Description:Butler & Huang's book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at children of primary and pre-primary years.The last decade has seen a growing number of second language studies of children aged 4-12, a demographic with special developmental characteristics that confound research methods designed for studying adults. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this book covers major research methods and techniques in existing L2 development research including observations, surveys, interviews, introspective methods, speech production methods, receptive methods, eye-tracking, and brain-imaging, as well as research methods specifically designed for L2 children with special educational needs. The book also discusses various age-related considerations and challenges if they are employed to young L2 learners.This will be essential reading for SLA, Child Development, and TESOL researchers, and students in these courses will benefit particularly from pedagogical material like further readings and discussion questions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development (Second Language Acquisition Research Series). To get started finding Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development (Second Language Acquisition Research Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development (Second Language Acquisition Research Series)
Description: Butler & Huang's book is one of the first to focus on second language (L2) development research methods and techniques specifically targeted at children of primary and pre-primary years.The last decade has seen a growing number of second language studies of children aged 4-12, a demographic with special developmental characteristics that confound research methods designed for studying adults. Written by experts from a variety of disciplines, this book covers major research methods and techniques in existing L2 development research including observations, surveys, interviews, introspective methods, speech production methods, receptive methods, eye-tracking, and brain-imaging, as well as research methods specifically designed for L2 children with special educational needs. The book also discusses various age-related considerations and challenges if they are employed to young L2 learners.This will be essential reading for SLA, Child Development, and TESOL researchers, and students in these courses will benefit particularly from pedagogical material like further readings and discussion questions.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development (Second Language Acquisition Research Series). To get started finding Research Methods for Understanding Child Second Language Development (Second Language Acquisition Research Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.