An account of the development of research and thinking in the field of learner language. Draws on wide-ranging research into contrastive analysis, bilingualism,

Written for students encountering the topic for the first time, this is a clear and practical introduction to second language acquisition (SLA). It explains in

A comprehensive survey of the ways in which linguistics is being used by researchers in a wide-range of interdisciplinary areas.

When learners of a new language draw on their native language (or on any other that they may know), this earlier acquired linguistic knowledge may influence the

This handbook deals with all aspects of contemporary language teaching and its history. Produced for language teaching professionals, it is also useful as a ref