Lourdes Ortega

Understanding Second Language Acquisition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A research-rich yet accessible introduction to the field that investigates late bi/multilingualism, or the human capacity for learning new (second, foreign, heritage) languages later in life, in addition to the languages learned in early childhood.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Januar 2026
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444182644
• ISBN-10: 1444182641
• Artikelnr.: 36703168

Autorenporträt

Lourdes Ortega is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. Her main area of research is in second language acquisition, particularly sociocognitive and educational dimensions in adult classroom settings. In her research, she applies insights from bilingualism and from usage-based linguistics to the investigation of second language development. She has also long-standing interests in second language writing and foreign language education and has published widely about systematic research synthesis and epistemological and ethical dimensions of second language acquisition research. She was co-recipient of the Pimsleur and the TESOL Research awards and has been a doctoral Mellon fellow, a postdoctoral Spencer/National Academy of Education fellow, and a senior research fellow at the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies. Her publications include the book Understanding Second Language Acquisition (1 st edition with Hodder, 2009; 2nd revised edition with Routledge, 2014). She has served/serves as area editor for "Language Learning and Teaching" for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics (2012), editor of Language Learning (2010-2015), and as editorial board member on several journals.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Age
Chapter 3. Crosslinguistic influences
Chapter 4. The linguistic environment
Chapter 5. Cognition
Chapter 6. Development of learner language
Chapter 7. Foreign language aptitude
Chapter 8. Motivation
Chapter 9. Affect and other individual differences
Chapter 10. Social dimensions of L2 learning

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Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Age
Chapter 3. Crosslinguistic influences
Chapter 4. The linguistic environment
Chapter 5. Cognition
Chapter 6. Development of learner language
Chapter 7. Foreign language aptitude
Chapter 8. Motivation
Chapter 9. Affect and other individual differences
Chapter 10. Social dimensions of L2 learning

Rezensionen

This volume is impressive in many ways, including its state-of-the art coverage of the field, the scope and depth of the material reviewed, and its engaging and accessible style of delivery...the strengths of this book cannot be overstated...This volume is sure to soon become a standard SLA text in the field of applied linguistics.

Nina Spada - OISE University of Toronto

Lourdes Ortega has succeeded admirably in her goal of helping students construct personal understandings of the interdisciplinary field of SLA. She is thorough in presenting the most up-to-date research bearing on the important controversies in SLA and does so with an engaging, personable, reader-friendly style that invites students to stay focused on the broader meanings of the research findings.

Professor Mark Sawyer, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan

My students thoroughly enjoyed this text. It provides a thorough and yet accessible overview of major theories and trends in the field. I believe it is destined to become the standard text for survey courses on SLA.

Linda Harklau, University of Georgia, USA

Ortega has ... provided an invaluable source of information and reference for novice and seasoned researchers. This book will be of use to researchers from different corners of the world who share an interest in uncovering SLA.
Ammar Ahlem, McGill University, The Canadian Modern Language Review, Volume 66, Number 3, March 2010, pp.467-469

Understanding Second Language Acquisition is an eminently useful, thorough and elaborate overview of the most important debates in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA). [It] is laid out in a well-organised and well structured manner. The language used is engaging and straight forward and the arguments are all cogent, coherent and at the appropriate level for the intended audience. ...all universities with a TESOL, Modern Foreign Languages and/or Applied Linguistics group would find this book extremely valuable.

BAAL News

Parvaneh Tavakoli - London Metropolitan University