《牛津语言学入门丛书:第二语言习得(英文)》的主体(概述部分)分为十章。第一章从明确第二语言习得的定义开始,提出该领域研究的主要目标,并通过案例分析,对第二语言习得、教学方法和学习者的语言进行了阐述。第二章至第九章是《牛津语言学入门丛书:第二语言习得(英文)》的中心内容,提出并讨论了以下关键问题:学习者语言的性质,中介语(Interlanguage)及其社会、语篇、心理语言学和语言学方面的特征,第二语言习得过程中的学习者的个体差异,各种课堂教学方法对第二语言习得的作用等等。第十章并没有提供一个囊括不同视角的第二语言习得模式,而是强调了第二语言习得研究的多面性,探讨了对第二语言习得进行多视角的研究的前景。
Preface
SECTION I
Survey
Introduction:describing and explaining
L2 acquisition
What is second language acquisition?
What are the goals of SLA?
Two case studies
Methodological issues
Issues in the description of learner language
Issues in the explanation of L2 acquisition
The nature of Learner language
Errors and error analysis
Developmental patterns
Variability in learner language
Summary
Interlanguage
Behaviourist learning theory
A mentalist theory of language learning
What is interlanguage?
A computational model of L2 acquisition
Social aspects of interlanguage
Interlanguage as a stylistic continuum
The acculturation model of L2 acquisition
Social identity and investment in L2 learning
5 Discourse aspects of interlanguage
Acquiring discourse rules
The role of input and interaction in L2 acquisition
The role of output in L2 acquisition
Summary
6 Psycholinguistic aspects of interlanguage
L1 transfer
The role of consciousness in L2 acquisition
Processing operations
Communication strategms
Two types of computational model
7 Unguistic aspects of interlanguage
Typological universals:relative clauses
Universal Grammar
Learnability
The critical period hypothesis
Access to UG
Markedness
Cognitive versus linguistic explanations
8 Individual differences in L 2 acquisition
Language aptitude
Motivation
Learning strategies
9 lnstruction and L2 acquisition
Form.focused instruction
Learner--instruction matching
Strategy training
Summary
10 Conclusion:multiple perspectives in SLA
SECTION 2
Readings
SECTION 3
References
SECTION 4
Glossary