TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gass,Susan M.
AU  - Selinker,Larry
ED  - Askews & Holts
TI  - Second language acquisition: an introductory course 
SN  - 9780203932841 (ebook) :
AV  - P118.2 .S424 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Second language acquisition
KW  - Languages
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Child, developmental, and lifespan psychology
KW  - thema
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Bilingualism & multilingualism
KW  - Language: reference & general
KW  - Language learning: speaking skills
KW  - Education
N1  - Previous ed.: London: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - This introductory textbook on second language acquisition (SLA) research examines methodological issues, L1 influence, theories of second language research, interlanguage issues, L2 input, nonlinguistic factors affecting L2 acquisition, instructed SLA, and the role of the lexicon; Thenew and updated edition of this bestselling introductory textbook is a comprehensive overview of the field of second language acquisition. In an easy-to-read, accessible style, it provides students with information about the scope of the field, but also provides background information on related areas such as first language acquisition. The book introduces students to current issues of data collection and data analysis, as well as provides an historical overview of the field, thus giving students context and perspective about how today's issues arise from earlier approaches. Each chapter offers discussion questions and/or problems so that students can put their knowledge to use in a way that is relevant to what they have learned, but that also challenges them to go beyond what is in the chapter and to relate information across chapters. The book covers a range of areas of second language research including sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and linguistic perspectives. It also includes a chapter on the lexicon and on instructed second language learning. The concluding chapter pulls the information in the previous chapters together into a coherent framework that challenges students to think about the field of second language acquisition as a whole
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