Issues in Second Language Proficiency [Paperback]

Benati provides clarity about the characteristics and notion of language proficiency in the field of second language acquisition.? He looks at four areas of research paradigmatically related to the role of proficiency: theorizing and measuring second language proficiency; the dimensions of L2 proficiency; factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency and?attaining L2 proficiency in the classroom.

It also contains a variety of research accounts about the specific factors which have an effect on proficiency together with a theorised measurement of proficiency in second language research.? It will be required reading for researchers in applied linguistics and second language acquisition.

AcknowledgementsIntroduction 1. Attaining second language proficiency, Alessandro Benati (University of Greenwich, United Kingdom) Part I: Theory and dimensions of second language proficiency 2. What is 'priming', and what might priming techniques be able to tell us about L2 learning and proficiency? Emma Marsden (University of York, United Kingdom) 3. Cross-linguistic influence in L2 verb frames: the effects of word familiarity and language proficiency, Christopher J Hall (York St John University, United Kingdom) and Areli Reyes (Universidad Aut?noma de Tlaxcala, Mexico) 4. The role of working memory in the development of L2 grammatical proficiency, Clare Wright (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) Part II: Factors contributing to the attainment of L2 proficiency 5. Statistical learning and innate knowledge in the development of second language proficiency: evidence from the acquisition of gender concord, Roger Hawkins (University of Essex, United Kingdom) 6. Metalinguistic knowledge: A stepping stone towards L2 proficiency? Karen Roehr (University of Essex, United Kingdom) and Gabriela Adela G?nem- Guti?rrez (University of Essex, United Kingdom) 7. The development of vocabulary proficiency in relation to learning style, Paul Booth (Kingston University, l#O