The authors present first, an examination of the dynamics of first and second language acquisition from a developmental, psychological and semantic perspective, secondly, an analytical framework built from relevant literature within which the role of cognates in second language acquisition is assessed, and finally, a cognate instructional unit with which cognates as an efficient approach to French second language vocabulary acquisition by Anglophones is empirically tested.

Zusammenfassung
"(This) English-French cognate textbook offers scholars, teachers and language students of English or French a tool to exploit vocabulary similarities between the English and French languages in a systematic way." (Jean-Guy Savard, Université Laval)
"The Role of Cognates in the Teaching of French is a must for scholars, teachers, and language students. It offers a practical, easy-to-use tool for exploiting the many vocabulary similarities between these two languages in a systematic way." (Rose Nash, University of Puerto Rico) "This is a model text-book for exploiting the cognate phenomenon to the best advantage." (Language International)

Inhalt
Contents: French - Instructional Materials - Language Instruction - Linguistic Borrowing - Second Language Learning - Teaching Methods - Vocabulary Development - Cognates.