Foreign and Second Language Learning: Language Acquisition Research and its Implications for the Classroom (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) - Hardcover

Littlewood, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521254795 ISBN 13: 9780521254793

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Inhaltsangabe

The relevance of language acquisition to the day-to-day concerns of teaching and learning languages.

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Críticas

'This book is a model for all writers on language topics ... essential reading for all modern language teachers who think about their task and want to improve their classroom performance.' Modern Languages

Reseña del editor

In Foreign and Second Language Learning, William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages and considers its relevance for language teaching. He describes the most important studies and ideas about first language acquisition, and how these have influenced and developed into studies of second language acquisition. He considers the background of language theories which were current before the present interest in acquisition research, and looks at factors such as learners' errors, whether learners are predisposed to acquire language in certain sequences, why some people are apparently more successful at learning languages than others, and how learners make use of their new language to communicate. The use of clear examples, the careful explanation and balanced commentary on the research enable the reader to evaluate the evidence and consider the relevance of work in this field to the day to day concerns of teaching and learning languages.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0521254795
• ISBN 13: 9780521254793
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 120