Agendas for language learning research /
Agendas for language learning research /
Lourdes Ortega, Alister Cumming, and Nick C. Ellis, Editors.
- Malden, MA ; Oxford : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, [2013].
- vi, 215 pages ; 23 cm.
- Currents in language learning series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Currents in Language Learning provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bi/multilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts. * Draws on interdisciplinary perspectives from linguistics, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, and neuroscience * Brings together a team of leading linguists to explore current issues * Develops research agendas in areas including: progress and relevance in second language acquisition; usage-based linguistics; age effects in language learning; second language pragmatics; vocabulary knowledge; transfer of learning in second language instruction; language, literacy, and culture; academic language development in schools; practice theory; and evolutionary perspectives on language.
9781118590706 (pbk.)
Second language acquisition.
Language acquisition--Research.
Language and languages--Study and teaching--Research.
Interlanguage (Language learning)--Research.
P 118.2 / .Ag35 2013
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Currents in Language Learning provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bi/multilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts. * Draws on interdisciplinary perspectives from linguistics, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, and neuroscience * Brings together a team of leading linguists to explore current issues * Develops research agendas in areas including: progress and relevance in second language acquisition; usage-based linguistics; age effects in language learning; second language pragmatics; vocabulary knowledge; transfer of learning in second language instruction; language, literacy, and culture; academic language development in schools; practice theory; and evolutionary perspectives on language.
9781118590706 (pbk.)
Second language acquisition.
Language acquisition--Research.
Language and languages--Study and teaching--Research.
Interlanguage (Language learning)--Research.
P 118.2 / .Ag35 2013
