Second Language Learning and Language Teaching

Thefourtheditionofthisclassictextbookhasbeenrevisedtoreflectrecentdevelopmentsinlanguageteachingandlearningyetretainsthebasicstructureandapproachsopopularwithitsreaders.Teachingandlearningcontenthasbeenupdated,particularlytakingintoaccounttheriseoftask-basedlearning,ConversationalAnalysisandsocialmodelsofsecondlanguageacquisition,changesinnationalsyllabusesandexaminationsandtheincreasingcontroversyovertheroleofthenativespeakertarget.Eachchapterhasbeenrevisedtostandalone,enablingthetexttobetaughtandstudiedoutofsequenceifpreferred.Asetoffocussingquestionshasalsobeenaddedtoeachandfurtherreadingsectionshavebeenupdated.Inaddition,iconsappearthroughoutthetextsignallingwhereextrainformation-summaries,data,lecturenotes,testbatteriesandmore-canbefoundontheauthor'saccompanyingwebsite,www.routledge.com/cw/cook.SecondLanguageLearningandLanguageTeachingremainstheessentialtextbookforallstudentteachersofmodernlanguagesandTESOLaswellasappliedlinguistics.