How Languages are Learned by Patsy M Lightbown

How Languages are Learned by Patsy M Lightbown

Teachers are often told that new teaching methods and materials are 'based on the latest research'. But what does this mean in practice? This book introduces you to some of the language acquisition research that will help you not just to evaluate existing materials, but also to adapt and use them in a way that fits what we currently understand about how languages are learned.

Patsy M. Lightbown is Distinguished Professor Emerita at Concordia University in Montreal and Past President of the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Her research focuses on how instruction and feedback affect second-language acquisition in classrooms where the emphasis is on
communicative or content-based language teaching. The contexts for her work have included elementary schools in Canada and, more recently, dual-language bilingual classes in the U.S. Nina Spada is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the Modern Language Centre, Ontario Institute for Studies in
Education at the University of Toronto, Canada. Her main areas of professional interest are second language acquisition, classroom research in L2 teaching and learning, and English as a Second Language.

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ISBN 13	9780194422246
ISBN 10	0194422240
Title	How Languages are Learned
Author	Patsy M Lightbown
Series	Oxford Handbooks For Language Teachers Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2006-04-27
Number of pages	252
Prizes	Winner of English-Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Prize 1993.
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