Contents: Preface. Part I:Theory. Second Language Acquisition Theories. Problem-Solving and Theory Change in SLA. Part II:Research. Age Differences and the Sensitive Periods Controversy in SLA. Recasts in SLA: The Story So Far. Part III:Practice. Texts, Tasks, and the Advanced Learner. SLA: Breaking the Siege.
Michael H. Long, Michael H. Long
“This book brings together six chapters on theory development in
SLA; detailed accounts of research in two areas where SLA research
findings are accumulating; and implications of these and other SLA
findings for practice. The theory, research, practice section and
chapter sequencing gives the book shape, as does the recurring
theme of theory development, and in particular Laudan’s notion of
science as a problem-solving activity, from which the book takes
its title.”
—Peter Robinson
Aoyama Gakuin University“Chapter 3 is a detailed review of the
sensitive period controversy in SLA and a convincing defense of
that notion. This chapter contains some unpublished research and
is, therefore, valuable for senior scholars as well as new ones to
the field. Chapter 4 is a review of the literature on recasts in
second language pedagogy and a powerful argument for their
use.”
—John Schumann
University of California at Los Angeles
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