{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-advanced-proficiency-in-second-language-acquisition-isbn-9781119261612","title":"The Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive, current review of the research and approaches to advanced proficiency in second language acquisition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an overview of the most recent and scientific-based research concerning higher proficiency in second language acquisition (SLA). With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e presents several theoretical approaches to SLA and offers an examination of advanced proficiency from the viewpoint of various contexts and dimensions of second language performance. The authors also review linguistic phenomena among advanced learners through the lens of phonology and grammar development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprehensive in scope, this book provides an overview of advanced proficiency grounded in socially-relevant domains of second language acquisition including discourse, reading, genre-based writing, and pragmatic competence. The authoritative volume brings together the theoretical accounts of advanced language use combined with solid empirical research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from an international collection of noted scholars in the field of second language acquisition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a variety of theoretical approaches to SLA\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains information on the most recent empirical research that contributes to an understanding of SLA\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes performance phenomena according to multiple approaches to SLA\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for scholars, students and linguists, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive text that offers the most recent developments in the study of advanced proficiency in the acquisition of a second language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul A. Malovrh and Alessandro G. Benati\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Advanced L2 Capacity: Orientations on Acquisition 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Systemic Functional Linguistics and Advanced Second Language Proficiency 9\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarianna Ryshina‐Pankova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Psycholinguistic Approaches and Advanced Proficiency 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeah Roberts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 What Does Critical Period Research Reveal about Advanced L2 Proficiency? 51\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael H. Long, Gisela Granena, and Fátima Montero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Generative Approaches to Second Language (L2) Acquisition and Advanced L2 Proficiency 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Rothman, Fatih Bayram, Tanja Kupisch, Terje Lohndal, and Marit Westergaard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Interaction‐Driven L2 Learning: Advanced Learners 94\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Ziegler and Lara Bryfonski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Sociocultural Theory: Mediating Learners toward Advanced Proficiency 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew E. Poehner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Advanced Proficiency and Performance: Multiple Dimensions and Contexts 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Advanced‐Level Grammatical Development in Instructed SLA 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeidi Byrnes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Individual Differences in Advanced Proficiency 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaula Winke and Susan M. Gass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Prior Language Experience of Heritage Bilinguals 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCristina Sanz and Julio Torres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Meeting the Demands of Globalization: One Goal of ISLA Research 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul A. Malovrh and Nina Moreno\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Task Condition Effects on Advanced‐Level Foreign Language Performance 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGavin Bui, Peter Skehan, and Zhan Wang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Advanced Phonology 239\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Advanced‐Level L2 Phonology 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Markedness and Advanced Development 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred R. Eckman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Advanced Second Language Segmental and Suprasegmental Acquisition 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKazuya Saito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Connected Speech in Advanced‐Level Phonology 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurcu Gokgoz‐Kurt and D. Eric Holt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Voice Onset Time in Advanced SLA 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfonso Morales‐Front\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Advanced Grammar 341\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Advanced‐Level Mood Distinction 343\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAarnes Gudmestad\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Advanced Conceptualizations of Tense and Aspect in L2 Acquisition 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eM. Rafael Salaberry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Inflectional Morphology 381\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoumyana Slabakova\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Advanced Lexical Development 401\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuart A. Webb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Word Order and Information Structure in Advanced SLA 419\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCristóbal Lozano and Marcus Callies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Advanced‐Level Semantics 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTania Ionin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Advanced‐Level Pragmatics, Discourse, and Sociocultural Literacy 461\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Advanced‐Level Pragmatics in Instructed SLA 463\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeng Xiao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Advanced Reading Proficiency in Collegiate Foreign Language Learners 483\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeiko Koda and Sihui Echo Ke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Advanced Second Language Pragmatic Competence 505\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNaoko Taguchi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Advanced Rhetoric and Socially Situated Writing 527\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGregg Fields and Paul Kei Matsuda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Variable Structures and Sociolinguistic Variation 547\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKimberly L. Geeslin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 566\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This authoritative, well-written, and well-edited book trains attention on second language acquisition (SLA) theory, research, assessment, and teaching at an advanced level of proficiency.\" \u003cb\u003eMartha C. Pennington\u003c\/b\u003e, Birkbeck College and School for Oriental and African Studies University of London, London, England - \u003ci\u003eTESOL Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, May 2019\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul A. Malovrh\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition, University of South Carolina, USA. His recent work emphasizes advanced-level language proficiency and explores its relationship with globalization and curricular design, as well as the effect of different instructional approaches on foreign-language processing, learning, and retention. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlessandro G. Benati\u003c\/b\u003e is Head of the English Department at the American University of Sharjah.  Previously, he was Head of School of Languages and Area Studies and Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Portsmouth, UK.  He was also director of CAROLE and Professor of Applied Linguistics and Second Language Studies, University of Greenwich. He has published extensively with over fifteen established monographs and articles in international journals.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This pioneering\u003ci\u003e Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e is unique in its scope and depth of treatment of issues in research into advanced second language proficiency. It is a landmark publication, clearly defining this broad field of inquiry, its relevance to SLA theory, and important consequences for language pedagogy and assessment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Peter Robinson,\u003c\/b\u003e Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There has been an unfortunate lack of research attention paid to the advanced learner, which, now, thanks to this volume, is no longer a \"neglected species\"… I was particularly struck by the documented plethora throughout of vast individual differences, both in productive and perceptual\/interpretive abilities. The epistemological problems of definition, e.g. the difficulty of even defining 'advanced' and 'advanced development', are clearly presented and several innovative topics are treated in novel ways, such as the intricacies of 'information structure' and 'connected speech.' These vast documented lacunae open up great research opportunities for many dissertations to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Larry Selinker,\u003c\/b\u003e New York University, USA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e offers an overview of the most recent and scientific-based research concerning higher proficiency in second language acquisition (SLA). With contributions from an international team of experts in the field, the \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e presents several theoretical approaches to SLA and offers an examination of advanced proficiency from the viewpoint of various contexts and dimensions of second language performance. The authors also review linguistic phenomena among advanced learners through the lens of phonology and grammar development.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComprehensive in scope, this book provides an overview of advanced proficiency grounded in socially- relevant domains of second language acquisition including discourse, reading, genre-based writing, and pragmatic competence. The authoritative volume brings together the theoretical accounts of advanced language use combined with solid empirical research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for scholars, students and linguists, \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Advanced Proficiency in Second Language Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive text that offers the most recent developments in the study of advanced proficiency in the acquisition of a second language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“This pioneering \u003ci\u003eHandbook\u003c\/i\u003e is unique in its scope and depth of treatment of issues in research into advanced second language proficiency. It is a landmark publication, clearly defining this broad field of inquiry, its relevance to SLA theory, and important consequences for language pedagogy and assessment.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Robinson, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e “There has been an unfortunate lack of research attention paid to the advanced learner, which, now, thanks to this volume, is no longer a “neglected species”… I was particularly struck by the documented plethora throughout of vast individual differences, both in productive and perceptual\/interpretive abilities. The epistemological problems of definition, e.g. the difficulty of even defining “advanced” and “advanced development”, are clearly presented and several innovative topics are treated in novel ways, such as the intricacies of “information structure” and “connected speech.” These vast documented lacunae open up great research opportunities for many dissertations to come.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLarry Selinker, New York University, USA\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990245687525,"sku":"NP9781119261612","price":231.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119261612.jpg?v=1761787047","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-advanced-proficiency-in-second-language-acquisition-isbn-9781119261612","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}