The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning

Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning this Handbook written by a team of leading experts surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics psycholinguistics processing-based and cognitive approaches are covered and organised thematically across sections dealing with skill development individual differences pedagogical interventions and approaches and context and environment. This state-of-the-art volume will interest researchers in second language studies and language education and will also reach out to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in these and other related areas.