Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

We present a test of a revised version of the Second Language Linguistic Perception (L2LP)
model, a computational model of the acquisition of second language (L2) speech perception …

The book focuses on two constructs located in the domain of individual learner differences
(ID): pronunciation learning strategies (PLS) and language anxiety (LA). The growing …

Hundreds of millions of language learners worldwide use and purchase language software
that may not fully support their language development. This review of Rosetta Stone (Swad …

In spite of the considerable body of pedagogical and experimental research providing clear
insights into best practices for pronunciation instruction, there exists relatively little …

This study investigates whether second language learners' processing of stress can be
explained by the degree to which suprasegmental cues contribute to lexical identity in the …

Names: Ziegler, Nicole, editor.| González-Lloret, Marta, editor. Title: The Routledge
handbook of second language acquisition and technology/edited by Nicole Ziegler and …

This study examines relative weighting of two acoustic cues, vowel duration and spectra, in
the perception of high front vowels by Japanese learners of English. Studies found that …

Orthographic forms (spellings) can affect pronunciation in a second language (L2); however,
it is not known whether the same orthographic form can affect both L2 pronunciation and …

Current second language (L2) listening research has lacked detailed accounts of L2
listeners' difficulties comprehending texts comprisingorthographically known lexis. In the …