Declarative and procedural determinants of second languages - Paradis, Michel (John Benjamins Pub., 2009)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-215) and index
Declarative and Procedural Determinants of Second Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Key concepts, framework, and clarifications; Chapter 2. Consciousness in L2 appropriation; Chapter 3. The disintegration of the explicit/implicit interface debate (or interface newspeak?); Chapter 4. Ultimate attainment in L2 proficiency; Chapter 5. The pervasive relevance of the distinction between implicit competence and explicit knowledge; Summary of key proposals; References; Subject index; The series Studies in Bilingualism (SiBil)
This volume is the outcome of the author's observations and puzzlement over seventeen years of teaching English and French as second languages, followed by 30 years of research into the neurolinguistic aspects of bilingualism. It examines, within the framework of a neurolinguistic theory of bilingualism (Paradis, 2004), the crucial and pervasive contributions made by declarative and procedural memory to the appropriation, representation and processing of a second language. This requires careful consideration of a number of concepts associated with issues pertaining to second language research