Context Matters in SLA

Clare Wright is Professor of Linguistics and Language Teaching at the University of Leeds, UK.Pauliina Peltonen is Lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Turku, Finland.Anja Steinlen is Senior Researcher in the Department of Foreign Language Education at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.Thorsten Piske is Professor of Foreign Language Learning and Teaching at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.

• Clare Wright, Pauliina Peltonen, Thorsten Piske and Anja Steinlen: IntroductionPart 1: Theories andConstructsChapter 1: Gabriele Pallotti: A Practical Approach to the Study of ContextChapter 2: Tanja Angelovska: The Role of Context in L2 Processing and Acquisition of (Morpho-)Syntax: A Psycholinguistic Perspective with Implications for L2 InstructionChapter 3: Alex Ho-Cheong Leung: Context and Second Language Speech and PhonologyChapter 4: David Singleton and Justyna Leśniewska: Lexis, Phrases and All the Trimmings: The Phraseological Turn in SLAChapter 5: Rachel L. Shively: Language in Context: Pragmatic Development in Study AbroadPart 2: SLA and UseChapter 6: Raphael Berthele: Adaptation or Learning? On the Elusive Multilingual Advantages in Additional Language LearningChapter 7: Anja Steinlen and Thorsten Piske: Teaching and Context: A ReviewChapter 8: Anke Lenzing and Katrin Schmiderer: Processing in the Receptive, Productive and Interactive Use of an L2Chapter 9: Mason A. Wirtz, Simone E. Pfenninger, Annika Rossmanith and Lukas Zbinden: Continuity vs. Cut-off Points in SLA Across the Lifespan: From Significant Life Events to Biologically Regulated ThresholdsChapter 10: Marianne Gullberg and Chloë R. Marshall: The Adult Capacity for Language Learning at First Exposure and the Role of Language ModalityChapter 11: Fatih Bayram, Brechje van Osch and Selim Tiryakiol: Navigating the Intersection of Heritage and Second Language Acquisition Research: Toward a Deeper Understanding of BilingualismChapter 12: Bimali Indrarathne: Teaching and Assessing Learners with Dyslexia in Diverse ContextsChapter 13: Pauliina Peltonen, Elina Lehtilä and Clare Wright: Second Language Speech Fluency in ContextChapter 14: Clare Wright and Parvaneh Tavakoli: Impact of Context on Second Language Fluency AssessmentChapter 15: Anastasia Pattemore: Audiovisual Input as a Language Learning ContextChapter 16: Matthew Pattemore: Video Games as Language Learning ContextsChapter 17: Loulou Kosmala: Why Multimodality Matters in Second Language ResearchGlossaryIndex

This book provides an accessible and comprehensive account of how SLA external and internal contexts shape and influence linguistic development. Particularly relevant for postgraduate students, teaching professionals and researchers in the field, the volume explores a range of theoretical perspectives on both mainstream and peripheral topics and illustrates how contextual variables may serve as a common ground.