The Study of Second Language Acquisition

Zusatztext '...highly recommended to graduate students of TESOL/Applied Linguistics who want to have snapshots of the major themes! trends and research findings in SLA. University faculty and researchers...will see its value as a handy encyclopaedia! while practitioners ...will also find it tremendously useful.' Klappentext A comprehensive and coherent account of the research and theory in the field of second language acquisition, including chapters on instructed SLA. This book is an encyclopedic survey of second language acquisition research as this has developed over the last forty years. It provides sections on the description of learners' language, the role of the linguistic environment and social context, internal mechanisms, individual learner differences, andthe role of instruction. It provides a balanced account by representing a variety of perspectives, including cognitive, linguistic, sociocultural, and neurolinguistic. Zusammenfassung A comprehensive and coherent account of the research and theory in the field of second language acquisition, including chapters on instructed SLA. This book is an encyclopedic survey of second language acquisition research as this has developed over the last forty years. It provides sections on the description of learners' language, the role of the linguistic environment and social context, internal mechanisms, individual learner differences, andthe role of instruction. It provides a balanced account by representing a variety of perspectives, including cognitive, linguistic, sociocultural, and neurolinguistic.

Product details

• Authors: Rod Ellis, Ellis Rod
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2008
• EAN: 9780194422574
• ISBN: 978-0-19-442257-4
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 234 mm x 51 mm
• Series: Oxford Applied Linguistics; Oxford Applied Linguistics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Readings/interpretations/reading notes > English; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; English, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, Language teaching theory and methods, ELT: teaching theory & methods