Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and Linguistics (GURT) 1996: Linguistics, Language Acquisition, and Language Variation : Current Trends and Future Prospects

This volume examines linguistics, language acquisition, and language variation, emphasizing their implications for teacher education and language education. A majority of the essays consider issues in second language acquisition, dealing specifically with learners and instructors, or concentrating on the larger social and societal context in which learning and acquisition occur. Topics highlighted include the current and often controversial debate over bilingual education, language variation, and the past, present, and future role of linguistics in language pedagogy. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 ISBN......Page 3 Contents......Page 6 Introduction to the Volume......Page 9 Dedication of Round Table Proceedings to Earl W. Stevick......Page 11 Playing with Linguistic Problems: From Orwell to Plato and Back Again......Page 13 Language Development in Two-Way Immersion: Trends and Prospects......Page 38 Foreign-Language Teaching after the Year 2000......Page 51 The Case against Bilingual Education......Page 63 Developing Intercultural Competence through Foreign Language Instruction: Challenges and Choices......Page 78 Constructions of the Learner in Second Language Acquisition Research......Page 92 The Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach: Theoretical Framework and Instructional Applications......Page 116 The Effect of Participation Structure on Second-Language Acquisition and Retention of Content......Page 124 Grammaticality Judgment Tasks and Second-Language Development......Page 134 Second Language Speech/Pronunciation: Acquisition, Instruction, Standards, Variation, and Accent......Page 148 From Communicative Competence through Bilingualism to Metalinguistic Development: Some Theoretical Pointers and Research Perspectives......Page 169 Culture, Variation, and Languages of Wider Communication: The Paradigm Gap......Page 186 Variation and the Mesolect in Jamaican Creole......Page 204 Poisoning Pidgins in the Park: The Study and Status of Hawaiian Creole......Page 229 The Problem of Variation in SLA Theory and Research......Page 244 Endangered Dialects: Sociolinguistic Opportunity and Obligation......Page 260 Beyond Consciousness Raising: Re-Examining the Role of Linguistics in Language Teacher Training......Page 278 Examines linguistics, language acquisition, and language variation, emphasizing their implications for teacher education and language education. This title considers issues in second language acquisition, dealing with learners and instructors, or focusing on the larger social and societal context in which learning and acquisition occur.