Includes bibliographical references and index

Second language learning and language teaching; learning different types of grammar; learning other components of language; processes in using second languages; learners as individuals; language and input in the L2 classroom; multilingual societies and the goals of language teaching; general models of L2 learning; second language learning and language teaching styles

Language teaching has tended to base itself on the ideas of what to teach rather than on how to learn. This book presents the vast body of second language research, developed in the last decade, in an integrated form aimed primarily at the language teacher.