PeerInteractionandSecondLanguageLearning synthesizes the existing body of...Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume. In spite of the many hours that language learners spend interacting with...more
PeerInteractionandSecondLanguageLearning synthesizes the existing body of...Peer Interaction and Second Language Learning synthesizes the existing body of research on the role of peer interaction in second language learning in one comprehensive volume. In spite of the many hours that language learners spend interacting with...more
Sociolinguistics andSecondLanguageAcquisition is a comprehensive textbook t...Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition...more
Sociolinguistics andSecondLanguageAcquisition is a comprehensive textbook t...Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition is a comprehensive textbook that bridges the gap between the fields of sociolinguistics and second language acquisition exploring the variety of ways in which social context influences the acquisition...more
The Acquisition of French as a SecondLanguage: A Research Overview is the fir...The Acquisition of French as a Second Language: A Research Overview is the first text to present in one place a comprehensive systematic overview of research on the acquisition of French as a second or additional language. Drawing on classic and...more
Practice is a recurring and popular theme in language education. However the c...Practice is a recurring and popular theme in language education. However the concepts of practice and automatization have recently received renewed theoretical and practical interest and are increasingly being explored from the skill acquisition...more
Longitudinal Studies of SecondLanguageLearning: Quantitative Methods and Out...Longitudinal Studies of Second Language Learning: Quantitative Methods and Outcomes provides a how-to guide to choosing using and understanding quantitative longitudinal research and sampling methods in second and foreign language learning. This...more
In Foreign andSecondLanguageLearning William Littlewood surveys recent rese...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...more
Researching Creativity in SecondLanguageAcquisition explains the links betwe...Researching Creativity in Second Language Acquisition explains the links between creativity and second language learning and how to propel the research of creativity as an individual difference in second language acquisition forward at multiple...more
The study of usage has constituted a major line of secondlanguagelearning re...The study of usage has constituted a major line of second language learning research for decades now. The concept of usage however can be defined and studied in many different ways. In this comprehensive forward-looking text international scholars...more
This fourth edition of the best-selling Theories in SecondLanguage Acquisitio...This fourth edition of the best-selling Theories in Second Language Acquisition surveys the major theories and frameworks currently used in second language acquisition (SLA) research serving as an ideal introductory text for graduate students in SLA...more
Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a k...Research results over the past decades have consistently demonstrated that a key reason why many second language learners fail--while some learners do better with less effort--lies in various learner attributes such as personality traits motivation...more
This introduction to visualization techniques and statistical models for secon...This introduction to visualization techniques and statistical models for second language research focuses on three types of data (continuous binary and scalar) helping readers to understand regression models fully and to apply them in their work....more
This text is the first holistic research overview and practical methodological...This text is the first holistic research overview and practical methodological guide for social network analysis in second language acquisition examining how to study learner social networks and how to use network data to predict language learner...more