Language acquisition

An increasingly popular approach to second and foreign language education, this book focuses on incidental learning: how students learn words from reading.

This volume addresses an important gap in the literature on task design and second language use.

Researchers working at the intersections of language and education reflect on how their life experiences have informed their research.

Clear and concise, this textbook provides a non-technical introduction to the basic theory of translation, with numerous examples and exercises.

This book explores how young children's language development is intricately connected to the context in which it takes place.

Takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the brain to demonstrate how language is processed.

This book makes a fundamental contribution to phonology, linguistic typology, and the nature of the human language faculty.

Language Development Over the Lifespan is a reference resource for those conducting research on language development and the aging process, and a supplementary textbook for courses in applied linguistics/bilingualism programs that focus on language attrition/aging and adult literacy development in second languages.

In the beginning, before there are words, or syntax, or discourse, there is speech.

A comprehensive yet concise survey of Japanese linguistics, from leading scholars in the field.

Mimetic words, also known as 'sound-symbolic words', 'ideophones' or more popularly as 'onomatopoeia', constitute an important subset of the Japanese lexicon; we find them as well in the lexicons of other Asian languages and sub-Saharan African languages.

Growing Up with Two Languages provides a highly accessible account of the stages of language development, describes and evaluates the various systems and strategies that can be adopted and looks at the problems that can occur when a child is exposed to two languages and cultures.

A guide on how to implement CLIL in the classroom to foster motivation, engagement and progress in language learning.

This volume contains contributions from leaders in the field of child language in honor of one of the preeminent scholars in the field of child language acquisition, Melissa Bowerman.

Teaching through Peer Interaction prepares teachers to use peer communication in the classroom.

Das Buch wendet sich an Lateinlehrkräfte, die "Latine loqui" zu verschiedenen didaktischen Zwecken in ihrem eigenen Unterricht einsetzen möchten oder die bereits erste Erfahrungen damit gemacht haben und die Methode weiter optimieren möchten.

Originally published in 1988, this is a fully revised second edition of the successful introductory textbook on developmental and educational psychology.

Pete, Jem and Belle are enjoying a day at the beach until the weather turns stormy.

This volume offers a comprehensive account of language development from a Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) perspective, integrating theory and data from a wide range of research studies.

This research collection presents a critical review of the materials used for learning English around the world.

An introductory textbook that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics or second language acquisition, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methods and practices of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) for pre-service teachers.

Stimulated Recall Methodology in Applied Linguistics and L2 Research provides researchers and students in second language acquisition and applied linguistics with the only how-to guide on using stimulated recalls in their research practice.

The Handbook of Technology and Second Language Teaching and Learning presents a comprehensive exploration of the impact of technology on the field of second language learning.

Corpus-aided language pedagogy is one of the central application areas of corpus methodologies, and a test bed for theories of language and learning.

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition is the first reference work of its kind.

This book is a pioneer attempt to bridge the gap between the fields of second language acquisition (SLA) and second and foreign language (L2) writing.

An introductory textbook that assumes no prior knowledge of linguistics or second language acquisition, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical foundations, methods and practices of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) for pre-service teachers.

Steven is having a birthday party, but it's a long journey to the party.

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their most interesting publications - extracts from books, key articles, research findings, and practical and theoretical contributions.

Narrative Inquiry in Language Teaching and Learning Research is the only entry-level introduction to research methods using stories, either as data or as a means of presenting findings, and a practical guide for those interested in carrying out narrative studies.

Die Autorin knüpft an die Ausführungen ihres ersten Buches (Spracherwerbsstörungen, achte Auflage 2008) an und stellt jetzt die Praxis der Erfassung und Therapie früher Spracherwerbsstörungen vor.

The Diagnosis of Writing in a Second or Foreign Language is a comprehensive survey of diagnostic assessment of second/foreign language (SFL) writing.

This volume comprises studies and keynote addresses presented at the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference hosted by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, in Trondheim in 2022.

Second Language Teacher Prosody focuses on the prosodic characteristics of input in L2 Spanish classrooms.

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Academic vocabulary is in fashion, as witnessed by the increasing number of books published on the topic.

This work identifies developmental stages in the acquisition of object pronouns by instructed second language learners of Spanish.

The Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Pedagogy is the first reference of its kind, presenting contributions from leading experts in the field of sign language pedagogy.

This volume brings together the current theoretical interest in reconceptualizing second and foreign language learning from a sociocultural perspective on language and learning, with practical concerns about second and foreign language pedagogy.

On-line information -- and free text in particular -- has emerged as a major, yet unexploited, resource available in raw form.