This selective review of the second language acquisition and applied linguistics research
literature on grammar learning and teaching falls into three categories: where research has …

Listening comprehension lies at the heart of language learning, but it is the least understood
and least researched skill. This paper brings together recent research and developments in …

If education is to prepare learners for lifelong learning, there needs to be a shift towards
deeper learning: a focus on transferable knowledge and problem-solving skills alongside …

The emergence of empirical approaches to L2 pronunciation research and teaching is a
powerful fourth wave in the history of the field. Authored by two leading proponents of …

Contemporary research on bilingualism has been framed by two major discoveries. In the
realm of language processing, studies of comprehension and production show that …

The book overviews a wide range of vocabulary research methodologies, and offers
practical advice on how to carry out valid and reliable research on first and second language …

Explicit Learning in the L2 Classroom offers a unique five-prong (theoretical, empirical,
methodological, pedagogical, and model building) approach to the issue of explicit learning …

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many
of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second …

Now in its second edition, Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition continues
to present a cohesive view of the different theoretical and pedagogical perspectives that …

This book offers an in-depth explanation of Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) and the
methods necessary to implement it in the language classroom successfully. Combines a …