Developmental Psychology Arena

Learner-directed Assessment in Esl

• Edited by Glayol V. Ekbatani, Herbert D. Pierson

This text integrates the theory and practice of learner-based assessment. Written in response to two recent movements in language teaching--learner-centered teaching and a renewed interest...

Published January 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Code-Switching in Conversation

Language, Interaction and Identity

• Edited by Peter Auer

Code Switching, the alternating use of two or more languages ation, has become an increasingly topical and important field of research.
Now available in paperback, Code-Switching...

Published July 8th 1999 by Routledge.

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Face[t]s of First Language Loss

• By Sandra G. Kouritzin

This book contributes to the understanding of first-language loss in both immigrant and indigenous communities in (at least) three ways. First, it provides insight into...

Published April 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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Reading Chinese Script

A Cognitive Analysis

• Edited by Jian Wang, Albrecht W. Inhoff, Hsuan-Chih Chen, Ralph Radach, Albrecht Inhoff

This volume uses unique properties of Chinese script to focus on morphological analyses during the character and word recognition process, though some of the reported...

Published February 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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The Neurolinguistics of Bilingualism

An Introduction

• By Franco Fabbro

This book introduces the reader to both neurolinguistics per se and the neuropsychological aspects of bilingualism. Neurolinguistics may roughly be defined as a subset of...

Published January 27th 1999 by Psychology Press.

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Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis

• Edited by David Birdsong

In language learning, the rule of thumb is: the earlier the better. Children exposed to language from birth are uniformly successful in first language acquisition...

Published January 1st 1999 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Second Language Learning Data Analysis

• By Susan M. Gass, Antonella Sorace, Larry Selinker

Published December 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Validation in Language Assessment

• Edited by Antony John Kunnan

Validation in Language Assessment contributes to the variety of validation approaches and analytical and interpretive techniques only recently adopted by language assessment researchers. Featuring selected...

Published October 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Foreign Language Learning

Psycholinguistic Studies on Training and Retention

• Edited by Alice F. Healy, Jr., Lyle E. Bourne

Based on a research project funded by the Army Research Institute, Foreign Language Learning reports original empirical and theoretical research on foreign language acquisition and...

Published October 1st 1998 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Second Language Learning Data Analysis

Second Edition

• By Susan M. Gass, Antonella Sorace, Larry Selinker

The purpose of this workbook is to provide students with practice in analyzing second language data. For the student of second language learning, "hands-on" experience...

Published October 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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