TY - BOOK AU - Ortega,Lourdes AU - Cumming,Alister H. AU - Ellis,Nick C. TI - Agendas for language learning research T2 - Currents in language learning series SN - 9781118590706 (pbk.) AV - P 118.2 .Ag35 2013 PY - 2013///] CY - Malden, MA, Oxford PB - John Wiley & Sons Ltd KW - Second language acquisition KW - Language acquisition KW - Research KW - Language and languages KW - Study and teaching KW - Interlanguage (Language learning) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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. ER -