Leslie Hardinge Library Guides: EDTE 620 Second Language Acquisition

Course Description
An overview of theories of first and second language acquisition, including comprehensible input, the monitor hypothesis, and order of acquisition. The role of linguistics in understanding language acquisition; the differences between learning and acquisition, EFL, ESL, and ESP, pedagogy and andragogy, integrative and instrumental motivation; and traditional and current approaches to language teaching including grammar/translation approaches, and communicative language teaching are discussed.
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Librarian's List
SLA applied : connecting theory and practice
Teaching language in context
Second language acquisition : an introductory course
Introducing second language acquisition : perspectives and practices
Learning strategy instruction in the language classroom : issues and implementation
The Production-comprehension interface in second language acquisition : an integrated encoding-decoding model
Second language learning theories
A Handbook of second language acquisition for biblical studies : insights of modern language instruction for teaching biblical languages
Introducing second language acquisition
Motherless tongues : the insurgency of language amid wars of translation
Teaching by principles : an interactive approach to language pedagogy
The Linguistics wars : Chomsky, Lakoff, and the battle over deep structure
Building upon the strengths of an English for academic purposes programme : an appreciative inquiry
Influencers of students' English language speaking proficiency of a selected private tertiary institution in West Indonesia
Amplifying the curriculum : designing quality learning opportunities for English learners
English as a lingua franca for EFL contexts
Doing reflective practice in English language teaching : 120 activities for effective classroom management, lesson planning, and professional development
The ESL/ELL teacher's survival guide : ready-to-use strategies, tools, and activities for teaching English language learners of all levels
The handbook of TESOL in K-12
Collaborating for English learners : a foundational guide to integrated practices
Language teacher education for global Englishes : a practical resource book
Learning English as a second language : a handbook for Elementary level in the United States of America
Second language pronunciation : bridging the gap between research and teaching
The Oxford handbook of cognitive linguistics
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