The Continuum Companion to Second Language Acquisition

by Macaro, Ernesto

• ISBN13: 9780826495068
• ISBN10: 0826495060
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781441199225
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-22
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

This unique guide to second language acquisition aims to provide readers with an introduction to the theories and methods of this area of applied linguistics. The Companion contains overviews of current areas of research written by some of the best known names in the field, an A-Z of key concepts and terms (with suggested further readings) and an overview of research methods currently being used.

Author Biography

Ernesto 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).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
The Second Language Acquisition Landscape
Second Language Acquisition: The Landscape, the Scholarship and the Reader	p. 3
A Compendium of Key Concepts in Second Language Acquisition	p. 29
Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition	p. 107
Issues and Relationships in Second Language Acquisition
The Relationship between First and Second Language Acquisition Revisited	p. 137
The Relationship between Age of Learning and Type of Linguistic Exposure in Children Learning a Second Language	p. 158
The Relationship between L2 Vocabulary Knowledge and L2 Vocabulary Use	p. 179
The Relationship between L2 Input and L2 Output	p. 194
The Relationship between Pedagogical Focus and Interaction in L2 Lessons	p. 220
The Relationship between Language Aptitude and Language Learning Motivation: Individual Differences from a Dynamic Systems Perspective	p. 247
The Relationship between Strategic Behaviour and Language Learning Success	p. 268
Conclusions	p. 300
References	p. 306
Index	p. 343
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