Second Language Acquisition
Introducing Intervention Research

Using current intervention research on grammatical properties, this textbook explores key concepts in second language acquisition.

Tania Ionin (Author), Silvina Montrul (Author)

9781316515983, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 January 2023

240 pages, 52 b/w illus. 26 tables
25.1 x 17.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.88 kg

'A much needed, accessible, and comprehensive introduction to classroom research that has its basis in theories of theoretical linguistics and second language acquisition. Readers will obtain a solid grounding in intervention research, and a foundation for carrying out such research themselves. Anyone interested in linking theory and language teaching will find this book to be invaluable.' Lydia White, McGill University, Montréal

Based on classic and cutting-edge research, this textbook shows how grammatical phenomena can best be taught to second language and bilingual learners. Bringing together second language research, linguistics, pedagogical grammar, and language teaching, it demonstrates how linguistic theory and second language acquisition findings optimize classroom intervention research. The book assumes a generative approach but covers intervention studies from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Each chapter describes relevant linguistic structures, discusses core challenges, summarizes research findings, and concludes with classroom and lab-based intervention studies. The authors provide tools to help to design linguistically informed intervention studies, including discussion questions, application questions, case studies, and sample interventions. Online resources feature lecture slides and intervention materials, with data analysis exercises, ensuring the content is clear and ready to use. Requiring no more than a basic course in linguistics, the material serves advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students studying applied linguistics, education, or language teaching.

List of figures
List of tables
List of boxes
Preface
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations used in glosses for non-English examples
1. Theoretical foundations
2. Intervention research and grammar teaching
3. Articles
4. Verb placement and question formation
5. Inflectional morphology
6. Subjunctive mood
7. Argument structure
8. Direct and indirect objects
9. Word order and related syntactic phenomena
10. Where to go next
Glossary
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Applied linguistics for ELT [EBAL], Bilingualism & multilingualism [CFDM], Language acquisition [CFDC]