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In Foreign and Second Language Learning, William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages 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 certain sequences, why some 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521274869
eBay Product ID (ePID)90203018
Product Key Features
Book TitleForeign and Second Language Learning: Language Acquisition Research and its Implications for the Classroom
AuthorWilliam Littlewood
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1984
Number of Pages122 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height227mm
Item Width150mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorWilliam Littlewood
Series TitleCambridge Language Teaching Library
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom