Continuum. 2010. — 357 p. — ISBN: 0826495060.The Continuum Companion to Second Language Acquistion is designed to be the essential one-volume resource for advanced students and academics.It offers a comprehensive reference resource: it features an overview of key topics in SLA as well the key research methods. It then goes on to look at current research areas and new directions in the field by examining key relationships in the field, including the relationship between first and second language acquisition and the relationship between L2 input and L2 output.It is a complete resource for postgraduate students and researchers working within second language acquisition and applied linguistics.ContentsThe Second Language Acquisition Landscape
Second Language Acquisition: The Landscape, the Scholarship and the Reader
A Compendium of Key Concepts in Second Language Acquisition
Research Methods in Second Language Acquisition
Issues and Relationships in Second Language Acquisition
The Relationship between First and Second Language Acquisition Revisited
The Relationship between Age of Learning and Type of Linguistic Exposure in Children Learning a Second Language The Relationship between L2 Vocabulary Knowledge and L2 Vocabulary Use
The Relationship between L2 Input and L2 Output
The Relationship between Pedagogical Focus and Interaction in L2 Lessons
The Relationship between Language Aptitude and Language Learning Motivation: Individual Diff erences
from a Dynamic Systems Perspective
The Relationship between Strategic Behaviour and Language Learning Success
