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Understanding second language acquisition / Lourdes Ortega.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Understanding language series | Understanding language seriesPublisher: London : Routledge 2013Description: xv, 304 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780340905593 (pbk.) :
  • 034090559X
Other title:
  • Second language acquisition
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 418 ORT
LOC classification:
  • P118.2
Contents:
Introduction -- Age -- Crosslinguistic influences -- The linguistic environment -- Cognition -- Development of learner language -- Foreign language aptitude -- Motivation -- Affect and other individual differences -- Social dimensions of L2 learning.
Summary: 'Understanding Second Language Acquisition' provides an approachable but authoratitive introduction to this area of linguistics. The author concentrates on the essential notions involved rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 418 ORT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 216491

First published 2009 by Hodder education.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-289) and index.

Introduction -- Age -- Crosslinguistic influences -- The linguistic environment -- Cognition -- Development of learner language -- Foreign language aptitude -- Motivation -- Affect and other individual differences -- Social dimensions of L2 learning.

'Understanding Second Language Acquisition' provides an approachable but authoratitive introduction to this area of linguistics. The author concentrates on the essential notions involved rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position.

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