Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolin...(展开全部)

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second language acquisition (SLA, for short) investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages in late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, after the first language --in the case of monolin...(展开全部)

This text explores the relationship between second language teaching practice and what is known about the process of second language acquisition and summarizes the current state of second language acquisition theory. -- Draws general conclusions about the application of theory to methods and materials and describes the characteristics that effective materials should include. --...(展开全部)

This text explores the relationship between second language teaching practice and what is known about the process of second language acquisition and summarizes the current state of second language acquisition theory. -- Draws general conclusions about the application of theory to methods and materials and describes the characteristics that effective materials should include. --...(展开全部)

A comprehensive and coherent account of the research and theory in the field of second language acquisition, including chapters on instructed SLA. This book is an encyclopedic survey of second language acquisition research as this has developed over the last forty years. It provides sections on the description of learners' language, the role of the linguistic environment and so...(展开全部)

The new and updated edition of this bestselling introductory textbook is a comprehensive overview of the field of second language acquisition. In an easy-to-read, accessible style, it provides students with information about the scope of the field, but also provides background information on related areas such as first language acquisition. The book introduces students to curre...(展开全部)

Awk was created in 1977 as a simple programming language for writing short programs that manipulate text and numbers with equal ease. It was meant as a scripting language to complement and work well with Unix tools, following the Unix philosophy of having each program do one thing well and be composable with other programs. The computing world today is enormously different from...(展开全部)