First Exposure To A Second Language

The initial state of learner spontaneous input processing in foreign language learning, as well as the extent to which this processing leads to intake, is of central importance to theoreticians and teachers alike. In this collection of original studies, leading experts examine a range of issues, such as what learners do when faced with a language they know little or nothing about, what factors appear to mediate beginning learners' processing of input, how beginners treat two types of information - form and meaning in the input, and how adult cognition deals with stimulus frequency at this initial stage. This book provides a microscopic view of learners' processing of foreign language input at the early stages of learning, and evaluates a variety of methodological options within the context of ab initio processing of foreign languages other than English, such as German, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, and Spanish.
ZhaoHong Han is Professor of Language and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Rebekah Rast is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at The
American University of Paris.
This volume explores the core matter of all theories of language acquisition: the earliest stages of learning. It is crucial reading to all interested in the nature of L2 acquisition.'
Marianne Gullberg, Lund University
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