Exploring the Uniqueness of Child Second Language Acquisition (SLA): Learning, Teaching, Assessment, and Practice

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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2017-09-01 DOI:10.1017/S0267190517000174

Jenefer Philp, M. Borowczyk, Alison Mackey

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Abstract

This issue was designed to include a wide range of research on children's second language learning. Here we provide a short overview of each of the articles contained in this issue, many of which bring up novel ideas and topics, as well as new takes on familiar themes that sometimes challenge prior conceptions and, ideally, inspire new understandings of child language acquisition, and policies, and practices in instructed settings. The 15 articles in this issue are based in instructed and naturalistic settings and include reviews and experimental work, and collectively represent learners between 5 to 18 years old. The language backgrounds include Mandarin (first language [L1]), Arabic (L1), Basque (L1), Cantonese (L1), English (second language [L2]), Hebrew (L1, L2), Spanish (L1, L2), and Thai (L1). Topics include the uniqueness of child second language acquisition (SLA); learning in majority language classrooms; best practices in bilingual schooling, cognition, and SLA in younger learners; testing and assessment relating to age and language choice; and methodological contributions that arise from the particular challenges of researching child second language development in instructed and naturalistic settings.

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探索儿童第二语言习得的独特性:学习、教学、评估和实践

这期杂志旨在广泛研究儿童的第二语言学习。在这里，我们将简要介绍本期所载的每篇文章，其中许多文章提出了新颖的想法和主题，以及对熟悉的主题的新看法，这些主题有时会挑战先前的观念，并在理想情况下激发对儿童语言习得的新理解，以及指导环境下的政策和实践。这一期的15篇文章是基于指导和自然的设置，包括评论和实验工作，共同代表5到18岁的学习者。语言背景包括普通话(第一语言[L1])，阿拉伯语(L1)，巴斯克语(L1)，粤语(L1)，英语(第二语言[L2])，希伯来语(L1, L2)，西班牙语(L1, L2)和泰语(L1)。主题包括儿童二语习得的独特性;在多数语言教室学习;双语教育、认知和年轻学习者习得外语的最佳实践;有关年龄及语言选择的测试及评估;以及在指导和自然环境下研究儿童第二语言发展的特殊挑战所产生的方法论贡献。

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6.70

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期刊介绍： The Annual Review of Applied Linguistics publishes research on key topics in the broad field of applied linguistics. Each issue is thematic, providing a variety of perspectives on the topic through research summaries, critical overviews, position papers and empirical studies. Being responsive to the field, some issues are tied to the theme of that year''s annual conference of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Also, at regular intervals an issue will take the approach of covering applied linguistics as a field more broadly, including coverage of critical or controversial topics. ARAL provides cutting-edge and timely articles on a wide number of areas, including language learning and pedagogy, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, language assessment, and research design and methodology, to name just a few.