Educating for advanced foreign language capacities: constructs, curriculum, instruction, assessment

Advanced language learning has only recently begun to capture the interest and attention of applied linguists and professionals in language education in the United States. In this breakthrough volume, experts in the field lay the groundwork for approaching the increasingly important role of advanced...

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Corporate Author: Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (Author)
Other Authors: Byrnes, Heidi (Other) , Weger-Guntharp, Heather (Other) , Sprang, Katherine A. (Other)
Format: Conference Paper
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C Georgetown University Press c2006
Series:Georgetown University Round Table on languages and linguistics series
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
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Author Notes:Heidi Byrnes, Heather Weger-Guntharp, and Katherine A. Sprang, editors
Table of Contents:
  • Locating the advanced learner in theory, research and educational practice : an introduction Heidi Byrnes
  • The conceptual basis of grammatical structure Ronald W. Langacker
  • The impact of grammatical temporal categories on ultimate attainment in L2 learning Christiane von Stutterheim and Mary Carroll
  • Reorganizing principles of information structure in advanced L2s : French and German learners of English Mary Carroll and Monique Lambert
  • Language-based processing in advanced L2 production and translation : an exploratory study Bergljot Behrens
  • Learning and teaching grammar through patterns of conceptualization : the case of (advanced) Korean Susan Strauss
  • Narrative competence in a second language Ameta Pavlenko
  • Lexical inferencing in L1 and L2 : implications for vocabulary instruction and learning at advanced levels Sima Paribakht and Marjorie Wesche
  • From sports to the EU economy : integrating curricula through genre-based content courses Susanne Rinner and Astrid Weigert
  • Hedging and boosting in advanced-level L2 legal writing : the effect of instruction and feedback Rebekha Abbuhl
  • Assessing advanced foreign language learning and learners : from measurement constructs to educational uses John M. Norris
  • Rethinking assessment for advanced language proficiency Elana Shohamy.