Language Acquisition

This unique volume offers a comprehensive discussion of essential theoretical and methodological issues concerning the pivotal role of working memo...

This unique volume offers a comprehensive discussion of essential theoretical and methodological issues concerning the pivotal role of working memo...

First published in 1986. This edition offers a grammatical sketch of French, with occasional comments on how other Romance languages diverge from t...

First published in 1986. By the late seventies, linguists and psycholinguists in many countries were convinced of the need for gathering data on th...

Due to its theoretical and educational significance within the language learning process, the study of L2 motivation has been an important area of ...

This work is a thorough investigation and comparison of intonational features of two varieties of English: the English spoken by speakers of educat...

This book received the XV Research Award of the Spanish Association of Applied Linguistics (XV Premio de Investigación de la Asociación Española de...

This guidebook brings together the knowledge, insight and experience gained by the participants of an international telecollaborative language lear...

Examining a key issue in second language acquisition (SLA) research, this book explores the relation between second language (L2) production and co...

Cognitive Individual Differences in Second Language Processing and Acquisition contains 14 chapters that focus on the role of cognitive IDs in L2 l...

In this book, we aim to bring together seminal approaches and state-of-the-art research on interpretation as a tribute to Brian Harris’ influential...

Shunning polemicism and fashioning a new agenda for a critically informed yet practically orientated approach, this book explores aspects of multil...

One of the most active areas in the field of second language acquisition, language learning motivation is a burgeoning area of research. Yet the pl...

Each new print copy includes Navigate 2 Advantage Access that unlocks a comprehensive and interactive eBook, student practice activities and assess...

How does classroom language learning take place? How does an understanding of second language acquisition contribute to language teaching? In answe...

This volume explores the cognitive neuroscience of second language acquisition from the perspectives of critical/sensitive periods, maturational ef...

Creole languages have in recent years become a valuable source of data for current theories of syntax and theories of child/adult language acquisit...

Dr. Dolittle—and many students of animal communication—are wrong: animals cannot use language. This fascinating book explains why. Can animals be t...

This book explores emotions and affect in language learning during total lockdown during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic when all teaching...

If your listening is preventing you from getting the score you need in IELTS, Collins Listening for IELTS can help. Don't let one skill h...

This book is the first to explore the development of sociolinguistic competence among adult second language (L2) learners in Austria, considering b...

In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of langu...

In the updated third edition of this unique book, Catherine McBride looks at reading and writing development and impairment across a range of langu...

Rethinking Language Education in the Age of Generative AI bridges the gap between theory, research, and practice in AI and language education. Thro...

Cognitive Task Complexity and Second Language Performance provides an overview of research focusing on the effects of cognitive task complexity (CT...

Cognitive Task Complexity and Second Language Performance provides an overview of research focusing on the effects of cognitive task complexity (CT...