| Key Topics in Second Language Acquisition Contributor(s): Cook, Vivian (Author), Singleton, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783091800 ISBN-13: 9781783091805 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $94.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Psycholinguistics |
| Dewey: 401.93 |
| LCCN: 2013049006 |
| Series: MM Textbooks |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.7" W x 9.7" (1.00 lbs) 168 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This textbook offers an introductory overview of eight hotly-debated topics in second language acquisition research. It offers a glimpse of how SLA researchers have tried to answer common questions about second language acquisition rather than being a comprehensive introduction to SLA research. Each chapter comprises an introductory discussion of the issues involved and suggestions for further reading and study. The reader is asked to consider the issues based on their own experiences, thus allowing them to compare their own intuitions and experiences with established research findings and gain an understanding of methodology. The topics are treated independently so that they can be read in any order that interests the reader. The topics in question are: - how different languages connect in the mind; - whether there is a best age for learning a second language; - the importance of grammar in acquiring and using a second language; - how the words of a second language are acquired; - how people learn to write in a second language; - how attitude and motivation help in learning a second language; - the usefulness of second language acquisition research for language teaching; - the goals of language teaching. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cook, Vivian: - Vivian Cook is Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University, UK. He has been researching in the fields of second language acquisition and writing systems for over 45 years and was founding President of the European Second Language Association (EUROSLA).Singleton, David: - David Singleton is an Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College Dublin, and Professor at the University of Pannonia and at the State University of Applied Sciences, Konin. He has served as President of the Irish Association for Applied Linguistics, as Secretary General of the International Association of Applied Linguistics and as President of the European Second Language Association. His two hundred publications focus mainly on cross-linguistic influence, the lexicon, the age factor in language acquisition and multilingualism. He is the co-author of Key Topics in Second Language Acquisition and co-editor of the Multilingual Matters SLA book series. In 2015 he received the EUROSLA Distinguished Scholar Award. |