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Second Language Acquisition eBook Series

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  • First Language Use in Second and Foreign Language Learning

    Edited by Assoc. Prof. Miles Turnbull, Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Dailey-O'Cain ...
    Series Book 44 - Second Language Acquisition
    This volume offers fresh perspectives on a controversial issue in applied linguistics and language teaching by focusing on the use of the first language in communicative or immersion-type classrooms. It includes new work by both new and established scholars in educational scholarship, second language acquisition, and sociolinguistics, as well as in a variety of languages, countries, and ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

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  • Big Questions in ELT

    by Scott Thornbury ...
    For two years now I've been regularly blogging about ELT-related issues that have caught my attention. The topics have been loosely organized around the format of an encyclopaedic dictionary I'd published previously, called An A-Z of ELT. I've since clocked up over a hundred posts that in turn have attracted thousands of comments comprising I don't know how many tens of thousands of words.A couple ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Understanding Second Language Acquisition

    by Lourdes Ortega ...
    Series series Understanding Language
    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 ... Read more

    $76.37 CAD

  • Introducing Second Language Acquisition

    Perspectives and Practices

    by Kirsten M. Hummel ...
    Series series Linguistics in the World
    Introducing Second Language Acquisition: Perspectives and Practices represents a clear and concise introduction to the main concepts, issues, and debates in second language acquisition studies aimed specifically at undergraduates encountering the topic for the first time.Follows six fictitious language learners throughout the text whose stories serve to introduce various concepts and ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Bilingual First Language Acquisition

    by Dr. Annick De Houwer ...
    Series Book 2 - MM Textbooks
    A comprehensive textbook on bilingual language acquisition.Increasingly, children grow up hearing two languages from birth. This comprehensive textbook explains how children learn to understand and speak those languages.It brings together both established knowledge and the latest findings about different areas of bilingual language development. It also includes new analyses of previously published ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Language Attrition

    by Monika S. Schmid ...
    Series series Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
    'Language attrition' describes the loss of, or changes to, grammatical and other features of a language as a result of declining use by speakers who have changed their linguistic environment and language habits. In such a situation there may, for example, be simplification in the tense system or in certain properties of subordinate clauses; some vocabulary items might fall into disuse and phonetic ... Read more

    $55.43 CAD

  • The Multilingual Subject

    by Claire Kramsch ...
    Series series Oxford Applied Linguistics
    By drawing on multiple examples of real-world language learning situations, this book explores the subjective aspects of the language learning experience. ... Read more

    $69.11 CAD

  • Errors in Language Learning and Use

    Exploring Error Analysis

    by Carl James ...
    Series series Applied Linguistics and Language Study
    Errors in Language Learning and Use is an up-to-date introduction and guide to the study of errors in language, and is also a critical survey of previous work. Error Analysis occupies a central position within Applied Linguistics, and seeks to clarify questions such as `Does correctness matter?', `Is it more important to speak fluently and write imaginatively or to communicate one's message?'Carl ... Read more

    $137.98 CAD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

    Edited by Julia Herschensohn, Martha Young-Scholten ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
    What is language and how can we investigate its acquisition by children or adults? What perspectives exist from which to view acquisition? What internal constraints and external factors shape acquisition? What are the properties of interlanguage systems? This comprehensive 31-chapter handbook is an authoritative survey of second language acquisition (SLA). Its multi-perspective synopsis on recent ... Read more

    $48.23 CAD

  • Key Topics in Second Language Acquisition

    by Prof. Vivian Cook, Prof. David Singleton ...
    Series Book 10 - MM Textbooks
    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 ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Sociocultural Theory Second Language Learning

    by James P. Lantolf ...
    Series series Oxford Applied Linguistics
    This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part. Specific topics covered include: learning and teaching languages in the zone of proximal development; L1 mediation in the acquisition of L2 grammar; sociocultural theory as a theory of ... Read more

    $69.11 CAD

  • Writing

    A Mosaic of New Perspectives

    Edited by Elena L. Grigorenko, Elisa Mambrino, David D. Preiss ...
    This book captures the diversity and richness of writing as it relates to different forms of abilities, skills, competencies, and expertise. Psychologists, educators, researchers, and practitioners in neighboring areas are interested in exploring how writing develops and in what manner this development can be fostered, but they lack a handy, unified, and comprehensive source of information to ... Read more

    $80.07 CAD