Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Teacher's Foreword; 1 Background to Second Language Acquisition Research and LanguageTeaching; 2 Learning and Teaching Different Types of Grammar; 3 Learning and Teaching Vocabulary; 4 Acquiring and Teaching Pronunciation; 5 Acquiring and Teaching a New Writing System; 6 Strategies for Communicating and Learning; 7 Individual Differences in L2 Users and L2 Learners; 8 The L2 User and the Native Speaker; 9 The Goals of LanguageTeaching; 10 General Models of L2 Learning; 11 Second Language Learning and LanguageTeaching Styles
Summary
Second Language Learning and LanguageTeaching provides an introduction to the application of second language acquisition research to languageteaching. Assuming no previous background in second language acquisition or languageteaching methods, this text starts by introducing readers to the basic issues of second language acquisition research. It then examines how people learn particular aspects of the second language, such as grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation and the writing system, and at the strategies they adopt in their learning and the differences between individuals. Final chapters look at second language learning in a broader context - the goals of languageteaching and how teaching methods relate to SLA research. This newly updated fifth edition builds on the comprehensive scope of earlier editions while also addressing more recent developments in the field, particularly multilingual approaches to languageteaching
