Second Language Acquisition

ISBN-13: 9780521268790 / Angielski / Twarda / 1986 / 202 str.

Wolfgang Klein

Opis

This 1986 textbook presents an account of the main concerns, problems and theoretical and practical issues raised by second language acquisition research.

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. The Process of Language Acquisition: 1. Some forms of language acquisition, some fundamental facts, some focal issues, some well-known theories; 2. Six dimensions of language acquisition; 3. Some consequences for foreign language instructions; Part II. From the Learner's Point of View: 4. The learner's four tasks; 5. The problem of analysis; 6. The problem of synthesis; 7. The embedding problem; 8. The matching problem; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index of names; Index of subjects.