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Book SynopsisCurrents in Language Learning provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bi/multilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts.
Table of ContentsForeword v
Lourdes Ortega
SLA for the 21st Century: Disciplinary Progress, Transdisciplinary Relevance, and the Bi/multilingual Turn 1–24
Nick C. Ellis, Matthew Brook O’Donnell, and Ute Römer
Usage-Based Language: Investigating the Latent Structures That Underpin Acquisition 25– 51
Robert M. DeKeyser
Age Effects in Second Language Learning: Stepping Stones Toward Better Understanding 52– 67
Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig
DevelopingL2Pragmatics 68– 86
Scott Jarvis
Capturing the Diversity in Lexical Diversity 87– 106
Diane Larsen-Freeman
Transfer of Learning Transformed 107– 129
Alister Cumming
Multiple Dimensions of Academic Language and Literacy Development 130– 152
Mary J. Schleppegrell
The Role of Metalanguage in Supporting Academic Language Development 153– 170
Richard F. Young and Alice C. Astarita
Practice Theory in Language Learning 171– 189
John H. Schumann
Societal Responses to Adult Difficulties in L2 Acquisition: Toward an Evolutionary Perspective on Language Acquisition 190– 209
Subject Index 210–215
