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.
Understanding Second Language Acquisition offers a clear and engaging introduction to the dynamic field of second language learning, examining how native speakers acquire proficiency in additional languages.
Understanding Second Language Acquisition has remained a staple of university courses in Applied Linguistics and second language acquisition since its first appearance thirty years...
Rod Ellis provides readers with a comprehensive review of this important area of applied linguistics. He does not take up a particular stance, but examines different theories of second language acquisition and the critical reactions to them.
This new, fully updated edition continues to provide an authoritative and highly readable introduction to key areas of theory and research in second language acquisition.
The book reflects recent trends in looking at cognitive and social aspects of second language acquisition, as well as examining the roles played by implicit and explicit instruction in...
Discover how second language acquisition transforms K-12 learning. Learn stages, strategies, and tips to support bilingual children effectively.
The book zooms in and out of universal, individual, and social forces, in each case evaluating the theories and research findings that have been generated across diverse naturalistic and formal contexts for second language acquisition.
‘Second language acquisition’ refers to the learning of another language in a context in which the language is used as a means of wider communication—for example, the learning of English in the United States or the United Kingdom.
Many faculty members and students come from all over the world to participate in research at the Second Language and Bilingualism Lab (SLAB) — their interests in second language acquisition sparked ...