num_pages: 284
description: Spolsky here examines the conditions under which languages are learned, and how learning related to teaching. His theory, set out in the form of a preference model, emphasizes the need to be precise and clear on the nature of the goals and outcomes of learning, and to recognize the complexityof the concept of "knowing a second language."
language: English
title: Conditions for Second Language Learning: Introduction to a General Theory
titlecomplete: Conditions for Second Language Learning: Introduction to a General Theory (Language Education)
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Oxford University Press