Oxford Applied Linguistics

Understanding Second Language Acquisition

Rod Ellis

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This book reviews research into second language acquisition and provides readers with a comprehensive review of the "state of the art" in this important area of applied linguistics. It examines the critical reactions to the different theories of second language acquisition.

This book reviews research into second language acquisition and provides readers with a comprehensive review of the "state of the art" in this important area of applied linguistics. It examines the critical reactions to the different theories of second language acquisition.

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The core foundations of applied linguistics have long been located in exploring language as it is used in the world and in finding solutions to language-based problems. Modern applied linguistics is interdisciplinary and wide-ranging, being informed by research spanning psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, education, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, and other areas of the cognitive, learning, and information sciences.

The goal of the OUP Applied Linguistics Series is to influence the quality of language education through publishing and disseminating relevant scholarship and research.

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This book reviews research into second language acquisition and provides readers with a comprehensive review of the "state of the art" in this important area of applied linguistics. It examines the critical reactions to the different theories of second language acquisition.

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Acknowledgements
Introduction

1 Key issues in Second Language Acquisition

2 The role of the first language

3 Interlanguage and the 'natural' route of development

4 Variability in interlanguage

5 Individual learner differences and Second Language Acquisition

6 Input, interaction, and Second Language Acquisition

7 Learner strategies

8 The Universal Hypothesis and Second Language Acquisition

9 The role of formal instruction in Second Language Acquisition

10 Theories of Second Language Acquisition

Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index

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  • 'We have in this book a thorough, well-argued, cautious account of current work in the SLA tradition' Bernard Spolsky, Applied Linguistics