Language Acquisition

If education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and...

If education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and...

This singular new textbook is both an introduction to the major theories of second language acquisition and a practical proposal for their applicat...

About half the world's population knows and uses two or more languages in everyday life, and an increasing number of parents are raising their chil...

The comprehension, retention and production of idiomatic expressions is one of the most difficult areas of the lexicon for second language (L2) lea...

This edited volume has been compiled in honour of Professor Merrill Swain, one of the most prominent scholars in the field of second language acqui...

This edited book is a collection of studies on protolanguage phonology, referring to the development of childrens autonomous linguistic systems fro...

This book explores young children's language acquisition in multilingual households through an original longitudinal study of the author's own chil...

This volume sheds empirical light on Complex Dynamic Systems Theory (CDST) by providing five sets of analyses of two longitudinal, interactional da...

This is the first book devoted to exploring issues of learning written Japanese, focusing on the challenges the writing system poses for the second...

The comprehension, retention and production of idiomatic expressions is one of the most difficult areas of the lexicon for second language (L2) lea...

It is intriguing and challenging to learn a language by diving into the worlds of Virtual Reality (3-D environments, avatars, games) and Artificial...

This book constitutes a holistic study of how and why late starters surpass early starters in comparable instructional settings. Combining advanced...

Through the application of self-determination theory (SDT) to research and practice, this book deepens our understanding of how autonomous language...

Using second language (L2) socialization theory as a theoretical framework, this book investigates the ways in which four advanced learners of Japa...

The body of research in this volume offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of...

The body of research in this volume offers a detailed account of the success of young immersion learners of Irish in becoming competent speakers of...

This book compiles original studies investigating crosslinguistic child phonological development in typical and atypical settings, that is, protola...

This book presents the current state of knowledge in the vibrant and diverse field of vocabulary studies, reporting innovative empirical investigat...

This book presents the current state of knowledge in the vibrant and diverse field of vocabulary studies, reporting innovative empirical investigat...

This pioneering piece of research on the situated study of language issues in the context of forced migration provides interdisciplinary insights i...

This book honours the contribution of Marjolijn Verspoor to the development and implementation of dynamic usage-based (DUB) approaches in second la...

This book honours the contribution of Marjolijn Verspoor to the development and implementation of dynamic usage-based (DUB) approaches in second la...

Silence is a key pedagogical issue in language education. Seen by some as a space for thinking and reflection during the learning process, for othe...