How Languages Are Learned (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers S.)

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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 401.93 EAN: 9780194422246 ISBN: 0194422240 Label: Oxford University Press, USA Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 252 Publication Date: 2006-04-13 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Reviews: This thoroughly updated third edition presents the main theories of language acquisition, considering their bearing on language teaching. It discusses the effects of factors such as intelligence, personality, and age. It helps teachers assess the merits of different methods and textbooks. This new edition includes more information on theories of first language acquisition and early bilingualism, and the affects of motivation and style.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: textbook Comment: This is a great book for teaching. I read it in college and forgot about it until I realized that I couldn't remember the names of the language patterns my students were following. Fun to learn about and easy to reference. Customer Rating: Summary: just what I order Comment: I recommend this book because it has an easy language and easy to understand. It is very helpful for ESL teachers. Customer Rating: Summary: Blah Comment: This book was a requirement for my language acquisition course for an upper level class and it was horrible. I had previously taken a class in linguistics at another university and if I hadn't kept that textbook to use as a reference I would have been at a lost. It does not go into much detail and doesn't have very good examples or scenarios of real life cases. If you are getting this book for your own interest, DONT. If you are a professor who is teaching a class for future teachers of ELL, ELD, ESL, or whatever other type of language acquisition class... there has to be a better book out there, don't torture your students please! Customer Rating: Summary: Good for first timers; Not cutting-edge Comment: I have used this book in undergraduate Introduction to Language Learning and Language Teaching courses, as well as in a graduate seminar on language acquistion theory. As previous reviewers have noted, Lightbown and Spada provide an easy-to-read and accessible text. The third edition expands on the second, and includes more recent variations on several of the language acquisition theories presented in the second edition (I've also used the second edition). Unfortunately, it is missing some of the current and exciting work that is being done in usage-based theory and discourse analysis, and therefore will become more of a historical review of language acquisition theories as time goes on. By itself it isn't enough for an entire course, either for language acquisition or teaching methodology. However, L&S deftly connect the dots with regard to how theories drive the thinking behind pedagogy. I would recommend this book, in addition to other texts and course materials, to anyone teaching in a language teacher training program. Customer Rating: Summary: How Language Are Learned Comment: The book arrived in excellent shape like I expected. I am very pleased with the produce. More Reviews