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Understanding second language acquisition / Rod Ellis.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.Description: 327 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 019437081X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 418 19
LOC classification:
  • P118.2 .E4 1985
Contents:
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
Summary: Rod Ellis provides readers with a comprehensive review of this important area of applied linguistics. He does not take up a particular stance, but examines different theories of second language acquisition and the critical reactions to them. Winner BAAL Book Prize
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [307]-323.

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

Rod Ellis provides readers with a comprehensive review of this important area of applied linguistics. He does not take up a particular stance, but examines different theories of second language acquisition and the critical reactions to them. Winner BAAL Book Prize

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