Principles of Language Learning and Teaching: A Course in Second Language Acquisition [Paperback]

Chapter 1: Language, Learning, and Teaching

Chapter 2: Overview of SLA Research

Chapter 3: Age and Language Development 

Chapter 4: Neurobiology of Language Learning

Chapter 5: Motivation, Identity, and Agency

Chapter 6. Aptitude and Cognitive Differences

Chapter 7: Learner Language and Crosslinguistic Influences

Chapter 8: Cognitive and Processing Approaches

Chapter 9: Sociocultural Theory and Additional Language Learning

Chapter 10: Ecological and Transdisciplinary Approaches to Language Learning and Teaching

The seventh edition of this classic second language acquisition (SLA) text provides an overview of the theoretical foundations of language teaching.

This new edition has been updated to capture current research and practice in the field. Among concepts that are either redefined or entirely new are:

• Language learning in an era of globalization and multilingualism
• The significance of transnationalism, identity, investment, agency, and ideology
• Language learning as situated, usage-based, and socioculturally contextualized
• The importance of emotional engagement, intercultural sensitivity, and self-efficacy in language learning
• Transdisciplinary and ecological approaches as keys to language teaching in the 21st century

The seventh edition also retains useful historical information and foundational cornerstones of SLA that teachers have found beneficial in their instruction. Key principles continue to be presented and explained with direct application to classroom language education and real-life contexts. Features such as Points to Ponder (questions for readers personal reflection), classroom connections and Tilƒ,