How Languages are Learned: Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers 4th Edition

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How Languages are Learned: Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers 4th Edition

Author(s): Patsy Lightbown (Author), Nina Spada (Author)

  • Publisher: OUP Oxford
  • Publication Date: 24 Jan. 2013
  • Edition: 4th
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 272 pages
  • ISBN-10: 0194541266
  • ISBN-13: 9780194541268

Book Description

A thoroughly updated edition of this prize-winning, readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition. This book introduces you to some of the language acquisition research that will help you not just to evaluate existing materials, but also to adapt and use them in a way that fits what we currently understand about how languages are learned. -Content including new research and new areas in pedagogy to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of research in the field. -Chapter Preview s and Summaries with round-up questions. -Companion website with vodcasts, content updates, and shared user content. -Also available as an e-book.

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Review

How Languages Are Learned, 4th edn. P. Lightbown & N. Spada. (2013) Oxford U. Press. ISBN 978-0-19-454126-8; 256pp+. This edition of the standard introductory work on this subject is over 20 pp. longer than the 3rd edition. A strong feature of this admirable book is its concise, clear summaries of important research findings. The chapters are; Language learning in early childhood, Second language learning (SLL), Individual differences in SLL, Explaining SLL, Observing learning and teaching in the SL classroom, SLL in the classroom, and Popular ideas about language learning revisited. Extra activities, study questions, and videos are available online at www.oup.com/elt/teacher/hlal ― The Teacher Trainer Journal, Vol 29/3

Review

New 4th edition of Lightbown and Spada’s prize-winning readable introduction to research in language acquisition

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