Title: Second language learning
Description: Second Language Learning is an up-to-date survey and analysis of second language acquisition theory, from the early seventies through to the present day. It discusses the development of ideas in this expanding area of language study and looks at the implications of these ideas and directions for future research. Requiring some previous knowledge of second language acquisition research, this book will be of interest to advanced students and teachers of applied linguistics, second language learning and language pedagogy. Its study questions and activities, together with its useful bibliography and list of resources for the researcher, provide practical opportunities for replicating and extending the studies reported, as well as exploring further the principles presented in the book.
Subjects: Interlanguage (Language learning), Second language acquisition, Langue seconde, Linguistica aplicada, Interlangue (Apprentissage des langues), Tweedetaalverwerving, Acquisition