Product Description: Few works in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) can endure multiple reads, but Selinker's (1972) "Interlanguage" is a clear exception. Written at the inception of the field, this paper delineates a disciplinary scope; asks penetrating questions; advances daring hypotheses; and proposes a first-ever conceptual and empirical framework that continues to stimulate SLA research...read more

Product Description: This innovative workbook and accompanying DVD provide a hands-on introduction to the study of language used by English learners. The DVD features six adult ESL learners and two native speakers of English completing individual and paired tasks that are linked to the book...read more

Product Description: This book provides ideas, techniques, and procedures that will enable the practicing language teacher to better identify the local needs of particular groups of second language learners, and work toward meeting those needs. It includes numerous illustrative examples and practical exercises that can be adapted and use in the classroom...read more

Product Description: During the acquisition of a second or other language, speech and writing are influenced by the native and the "target" language and by the learner's conscious attempts to apply grammatical rules. The influence varies over time and from person to person but its recurrent features are distinctive enough to be of major importance in the study of language acquisition...read more