nam a22 c 4500 sibil.45/9009037 nljbp 250625082304.9 cr ||||||||||| 241222s2012 ne |||||||||||||||||eng|d 2011043166 9789027281661 (e-Book) nljbp eng nljbp nljbp P118.2 401/.93088289332 23 CJA bicssc LAN020000 bisacsh Second Language Acquisition Abroad The LDS Missionary Experience Edited by Lynne Hansen Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 ©2012 1 online resource (x, 268 pp. ) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Studies in Bilingualism 0928-1533 45 Includes bibliographical references and index. Chapter 1. Introduction / Lynne Hansen -- Chapter 2. Language learning and teaching in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints / C. Ray Graham -- Chapter 3. The development of speaking proficiency of LDS missionaries / Dan Dewey and Ray T. Clifford -- Chapter 4. An examination of the effects of input, aptitude, and motivation on the language proficiency of missionaries mearning Japanese as a second language / Jenifer Larson-Hall and Dan Dewey -- Chapter 5. In the beginning was the word / Lynne Hansen, Karri Lam, Livia Orikasa Nufer, Paul Rama, Geraldine Schwaller and Ronald M. Miller -- Chapter 6. The lost word / Lynne Hansen, Andrew Colver, Wonhye Chong, Helama Pereira, Jeremy Robinson, Akihiro Sawada and Ronald M. Miller -- Chapter 7. Vocabulary attrition in adult speakers of Spanish as a second language / C. Ray Graham -- Chapter 8. Savings in the relearning of mission vocabulary / Lynne Hansen, Melanie McKinney Sterling and Yukako Umeda -- Chapter 9. What counts in the retention of numeral classifiers in Japanese and Chinese? / Lynne Hansen and Yunglin Chen -- Chapter 10. Syntactic attrition in L2 Japanese missionary language / Robert A. Russell -- Chapter 11. The measurement of oral fluency in mission languages / Lynne Hansen, James Gardner, James Pollard, Joshua Rowe and Junko Tsukayama -- Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Annotated -- Comprehensive bibliography of mission language references: Unannotated This volume brings together for the first time a collection of studies devoted to missionary language learning and retention. Introductory chapters provide historical perspectives on this population and on language teaching philosophy and practice in the LDS tradition. The empirical studies which follow are divided into two sections, the first examining mission language acquisition by English-speaking missionaries abroad, the second focusing on post-mission language attrition. These chapters by internationally known scholars offer cutting-edge research using a number of different target languages in addressing various issues in second language development. Finally, a comprehensive bibliography of sources on mission languages is included. The readership of this pioneering work is expected to extend beyond specialists in study abroad and missionary language training to a broader audience of applied linguists, educators, and students interested in language acquisition and attrition. In addition, the book offers useful insights to adults who want to maintain a second language. Provided by publisher. Applied linguistics Language acquisition Language teaching Hansen, Lynne editor Hardbound version: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2012 9789027241863 DOI https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.45 JB e-Platform https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/9789027281661