Foreword |
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Chapter 1 Scientific inquiry |
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1.2 Abstracting away from observed phenomena |
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1.4 Phenomena presumed to exist |
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Chapter 2 Language acquisition and the need for a theory of language proficiency |
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2.1 Fundamental questions concerning language acquisition |
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2.2 The generative school |
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2.3 The usage-based school |
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2.4 The need for a model of language proficiency |
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2.4.1 Commonalities and differences in L1 acquisition |
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2.4.3 Individual differences in outcomes of L2 acquisition |
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2.4.4 Between-group comparisons in the study of L2 development and in the study of bilingualism |
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Chapter 3 BLC-HLC Theory: Language proficiency in native speakers |
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3.1 Choice of labels for the constructs |
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3.2 Basic and higher (extended) language cognition |
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3.3 Corollaries and research agenda |
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3.5 BLC for different languages in different societies |
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3.6 The construct of the native speaker |
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3.7 Explaining differences among L1ers |
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3.8 Basic and extended language cognition compared to earlier dichotomies |
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3.8.1 BLC and HLC in contrast to Bernstein's restricted and elaborated codes |
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3.8.2 BLC and HLC in contrast to Cummins' BICS and CALP |
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3.8.3 BLC and HLC in contrast to Bialystok's Analysis and Control |
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3.8.4 The BLC-HLC model in contrast to Cook's notion of multi-competence |
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Chapter 4 BLC-HLC Theory: Language proficiency in non-native speakers |
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4.1 Review of L2 proficiency models |
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4.2 Core and periphery of L2 proficiency |
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4.3 Two dimensions of language proficiency: BLC-HLC versus core-periphery |
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4.4 How much of BLC and HLC is attainable for L2ers? |
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4.5 Can bilinguals reach native proficiency in both languages? |
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Chapter 5 BLC-HLC Theory: Summary and discussion |
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5.2 BLC-HLC theory in a nutshell |
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Chapter 6 Language proficiency of native speakers: Commonalities and differences |
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6.2 Individual differences in L1 development: From infancy to adolescence |
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6.3 Variability in L1 proficiency in adult L1ers, as a function of age and level of education |
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6.3.3 Picture description |
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6.4 Grammatical knowledge as a function of level of education |
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6.4.1 Studies of Dabrowska and associates |
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6.4.2 Core and penumbral grammar in the ability to paraphrase compound nouns mediated by level of education: A study of Gleitman and Gleitman |
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6.4.3 Intuitions about grammatically simple and complex structures: Work by Lahmann |
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6.5 Lexical cognition as a function of age and level of education: Mulder and Hulstijn |
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6.6 Receptive vocabulary as a function of age and level of education: Data from the StiLis project |
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6.7 Prospects for future research |
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Chapter 7 Components of language proficiency |
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7.1 Methodological and conceptual issues |
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7.1.2 Individual differences |
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7.1.3 Presence and absence of variability over time |
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7.1.4 Relative weight of components |
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7.1.6 The positive manifold |
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7.1.7 Validity arguments in componential models of language proficiency |
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7.1.8 Structural Equation Modeling: Opportunities and limitations |
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7.2 Pioneer attempts to find empirical support for componential models of LP |
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7.3 The roles of linguistic knowledge, processing speed and metacognition in L2 proficiency: The Amsterdam studies |
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7.4.1 Testing general models of language proficiency |
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7.4.2 Establishing the relative weight of component skills |
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7.4.3 The perspective of BLC-HLC Theory |
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Chapter 8 Interdependence of L1 and L2 literacy |
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8.2 Studies published after Alderson (1984) and Cummins (1991a) |
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8.3 Discussion of findings |
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8.3.1 Looking back at `transfer of reading strategies' and `underlying proficiency' |
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8.3.2 The BLC-HLC perspective |
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Chapter 9 Measuring language proficiency in research on L2 acquisition and bilingualism |
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9.2 Dealing with the danger of circularity |
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9.3 Problems in comparing language proficiency across languages |
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9.4 A proposal for assessing language proficiency between languages in bilinguals |
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Chapter 10 Levels of language proficiency in scales of educational assessment |
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10.2 The CEFR in its context of foreign-language education in Europe |
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10.3 The quest for a common core of language proficiency |
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10.4 Levels and scales in the CEFR |
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10.4.1 The static and dynamic aspects of levels |
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10.4.2 How mixed can profiles be? |
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10.4.3 The association of CEFR levels with intellectual abilities |
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10.5 Convergence and divergence in the CEFR movement |
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10.5.1 A practical solution to the problem of divergence |
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10.5.2 A more principled solution |
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10.6 Summary, research agenda, and conclusion |
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Epilogue |
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References |
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Appendix 1 |
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Person index |
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Subject index |
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