The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition / 
edited by Susan M. Gass and Alison Mackey. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York, NY :  Routledge,  2012. 
 - xviii, 609 p. :  ill. ;  26 cm. 
 - Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>PART I: LANGUAGE IN CONTEXT 1. Interactionist approach /   Alison Mackey, Rebekha Abbuhl, and Susan Gass 2. The role of feedback /   Shawn Loewen 3. Variationist perspectives /   Bob Bayley and Elaine Tarone 4. Sociocultural theory : a dialectical approach to L2 research /   James P. Lantolf 5. Complexity theory /   Diane Larsen-Freeman PART II: LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES 6. Second language phonology /   Fred R. Eckman 7. Linguistic approaches to second language morphosyntax /   Donna Lardiere 8. L2 semantics /   Roumyana Slabakova 9. Pragmatics in second language acquisition /   Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig 10. Vocabulary /   Batia Laufer and I.S.P. Nation PART III: PSYCHOLINGUISTIC AND NEUROLINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES 11. Second language processing /   Norman Segalowitz and Pavel Trofimovich 12. Frequency-based accounts of second language acquisition /   Nick C. Ellis 13. The logic of the unified model /   Brian MacWhinney 14. Processability theory /   Manfred Pienemann and Joerg-U. Keßler 15. Attention and awareness in second language acquisition /   Peter Robinson, Alison Mackey, Susan M. Gass, and Richard Schmidt 16. Input processing /   Bill VanPatten 17. The neurocognition of second language /   Kara Morgan-Short and Michael T. Ullman PART IV. SKILL LEARNING 18. Development of second language reading skills /   Keiko Koda 19. The acquisition of second language writing /   Charlene Polio 20. Second language speech production /   Lucy Pickering 21. Second language speech perception: a cross-disciplinary perspective on challenges and accomplishments /   Debra M. Hardison 22. Speaking and writing tasks and their effects on second language performance /   Folkert Kuiken and Ineke Vedder PART V: INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 23. Language aptitude /   Peter Skehan 24. Motivation /   Ema Ushioda and Zoltan Dornyei 25. Identity, agency, and second language acquisition /   Patricia A. Duff 26. Working memory and SLA /   John N. Williams 27. Age effects in second language learning /   Robert DeKeyser 28. The role of educational level, literacy and orality in L2 learning /   Martha Bigelow and Jill Watson 29. Fossilization: a classic concern of SLA research /   ZhaoHong Han 30. Heritage languages and L2 learning /   Olga Kagan and Kathleen Dillon 31. Advanced language proficiency /   Heidi Byrnes PART VI: THE SETTING FOR LEARNING 32. Learning through immersion during study abroad /   Sally Sieloff Magnan and Barbara A. Lafford 33. Classroom research /   Jessica Williams 34. Language learning through technology /   Trude Heift and Carol A. Chapelle PART VII: CONCLUSION: ASSESSMENT OF L2 KNOWLEDGE 35. Assessing learner knowledge /   John Norris and Lourdes Ortega Glossary  Index 
<br/><br/> "The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition brings together fifty leading international figures in the field to produce a state-of-the-art overview of Second Language Acquisition. The Handbook covers a wide range of topics related to Second Language Acquisition: language in context, linguistic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic theories and perspectives, skill learning, individual differences, L2 learning settings, and language assessment. All chapters introduce the reader to the topic, outline the core issues, then explore the pedagogical application of research in the area and possible future development. The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition is an essential resource for all those studying and researching Second Language Acquisition." (Book Cover) 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415479936 (hbk) 9780203808184 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011002649 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Second language acquisition--Handbooks, manuals, etc.<br/>Language and languages--Handbooks, manuals, etc.