An up to date comprehensive introduction to second language acqusition research. Contains a general framework for the study of second language acquisition, provides a general description of learner language, accounts for the role of the linguistic environment, examines the learner's internal mechanisms, explores individual differences in language learning and reviews the expanding research on classroom second language acquisition.
The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition brings together fifty leading international figures in the field to produce a state-of-the-art overview of Second Language Acquisition.
An Introductory Course Susan M. Gass, Larry Selinker. by the facts of the NL or not . In terms of falsifying this view , one must also think in probabilistic terms . What would count as counterevidence ? Large numbers of learners going ...
This book offers a succinct theoretical introduction to the basic concepts in language testing in a way that is easy to understand.
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A clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition, written for students encountering the topic for the first time.
Second Language Acquisition: introduces the key areas in the field, including multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth and decline explores the key theories and debates and ...
This book is intended to introduce novice student researchers to second language acquisition in the study abroad learning environment.
Written to be accessible to newcomers as well as experienced scholars of SLA, the Handbook is organised into six thematic sections, each with an editor-written introduction.
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