The use of two or more languages is common in most of the world. Yet, until recently,
bilingualism was considered to be a complicating factor for language processing, cognition …

How do we teach and learn vocabulary? How do words work in literary texts? In this book,
Ronald Carter provides the necessary basis for the further study of modern English …

The spread of English as a global language has resulted in the emergence of a number of
related fields of research within applied linguistics, including English as an International …

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 …

The sixth edition of Principles of Language Learning and Teaching offers new ways of
viewing and teaching second language acquisition (SLA) based on the latest research …

Strategies in Learning and Using a Second Language examines what it takes to achieve
long-term success in languages beyond the first language. Distinguishing language …

Errors in Language Learning and Use is an up-to-date introduction and guide to the study of
errors in language, and is also a critical survey of previous work. Error Analysis occupies a …

Understanding Second Language Acquisition is a thorough and careful synthesis of current
research in second language acquisition (SLA). While generally intended for students taking …

Understanding how people learn and fail to learn second and foreign languages is
increasingly recognised as a critical social and psycholinguistic issue. Second languages …

A cogent, freshly written synthesis of new and classic work on crosslinguistic influence, or
language transfer, this book is an authoritative account of transfer in second-language …