research. Based on a comparison of findings on the L2 acquisition of functional morphology, syntax, the syntax-semantics and syntax-discourse interfaces, the Bottleneck Hypothesis argues that functional morphemes and their features are the bottleneck of L2 acquisition; acquisition of syntax and semantics (and maybe even the syntax-discourse interface) flows smoothly (Slabakova 2006, 2008). The chapter presents recent experimental studies supporting this view. A pedagogical implication of this model is discussed, namely, that an enhanced focus on practicing grammar in language classrooms is beneficial to learners.
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Published date: April 2013
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Modern Languages
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/355760
ISBN: 9789027205254
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Maria del Pilar García Mayo
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Maria Junkal Gutierrez-Mangado
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Maria Martínez Adrián
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