This authoritative 2003 textbook provides an overview and analysis of current second language acquisition research conducted within the generative linguistic framework. Lydia White argues that second ...

Welcome to the Second Language Acquisition (SLA) doctoral seminar website led by Professor ZhaoHong Han at Teachers College, Columbia University! The purpose of this website is to provide an ...

Chen, Huilin 2024. Review of Wu, Huang & Polley (2024): Cognitive Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition of Chinese: Theories and applications. Functions of Language, Although cognitive processes ...

Acquisition, on the other hand, is picking up a second language in more or less the same way you learned your first: by listening to and engaging with people speaking the language. Your brain does ...

We should be equipping them [for] whatever Brexit is going to bring." Among the benefits of learning a second language is the potential to "boost brain power", Ms Baker's company has said.

If you speak a second (or third or fourth ... Speaking another language improves thinking, learning and relating. Interestingly the Preply poll found the following languages were associated ...

"Speaking a second language is an asset," writes one observer. Another: "Authentic language learning comes only when there is ...