ABSTRACT

Now in a fourth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated, and reorganized where appropriate, to provide a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the field and its related disciplines. To reflect current developments, new sections on using learner corpora, semantics and morphosyntax (within formal approaches to SLA), sociocultural approaches, gesture, priming research, and chaos theory have been added. Students will also find expanded discussions of heritage language learning, bilingualism, pragmatics, and much more.

The redesigned fourth edition of Second Language Acquisition retains the features that students found useful in the current edition but also provides new pedagogical tools that encourage students to reflect upon the experiences of second language learners. As with previous editions, discussion questions and problems at the end of each chapter help students apply their knowledge, and a glossary defines and reinforces must-know terminology. This clearly-written, comprehensive, and current textbook, by expert Sue Gass, is the ideal textbook for the introductory SLA course in second language studies, applied linguistics, linguistics, TESOL, and language education programs.

chapter 1|16 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|17 pages

Second and Foreign Language Data

chapter 3|45 pages

Where Do Data Come From?

chapter 5|30 pages

The Transition Period

chapter 7|35 pages

Formal Approaches to SLA

chapter 8|30 pages

The Lexicon

chapter 9|28 pages

Typological and Functional Approaches

chapter 10|41 pages

Looking at Interlanguage Processing

chapter 11|46 pages

Interlanguage in Context

chapter 12|59 pages

Input, Interaction, and Output

chapter 13|33 pages

Instructed Second Language Learning

chapter 14|46 pages

Nonlanguage Influences

chapter 15|20 pages

Related Disciplines