Form and Meaning : Multiple Perspectives (1999 AAUSC Volume)

by Lee, James F.; Valdman, Albert; Magnan, Sally Sieloff

• ISBN13: 9780838408469
• ISBN10: 083840846X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-22
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This series of annual volumes strives to further scholarship in second language acquisition and teaching with regard to undergraduate programs with multisection courses. Teaching assistant supervision, teaching assistant professional preparation, and the role of faculty and administrators in postsecondary institutions are some of the topics addressed.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	ix
James F. Lee
Albert Valdman
I. Theoretical Aspects of Focus on Form
What Form to Focus On? Linguistics, Language Awareness, and the Education of L2 Teachers	3	(22)
Cristina Sanz
Five Types of Input and the Various Relationships Between Form and Meaning	25	(18)
James F. Lee
Processing Instruction as Form-Meaning Connections: Issues in Theory and Research	43	(26)
Bill VanPatten
Attention, Awareness, and Focus on Form Research: A Critical Overview	69	(30)
Ronald P. Leow
II. The Teaching Context for Focus on Form
Classroom Talk: Form, Meaning, and Activity Theory	99	(26)
Celeste Kinginger
Meaning and Form in Classroom-based SLA Research: Reflections from a College Foreign Language Perspective	125	(58)
Heidi Byrnes
III. Pedagogical Applications
Toward a Pedagogical Discourse Grammar: Techniques for Teaching Word-Order Constructions	183	(48)
Carl S. Blyth
The Effect of Explicit Training on Successful Circumlocution: A Classroom Study	231	(24)
Mary Ellen Scullen
Sarah Jourdain
Relationships Between the Process of Reading, Word Inferencing, and Incidental Word Acquisition	255	(28)
Susanne Rott
Linking Form and Meaning in Reading: An Example of Action Research	283	(22)
Catherine C. Fraser
Contributors	305	(3)
AAUSC Style Sheet for Authors	308	(7)
Membership in AAUSC	315