Foreign and Second Language Learning: Language Acquisition Research and Its Implications for the Classroom

by William Littlewood

Book Overview

In Foreign and Second Language Learning, William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages and considers its relevance for language teaching. He describes the most important studies and ideas about first language acquisition, and how these have influenced and developed into studies of second language acquisition. He considers the background of language theories which were current before the present interest in acquisition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521274869
• ISBN13: 9780521274869
• Release Date: June 1984
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"