Input Matters in SLA

Thorsten Piske is affiliated with the University of Education in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. His research focuses on first and second language acquisition and on bilingual education. He is well known for joint work with James E. Flege on factors affecting degree of foreign accent in a second language. He has done research on the production and perception of first and second language speech sounds and on the effectiveness of bilingual programs in kindergartens and primary schools.Currently at Newcastle University in England, Martha Young-Scholten works on morpho-syntax and phonology. She is well known for joint work with Anne Vainikka on uninstructed adults’ development of morpho-syntax in German. Prosodic structure, orthographic input and the phonological awareness of low-literate immigrant adults are some of the lines of research she pursues in the second language acquisition of phonology.

• Introduction - Martha Young-Scholten and Thorsten PiskePart 1 : Matters of Input1. Input Frequency and the Acquisition of the Progressive - Andreas Rohde2. Processing Matters in Input Enhancement - Bill VanPatten3. Input and Second Language Development from a Dynamic Perspective - Marjolijn Verspoor, Wander Lowie and Kees de Bot4. The Comprehension Hypothesis Extended - Stephen Krashen5. Output Matters Too - Nel de Jong6. Learner Attitudes towards Comprehension-based Language Learning - John Stephenson7. The Hidden Paradox of Foreign Language Instruction, or: Which are the Real Foreign Language Learning Processes? - Werner BleyhlPart 2: Input Matters in Phonology8. Input as a Critical Means to an End: Quantity and Quality of Experience in L2 Phonological Attainment - Alene Moyer9. Give Input a Chance! - James E. Flege10. Orthographic Input and Second Language Phonology - Benedetta Bassetti11. Second Language Speech Learning with Diverse Inputs - Ocke-Schwen Bohn and Rikke Bundgaard-Nielsen12. Phonetic Input in Second Language Acquisition: Contrastive Analysis of Native and Non-native Sounds - Anja Steinlen13. Developing Non-native Pronunciation in Immersion Settings - Henning WodeBibliographyGlossary

Input matters in SLA is essential reading for those who are in the field of SLA research and will also be useful for teachers of SL/FL, since input continues to be one of the most discussed areas in SLA.