Judith F. Kroll
Cristina Sanz and her colleagues have edited a comprehensive introduction to second language acquisition that will be informative to researchers from a variety of disciplines and accessible to students who are new to the field. For all readers, the book provides a broad and balanced overview of the key theoretical debates in SLA, gives a real feeling for themethodological commitments associated with different approaches, and provides detailed examples to illustrate how each of the central approaches varies in what it takes to be the core data of second language acquisition. At a moment in time when the need to apply the tools and findings of basic research on learning processes to language instruction is crucial, the introduction provided by Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition will generate the sort of cross-disciplinary enthusiasm that will lead the field of applied linguistics into the next stage of scholarship.
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"Cristina Sanz and her colleagues have edited a comprehensive introduction to second language acquisition that will be informative to researchers from a variety of disciplines and accessible to students who are new to the field. For all readers, the book provides a broad and balanced overview of the key theoretical debates in SLA, gives a real feeling for themethodological commitments associated with different approaches, and provides detailed examples to illustrate how each of the central approaches varies in what it takes to be the core data of second language acquisition. At a moment in time when the need to apply the tools and findings of basic research on learning processes to language instruction is crucial, the introduction provided by Mind and Context in Adult Second Language Acquisition will generate the sort of cross-disciplinary enthusiasm that will lead the field of applied linguistics into the next stage of scholarship." -- Judith F. Kroll, liberal arts research professor of psychology and linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University
"Equally valuable as a handbook or as a course text, this volume should be owned by any serious student or researcher in second language acquisition. The timely collection covers an impressive amount of intellectual terrain in a remarkably authoritative yet even-handed manner." -- David Birdsong, University of Texas, Austin
"This text is a broad-ranging treatment of SLA, drawing out the research methodological, psycholinguistic, social-interactive, and pedagogical ramifications of a principled cognitive view of the field. The strengths and rigorous approaches of the Georgetown faculty and students' research in this area are revealed, while an informatively current and diverse set of topics and theories are addressed and analyzed. A valuable addition to the library of both the new student and experienced professionals." -- Craig Chaudron, professor of second language studies and chair of graduate programs, University of Hawai'i
Craig Chaudron
This text is a broad-ranging treatment of SLA, drawing out the research methodological, psycholinguistic, social-interactive, and pedagogical ramifications of a principled cognitive view of the field. The strengths and rigorous approaches of the Georgetown faculty and students' research in this area are revealed, while an informatively current and diverse set of topics and theories are addressed and analyzed. A valuable addition to the library of both the new student and experienced professionals.
David Birdsong
Equally valuable as a handbook or as a course text, this volume should be owned by any serious student or researcher in second language acquisition. The timely collection covers an impressive amount of intellectual terrain in a remarkably authoritative yet even-handed manner.
