How to Learn a New Language? Annotated Bibliography Example

Arnold, Jane (Ed.). Affect in Language Learning. (1999). New York: Cambridge University Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/59635/sample/9780521659635web.pdf

Jane is a professor at University of Seville. She is expert in in languages, and her book Affect in Language Learning is about learning language must be thinking that a person’s brain and mood is important. Her chapter 13 “Learning by Heart: A Lozanov Perspective” is useful because it talk about how group learning make a good and easy way to learn.

Bader, Marcus, and Jana Haussler. “Constraints on Center-embedding as Revealed by Corpus-data.” Formal Linguistics and the Measurement of Grammatical Complexity. (2012). Web. 3 August 2013. https://depts.washington.edu/lingconf/slides/Bader&Haeussler.pdf

Bader is at University of Konstanz and is write about linguistics and psychology, and Haussler is PhD student at University of Potsdam. Together, their is discuss on PowerPoint how center-embedding is work in linguistics.

Candland, Douglas K. Feral Children and Clever Animals: Reflections on Human Nature. (1993). New York: Oxford University Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://www.academia.edu/477458/CauCau_Chilean_feral_child

Candland is professor emeritus at Bucknell University and is study what animals and language does. His book is talk about why feral children is not learn language and why is so hard for them.

Cebeci, Zeynel, and Mehmet Tekdal. “Using Podcasts as Audio Learning Objects.” Interdisciplinary Journal of E-Learning and Learning Objects 2.1 (2006). Web. 3 August 2013. http://www.ijello.org/Volume2/v2p047-057Cebeci.pdf

Cebeci and Tekdal are being at Cukurova University in T’urkey and are experts in ways to learn and what to use. Their article is discuss how podcasts make learning fast and easy.

Cohen, Andrew D. “Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language.” Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language 3.4 (1999). Web. 3 August 2013. http://www.carla.umn.edu/strategies/resources/sbiclarify.pdf

Cohen is at University of Minneapolis and is study how people learn language. His article is explain how people learn another language and why they have easy or hard time.

Ellis, Rod. The Study of Second Language Acquisition. (1994). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Study_of_Second_Language_Acquisition.html?id=3KglibyrZ5sC&redir_esc=y

Ellis is at University of Auckland as deputy head of Applied Language Studies and Linguistics. In his book, Chapter 3 “Developmental patterns: order and sequence in second language acquisition” and Chapter 14 “Formal instruction and second language acquisition” are useful because they are talk about what person does with learning another language.

Ellis, Rod. Second Language Acquisition. (1997). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://books.google.ca/books/about/Second_Language_Acquisition.html?id=Wwdb7P0CG5AC&redir_esc=y

This book is much similar to the previous one, and Chapter 7 “Linguistic aspects of interlanguage” is discuss how things change in different languages.

Goswami, Usha. Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. (2012). New York: Oxford University Press. 3 August 2013. http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/uploads/documents/lm-conference_booklet.pdf

Goswami is Professor of Education at University of Cambridge and is write article for conference on Language and Music as Cognitive Systems. She is write that the brain is modular and there is difference between child and adult.

Klein, Wolfgang. Second Language Acquisition. (1986). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://books.google.ca/books?id=oe6EHmXbMiMC&pg=PA8&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

Klein is work at Max Planck Institute in Psycholinguistics and is write the book Second Language Acquisition for similar purpose as Ellis. His Chapter 1 “Some forms of language acquisition, some fundamental facts, some focal issues, some well-known theories” is discuss the critical period when language is fast and easy, and his Chapter 6 “The problem of synthesis” is where negation is he discuss.

Krashen, Stephen D. “Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning.” (1981). University of Southern California: Pergamon Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://sdkrashen.com/SL_Acquisition_and_Learning/SL_Acquisition_and_Learning.pdf

Krashen is professor at University of Souther California in linguistics. His article is dealing with the technical issues that is with learning a second language.

Nunan, David. Research Methods in Language Learning. (1992). New York: Cambridge University Press. Web. 3 August 2013. http://books.google.ca/books/about/Research_Methods_in_Language_Learning.html?id=YCT6f wTV4noC&redir_esc=y

Nunan is Australian linguistic and one who start Nunan Institute which is deal with linguistics and learning. His book has two chapters which are useful to this paper. Chapter 5 “Classroom observation and research” and Chapter 6 “Introspective methods” are both with dealing how can a person learn a language that is fast and easy.

Ortega, Lourdes (Ed.). Second Language Acquisition: Critical Concepts in Linguistics. (2011). New York: Routledge. Web. 3 August 2013. http://www2.hawaii.edu/~lortega/SLA%20Critical%20Concepts%20TOC.pdf

Ortega is linguistics professor at University of Hawaii and study second language acquisition. She has book where I use Chapter 1 “The significance of learner’s errors” and Chapter 3 “An error in error analysis” in Part I which is talking about the mistakes people are make when learning a language. I also take Chapter 10 “The logical problem of foreign language learning” in Part II which is where it is discuss more problems that are with people who learn another language.