Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages are vitally important to diverse groups of people, ranging from refugees to college students facing foreign language requirements. This book provides a synthesis of empirical findings on second and foreign language learning by children and adults, emphasising the design and execution of appropriate research.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
very good survey of SLA research:
This book was very helpful for master's thesis. It includes a broad landscape of SLA research. The studies described succinctly but with enough detail to evaluate the methods used. I came here hoping to find an updated version since 14 years have elapsed since its publication.
Not an Introduction to SLA:
I think a lot of the previous reviewers have misinterpreted the purpose of this book. The key word in the title is "research". This book prepares graduate students who are going to do SLA reasearch in the course of their studies. It provides an excellent introduction to research by first presenting the different styles of reseach used in the field as well as research methods. The rest of the book consists of the major studies that have been conducted up until the publication of the book. A graduate student... more info
not an easy introduction to SLA:
I read An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition Research a number of years ago while I was studying for my Master's in TESOL, and picked it up again only recently in order to review it. I had no recollection of it being a good read, but it's actually quite good. It covers just about everything that the applied linguist needs to know, including research methodology, data collection, modern theories of second language acquisition together with their historical development, learner variables and their... more info
Not for persons without previous knowledge of this subject:
I am a professor of Spanish Linguistics. I used this book one semester in an undergraduate applied linguistics course and received very negative feedback from the students. In spite of the fact that the back cover claims that the book is for those with no previous knowledge of L2 acquisition research, it was definitely not accessible to my students. It lacks a clearly organized approach in explaining the history of the discipline, existing L2 acquisition theory, what motivates researchers to conduct the... more info
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