Preface xiiiAcknowledgments xvAbout the Companion Website xvii1 Introduction 12 First Language Acquisition 53 Language Learning Contexts 354 Theoretical Perspectives: Past and Present 635 Theoretical Perspectives: Cognitive Approaches 896 Teaching Approaches and Instructional Issues 1157 Second Language Development 1538 The Age Factor 1939 Individual Differences 21910 Bilingualism and Multilingualism 25511 Concluding Words 285Glossary 289Index 301
KIRSTEN M. HUMMEL is Professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Translation at Laval University, Quebec, Canada. She is the editor of An Introduction to Language, Fourth Canadian Edition (with V. Fromkin, R. Rodman and N. Hyams, 2010), has published across books and journals in several areas of second language acquisition, and has taught as a visiting professor in Eastern Europe and Central Africa.