First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning / / ed. by Miles Turnbull, Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain.

This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. It includes new work by both new and established scholars in educational scholarship, second languag...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Teachers’ Use of the First Language in French Immersion: Revisiting a Core Principle
  • Chapter 2. Teacher Use of Codeswitching in the Second Language Classroom: Exploring ‘Optimal’ Use
  • Chapter 3. Codeswitching in Computermediated Communication: Linguistic and Interpersonal Dimensions of Cross-National Discourse between School Learners of French and English
  • Chapter 4. Target Language Use in English Classes in Hungarian Primary Schools
  • Chapter 5. Forms and Functions of Codeswitching by Dual Immersion Students: A Comparison of Heritage Speaker and L2 Children
  • Chapter 6. How Bilingual Children Talk: Strategic Codeswitching Among Children in Dual Language Programs
  • Chapter 7. Teacher and Student Use of the First Language in Foreign Language Classroom Interaction: Functions and Applications
  • Chapter 8. Building Meaning Through Code Choice in Second Language Learner Interaction: A D/discourse Analysis and Proposals for Curriculum Design and Teaching
  • Chapter 9. The Impact of Pedagogical Materials on Critical Language Awareness: Assessing Student Attention to Patterns of Language Use
  • Chapter 10. Concluding Refl ections: Moving Forward
  • Notes
  • References