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| Genre/Form: | Lehrbuch Electronic books |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Ortega, Lourdes. Understanding second language acquisition (OCoLC)77540694 |
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lourdes Ortega |
| ISBN: | 9781444174106 144417410X 144411705X 9781444117059 |
| OCLC Number: | 870272825 |
| Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages). |
| Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Contents: | Age -- Crosslinguistic influences -- The linguistic environment -- Cognition -- Development of learner language -- Foreign language aptitude -- Motivation -- Affect and other individual differences -- Social dimensions of L2 learning. |
| Series Title: | Understanding language series. |
| Responsibility: | Lourdes Ortega. |
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This volume is impressive in many ways, including its state-of-the art coverage of the field, the scope and depth of the material reviewed, and its engaging and accessible style of delivery...the strengths of this book cannot be overstated...This volume is sure to soon become a standard SLA text in the field of applied linguistics.Nina Spada - OISE University of TorontoLourdes Ortega has succeeded admirably in her goal of helping students construct personal understandings of the interdisciplinary field of SLA. She is thorough in presenting the most up-to-date research bearing on the important controversies in SLA and does so with an engaging, personable, reader-friendly style that invites students to stay focused on the broader meanings of the research findings.Professor Mark Sawyer, Kwansei Gakuin University, JapanMy students thoroughly enjoyed this text. It provides a thorough and yet accessible overview of major theories and trends in the field. I believe it is destined to become the standard text for survey courses on SLA.Linda Harklau, University of Georgia, USAOrtega has ... provided an invaluable source of information and reference for novice and seasoned researchers. This book will be of use to researchers from different corners of the world who share an interest in uncovering SLA.Ammar Ahlem, McGill University, The Canadian Modern Language Review, Volume 66, Number 3, March 2010, pp.467-469Understanding Second Language Acquisition is an eminently useful, thorough and elaborate overview of the most important debates in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). [It] is laid out in a well-organised and well structured manner. The language used is engaging and straight forward and the arguments are all cogent, coherent and at the appropriate level for the intended audience. ...all universities with a TESOL, Modern Foreign Languages and/or Applied Linguistics group would find this book extremely valuable. BAAL NewsParvaneh Tavakoli - London Metropolitan University Read more...

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