Understanding second language acquisition

Author(s)

• Ellis, Rod

Bibliographic Information

Understanding second language acquisition

Rod Ellis

（Oxford applied linguistics）

Oxford University Press, 1985

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. [307]-323

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Rod Ellis provides readers with a comprehensive review of this important area of applied linguistics. He does not take up a particular stance, but examines different theories of second language acquisition and the critical reactions to them. Winner BAAL Book Prize

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Key issues in Second Language Acquisition
• 2. The role of the first language
• 3. Interlanguage and the 'natural' route of development
• 4. Variability in interlanguage
• 5. Individual learner differences and Second Language Acquisition
• 6. Input, interaction, and Second Language Acquisition
• 7. Learner strategies
• 8. The Universal Hypothesis and Second Language Acquisition
• 9. The role of formal instruction in Second Language Acquisition
• 10. Theories of Second Language Acquisition
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• References
• Index

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Details

• NCID: BA00736400
• ISBN:
  • 9780194370813
• LCCN: 86195829
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 327 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P118.2
  • DC19 : 418
  • NDC8 : 807
  • NDC8 : 801.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Second language acquisition
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA23637689