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OverviewBloomsbury Companion To Second Language Acquisition, this book is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics. It offers a comprehensive reference resource: it features an overview of key topics in SLA as well the key research methods. It then goes on to look at current research areas and new directions in the field by examining key relationships in the field, including the relationship between first and second language acquisition and the relationship between L2 input and L2 output. It is a complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within second language acquisition and applied linguistics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ernesto MacaroPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.696kg ISBN: 9780826495068ISBN 10: 0826495060 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 18 February 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors \ Acknowledgments \ Part 1: The Second Language Acquisition Landscape \ 1. Second Language Acquisition: the landscape, the scholarship and the reader, Ernesto Macaro (University of Oxford, UK) \ 2. A compendium of key concepts in second language acquisition, Ernesto Macaro, Robert Vanderplank and Victoria Murphy (Oxford University Language Centre and University of Oxford, UK) \ 3. Research methods in second language acquisition, Andrew D. Cohen and Ernesto Macaro (University of Minnesota, USA and University of Oxford, UK) \ Part 2: Issues and Relationships in Second Language Acquisition \ 4. The relationship between first and second language acquisition revisited, Vivian Cook (Newcastle University, UK) \ 5. The relationship between age of learning and type of linguistic exposure in children learning a second language, Victoria A. Murphy (University of Oxford, UK) \ 6. The relationship between L2 vocabulary knowledge and L2 vocabulary use, Paul Meara (University of Wales Swansea, UK) \ 7. The relationship between L2 input and L2 output, Susan Gass (Michigan State University, USA) \ 8. The relationship between pedagogical focus and interaction in L2 lessons, Paul Seedhouse (Newcastle University, UK) \ 9. The relationship between language aptitude and language learning motivation: individual differences from a dynamic systems perspective, Zoltan Doernyei (University of Nottingham, UK) \ 10. The relationship between strategic behaviour and language learning success, Ernesto Macaro (University of Oxford, UK) \ Conclusions, Ernesto Macaro, (University of Oxford, UK) \ References \ IndexReviews'This is a valuable collection of papers, which can be warmly recommended to any student of second language acquisition.'<br>- Michael Swan is a writer specializing in English Language teaching and reference materials. He is author of Practical English Usage (OUP, 2005) Author InformationErnesto Macaro is Professor of Applied Linguistics (Second Language Acquisition) in the Department of Education at the University of Oxford, UK. He has previously been a Head of Languages in a secondary school. His publications include Learning strategies in second and foreign language classrooms; Teaching and learning a second language (both published by Continuum) and Language learner strategies: Thirty years of research and practice (published by Oxford University Press). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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