Table of Contents

1. Second Language Learning: Key Concepts and Issues

2. The Recent History of Second Language Learning Research

3. Linguistics and Language Learning: the Universal Grammar Approach

4. Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Learning (1): General Learning Mechanisms

5. Cognitive Approaches to Second Language Learning (2): Memory Systems, Explicit Knowledge, and Skill Learning

6. Interaction in Second Language Learning

7. Meaning-Based Perspectives on Second Language Learning

8. Sociocultural Perspectives on Second Language Learning

9. Sociolinguistic Perspectives

10. Integrating Theoretical Perspectives on Second Language Learning

11. Conclusion

About the Author

Rosamond Mitchell is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton, UK. Florence Myles is Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Essex, UK. Emma Marsden is Professor at the Centre for Research into Language Learning and Use at the University of York, UK.