Pavicic Takac Vocabulary Learning Strategies and Foreign Language Acquisition

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-1-84769-896-4
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 27, 150 Seiten

Reihe: Second Language Acquisition

This is the first book that deals primarily with vocabulary learning strategies as a specific and integral subgroup of language learning strategies. Its aim is to define the concept of language learning strategies in general and their features on the basis of cognitive theory and relevant models of second language acquisition as the basis for empirical research. Furthermore, the book gives a survey of relevant research on vocabulary learning strategies and describes three original empirical studies. Thus, the book integrates the approaches of theories of second language acquisition, the theory and practice of instructed foreign (second) language learning, and the findings of current empirical research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pavicic Takac, Višnja

Pavicic Takac, Visnja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chapter One: Factors Affecting Vocabulary Learning and Acquisition

Chapter Two: Theoretical Anchorage

Chapter Three: Survey of Research on Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Chapter Four: Studies on Vocabulary Learning Strategies

Chapter Five: Summary, Some Implications for Practice and Research, and Conclusions

References

Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Pavicic Takac, Višnja
Višnja Pavicic Takac is Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Osijek, Croatia. Her professional and research interests include individual differences in FL learning, language learning strategies, communicative competence, lexical development, cross-linguistic studies, metadiscourse in FL writing, and pre-service teacher education. For many years, she was a reviewer of state school-leaving exam in Croatia. She has been a member of a number of international and national scientific projects and has presented more than 40 papers at national and international conferences. She has more than 50 published papers and book chapters and has authored and co-authored three books and four edited volumes.

Višnja Pavicic Takac obtained her BA in English and German language and literature from the University of Osijek, Croatia, and her MA and PhD from the University of Zagreb, Croatia. After working as a primary school teacher of English, she was appointed teaching assistant for the English language and ELT methodology at the Faculty of Philosophy University of Osijek, Croatia. As a guest lecturer, she has also taught at universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the postgraduate course on foreign language learning strategies at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. Her professional and research interests include individual differences in foreign language learning, language learning strategies, interlanguage, cross-linguistic studies, as well as pre-service teacher education and foreign language teachersâ competence. She is currently an assistant professor and teaches a variety of under- and postgraduate courses related to theory and practice of foreign language acquisition.