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clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition (SLA). Using non-technical language, it explains how a second language is acquired; what the learner of a second language needs to know; and why
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- Muriel Saville-Troike
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- Cambridge Introductions to Language and Linguistics
- Contents
- 1 Introducing Second Language Acquisition
- About the Book
- Scope and Perspective
- Design
- Third Edition Changes
- Website
- Acknowledgments
This new textbook series provides students and their teachers with accessible introductions to the major subjects encountered within the study of language and linguistics. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, each book is written and designed for ease of use in the classroom or seminar, and is ideal for adoption in a modular course as the co...
List of Figures List of Tables About the Book Acknowledgments
What is SLA? What is a Second Language? What is a First Language? Diversity in Learning and Learners Summary Activities Further Reading
This book is a brief but comprehensive intro-duction to the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). The intended audience is primarily undergraduate students but it is also suitable for graduate students ho have little or no prior knoledge of linguistics. ur goals in riting this book are threefold () to provide a basic level of knoledge about s...
e have included a broader range of SLA phe-nomena in this book than is the usual case those involved in both adult and child second language learning in both formal (instructed) and informal (natural) contets of learning and in diverse sociocultural settings. Since our on professional identities and commitments are interdisciplinary e emphasie the ...
ach chapter of this book considers three basic questions What eactly does the L learner come to kno How does the learner acquire this knoledge Why are some learners more successful than others hapter introduces the most basic terms and concepts beginning ith “hat is SLA” hapter provides a foun-dational background ranging from the nature and ...
The same scope, perspective, and design are retained in the third edition of this book. The major change has involved updating its content and references, and increasing consideration of how each theoretical perspective is most rele-vant for instructional strategies and conditions. Other changes have been made primarily to revise or clarify content...
The website is a place to download supplemen-tal materials for the textbook and is especially useful for instructors using it as a course text. Those supplemental materials include repro-ductions of all matter from the ends of chap-ters uestions for self-study, active learning, discuss and debate, and introductory sugges-tions for further reading, ...
Any introductory survey of a field is indebted to many sources, and this is no exception (as the relatively long list of references suggests). We are very grateful to colleagues and other read-ers (especially Rudy Troie) ho have made suggestions, corrections, and comments, and to adia oraglio for her input on pedagogical activities and style, and h...
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Welcome to this introduction to second language acquisition. What is second language acquisition (SLA)? In brief, this term refers to beginning the learning of another language after a first language (L1) has been acquired. Note that opinions vary about what might be considered the earliest age from which second language learning would be ...
Jan 12, 2023 · Introducing second language acquisition -- Foundations of second language acquisition -- The linguistics of second language acquisition -- The psychology of second language acquisition -- Social contexts of second language acquisition -- Acquiring knowledge for L2 use -- L2 learning and teaching
Chapter summary. Second Language Acquisition (SLA) involves a wide range of language learning settings and learner characteristics and circumstances. This book will consider a broad scope of these, examining them from three different disciplinary perspectives: linguistic , psychological , and social .
Introducing Second Language Acquisition. Written for students encountering the topic for the first time, this is a clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition (SLA).
