Second Language Acquisition

Name: Second Language Acquisition
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ISBN: 9780521317023

ISBN-10: 0521317029

ISBN-13: 9780521317023

Edition: 1986

Authors: Wolfgang Klein, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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This textbook presents an up-to-date account of the main concerns, problems and theoretical and practical issues raised by second language acquisition research. Research in this field has until recently been mainly pedagogically oriented, but since the 1970s linguists and psychologists have become increasingly interested in the principles that underlie second language acquisition for the light these throw on how human language processing functions in general. Moreover, it is only through an understanding of these principles that foreign language teaching can become maximally effective. In the first part of his book, Wolfgang Klein provides a critical assessment of the current state of the…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/23/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 202
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



The Process of Language Acquisition



Some forms of language acquisition, some fundamental facts, some focal issues, some well-known theories



Six dimensions of language acquisition



Some consequences for foriegn language instructions



From The Learner's Point of View



The learner's four tasks



The problem of analysis



The problem of synthesis



The embedding problem



The matching problem


Conclusion


Notes


References


Index of names


Index of subjects