Foreign and Second Language Learning

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CAMBRIDGE LANGUAGE TEACHING LIBRARY A series of authoritative books on subjects of central importance for all language teachers. Foreign and Second Language Learning Research into how people acquire languages has been growing in recent years. But the findings of this research, and the implications for the process of teaching languages, are not always accessible to practising teachers. In this clearly-written book, William Littlewood surveys work which has been done in this field 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 a certain order, why somé people are apparently more successful... Tovább

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CAMBRIDGE LANGUAGE TEACHING LIBRARY A series of authoritative books on subjects of central importance for all language teachers. Foreign and Second Language Learning Research into how people acquire languages has been growing in recent years. But the findings of this research, and the implications for the process of teaching languages, are not always accessible to practising teachers. In this clearly-written book, William Littlewood surveys work which has been done in this field 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 a certain order, why somé 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. Vissza