Full Description
The metalinguistic dimension refers to the way in which learners bring to bear knowledge about language into their learning of a second language, the "L2". This book brings together new research on the metalinguistic dimension, given its increasing importance in the study of L2 acquisition.
In applied linguistics it is widely accepted that L2 learners develop and use knowledge about language when engaging with the challenging task of acquiring a new language; this applies to both children and adults. It is definitions of the metalinguistic dimension that vary, and findings regarding its role in L2 learning are not necessarily homogenous or compatible. The scope exists for further, empirical, detailed research. This book explores the nature, development and role of the metalinguistic dimension and will be essential reading for all SLA scholars and those working in language and education.
Contents
1. The Metalinguistic Dimension in L2 Learning, Karen Roehr & Gabriela Ganem-Gutierrez
Part I: Cognitive Approaches to the Metalinguistic Dimension
2. Developing a Measure of Metalinguistic Awareness for Children Aged 8-11, Angela Tellier
3. Examining the Contribution of Syntactic and Metasyntactic Abilities to Reading Comprehension among Native and Non-Native Speakers, Daphnée Simard, Denis Foucambert and Marie Labelle
4. Effects of Instruction on Learners' Acquisition of Metalinguistic Knowledge, Rosemary Erlam
5. University-Level Learners' Beliefs about Metalinguistic Knowledge, Benjaporn Thepseenu and Karen Roehr
6. Metalinguistic Awareness in Third Language Phonological Acquisition, Magdalena Wrembel
Part II: Sociocognitive Approaches to the Metalinguistic Dimension
7. Metalinguistic knowledge in Language-Related Episodes (LREs) with Covert Metalinguistic Activity, Xavier Gutiérrez
8. The Role of Metalanguage in the Performance of a Sequence of Collaborative Output Tasks by Five L2 Learner Dyads, Alan Fortune
9. Mediating the Development of L2 Oral Performance through DynamicAassessment: Focusing on the Metalinguistic Dimension, Gabriela Adela Gánem-Gutiérrez and Cristina Nogués Meléndez
10. The Being and Becoming of Metalinguistic Knowledge: Rules and Categories of Grammatical Description as Functional Tools of the Mind, Eduardo Negueruela Azarola
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