Understanding Second Language Acquisition (Paperback, 3rd Edition)

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolinguals-- or languages --in the case of bilinguals-- have already been acquired. Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a wide-encompassing survey of this burgeoning field, its accumulated findings and proposed theories, its developed research paradigms, and its pending questions for the future. 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. It assumes no background in SLA and provides helpful chapter-by-chapter summaries and suggestions for further reading.

Ideal as a textbook for students of applied linguistics, foreign language education, TESOL, and education, it is also recommended for students of linguistics, developmental psycholinguistics, psychology, and cognitive science.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Age

Chapter 3. Crosslinguistic influences

Chapter 4. The linguistic environment

Chapter 5. Cognition

Chapter 6. Development of learner language

Chapter 7. Foreign language aptitude

Chapter 8. Motivation

Chapter 9. Affect and other individual differences

Chapter 10. Social dimensions of L2 learning

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Understanding Language
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	April 2007
Authors:	Lourdes Ortega
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	320
Edition:	3rd Edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-340-90559-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > Lexicography Promotions Books > Promotion > JB Academic
LSN:	0-340-90559-X
Barcode:	9780340905593

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