Foreign and second language learning : language-acquisition research and its implications for the classroom / William T. Littlewood.

By: Littlewood, William Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Cambridge language teaching libraryPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c1984. Description: 114 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0521274869 (pbk.); 0521254795; 9780521254793Subject(s): Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Psychological aspects | Learning, Psychology of | Second language acquisitionDDC classification: 418.0071 LOC classification: P53.7 | .L5 1984Online resources: WorldCat details

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TOC First language acquisition -- Behaviourism and second language learning -- Errors and learning strategies -- The internal syllabus of the language learner -- Accounting for differences between learners -- Models of second language learning -- Using a second language -- Learning and teaching.

Summary: In this book, William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages and considers its relevance for language teaching. He describes the most important studies and ideas about first language acquisition, and how these have influenced and developed into studies of second language acquisition. He considers the background of language theories which were current before the present interest in Read more...

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Text	EWU Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	418.0071 LIF 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan	6278
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Littlewood, William.
Foreign and second language learning.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984
(OCoLC)566340793

Includes bibliographical references ( p.104-112) and index.

TOC First language acquisition --
Behaviourism and second language learning --
Errors and learning strategies --
The internal syllabus of the language learner --
Accounting for differences between learners --
Models of second language learning --
Using a second language --
Learning and teaching.

In this book, William Littlewood surveys recent research into how people acquire languages and considers its relevance for language teaching. He describes the most important studies and ideas about first language acquisition, and how these have influenced and developed into studies of second language acquisition. He considers the background of language theories which were current before the present interest in Read more...

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