Now in a fifth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated, and reorganized where appropriate, to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the field and its related disciplines. In order to reflect current developments, new sections and expanded discussions have been added. The fifth edition of Second Language Acquisition retains the features that students found useful in previous editions. This edition provides pedagogical tools that encourage students to reflect upon the experiences of second language learners. As with previous editions, discussion questions and problems at the end of each chapter help students apply their knowledge, and a glossary defines and reinforces must-know terminology. This clearly written, comprehensive, and current textbook, by Susan Gass, Jennifer Behney, and Luke Plonsky, is the ideal textbook for an introductory SLA course in second language studies, applied linguistics, linguistics, TESOL, and/or language education programs.
The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition.
Children learn languages quickly and easily while adults are ineffective in comparison -- A true bilingual is someone who speaks two languages perfectly -- You can acquire a language simply through listening or reading -- Practice makes ...
This textbook offers an introductory overview of eight hotly-debated topics in second language acquisition research.
The relevance of language acquisition to the day-to-day concerns of teaching and learning languages.
The collaborative stance provided writers with opportunities to articulate their intended meaning and gain a greater understanding of their weaknesses. However, the study only considered reader stances and did not consider the stances ...
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 ...
The book reflects recent trends in looking at cognitive and social aspects of second language acquisition, as well as examining the roles played by implicit and explicit instruction in language learning. βAn excellent and much-needed, in ...
This edition provides pedagogical tools that encourage students to reflect upon the experiences of second language learners.
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The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition and Pragmatics is a comprehensive critical survey of the field of L2 pragmatics, collecting a number of chapters that highlight the key theories, methods, pedagogies, and research ...