The Acquisition of French as a Second Language

Howard, Martin

The Acquisition of French as a Second Language - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 - 1 electronic resource (225 p.)

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Focusing on French, this collection of articles spans different facets of second language acquisition research, including different areas of a learner’s language system in French such as the development of verbal, nominal, and adjectival morphology. Other articles explore input matters relating to the learner’s language exposure as well as the role of individual factors in the learner’s developmental trajectory. The studies presented offer insight into contemporary developments in relation to the investigation of both well-established and newer emerging themes and issues in second language acquisition research and showcase the contributions of French in such work. They draw on different approaches and methods to offer an exploration of contemporary areas of focus in French second language acquisition among learners of different source languages, at different levels of development, and in different learning contexts.


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English

books978-3-0365-1647-9 9783036516486 9783036516479

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tense aspect mood modality L2 French Interface hypothesis longitudinal study study abroad proficiency self-perceived proficiency linguistic gains French L2 acquisition verb morphology subject–verb agreement number transfer cross-linguistic influence collocation frequency MI score Log Dice stay abroad instructional practices proficiency outcomes French as a second language CEFR DELF action-oriented instruction task-based language teaching aller + V SLA spatial reference discursive function French L2 acquisition addition scope particles German L1 syntactic embedding prosody discourse cohesion vocabulary depth L3 French vocabulary knowledge spelling form-meaning word parts migration adult SLA high performance individual factors input morphosyntax usage-based approaches motivation LOTEs French as a foreign language ideal self intervention noun phrase determiner system French L2 beginning stages in L2 ESF corpus Spanish L1 Moroccan Arabic L1 L2 learner productions Basic Variety learner varieties n/a