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

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	How Languages Are Learned (Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers S.) Patsy Lightbown, Nina Spada Oxford University Press, USA, 2006 - 252 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.

Great Resource

...for the study of second language acquisition. Brief and concise, easy and quick read.

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The book arrived in excellent shape like I expected. I am very pleased with the produce.

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Good for first timers; Not cutting-edge

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.

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