Achieving Success in Second Language Acquisition

This clear and informative textbook is designed to help the student achieve optimal success as a language learner and user. Aimed at beginning to intermediate undergraduates and above it teaches students to understand their own preferences in learning to develop individual learning plans and approaches and to select appropriate learning strategies. The authors - all leading experts in language teaching - base their advice on theories of learning cognition and memory concepts which they explain in simple and accessible terms. The book is divided into three sections - learning language and communication - and provides students with communicative strategies for use in real-life interaction with native speakers. Each chapter contains an overview and review section with learning activities that students can carry out by themselves in groups or in the classroom. Equally suitable for use both by individuals and as a class text this book will become an invaluable resource for all language learners.