Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA)
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This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides an overview of the current state of the field of instructed second language acquisition (ISLA) for undergraduate and nonthesis graduate students. It explores different types of instruction that have been theoretically and empirically supported. The book overviews a wide range of program types of content-based language teaching (CBLT) around the world. It addresses the different aspects of language that are the target of second-language (L2) instruction. The book acknowledges that ISLA is mediated by learning environments whereby target languages have different societal statuses and are learned differently due to different modes of communication. It also addresses some of the individual differences that have been found to mediate SLA processes and the effects of instruction. The book attempts to capture the wide and developing range of research methods that are used in ISLA research.
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ISLA researchers are primarily concerned with interaction that occurs in pedagogical contexts and/or is manipulated to promote L2 development, in order to determine which characteristics of input, interaction, and output are most beneficial for L2 acquisition.
“it is interaction that occurs in pedagogical contexts and/or is manipulated in some way to promote L2 development that is of primary concern to ISLA researchers as they endeavour to determine the characteristics of input, interaction, and output that are most beneficial for L2 acquisition (e.g.Mackey 2012;Loewen 2015;Loewen & Sato 2017).”
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- Authors
- Loewen, S., & Sato, M.
- Venue
- The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2017-02-17
- Pages
- 1-12
- OpenAlex
- W4250096361
- Cited by
- 21
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1
- FWCI
- 8.45
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Second Language Learning and Teaching
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Second Language Acquisition and Learning
- Keywords
- instructed second language acquisition, second language teaching, content-based language teaching, language learning environment, individual differences in language learning
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