Second Language Education
- ISBN-10
- 0792346408
- ISBN-13
- 9780792346401
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 294
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Authors
- David Corson, P. Corson, G. Richard Tucker
Description
The contributions to the volume examine in detail diverse aspects of second language education, ranging from a focus on the basic contributions of linguistic theory and research to our understanding of second language learning and teaching on the one hand, to a series of reviews of innovative language education practices in selected regions of the world on the other.
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