内容简介
Thisbookprovidesanextensiveandaccessibleintroductiontothefieldofsecondlanguageacquisitionresearch.Itfullyupdateschaptersfi'omthefirsteditionandincludesnewchaptersreviewingworkonsecondlanguageacquisitionfromsocioculturalandneurobiologicalperspectives.TheneweditionensuresitsplaceasastandardreferenceworkforresearchersandforteachersandstudentsonMA/DiplomacoursesinTESOLorAppliedLinguistics.RodEllispresentsahighlyreadableandbalancedaccountofhowthefieldhasdevelopedandexpandedoverthelastfortyyears.Therearesectionsonthedescriptionoflearnerlanguage,theroleofthelinguisticenvironment,thelearner'sinternalmechanisms,individuallearnerdifferences,andinstructedsecondlanguageacquisition.ThefirsteditionwontheEnglishSpeakingUnion'sDukeofEdinburghBookCompetition.