Table of Contents

Contents

Series editors’ preface

Acknowledgements

How to use this book

Part A: Introduction

Unit A1: Defining the field
Unit A2: Dynamic Aspects of SLA
Unit A3: Historical perspectives
Unit A4: The multilingual mind
Unit A5: The developing system
Unit A6: Learners’ characteristics
Unit A7: The role of instruction

Part B: Extension

Unit B1: Reading and finding SLA literature

Unit B2: Dynamic systems and SLA extended
Cook (1995)
Hansen & Chen (2002)
Pallier et al (2003)

Unit B3: Historical perspectives extended
Corder (1967)
Kellerman (2000)
Gregg (1984)

Unit B4: The multilingual mind extended
Kroll & Stewart (1994)
Kroll & Dijkstra (2002)

Unit B5: The developing system extended
Swain & Lapkin (1995)
Mackey (1998)

Unit B6: Learners’ characteristics extended
Bongaerts (1999)
Sparks & Ganschow (1991)
Gardner, Tremblay & Masgoret (1997)

Unit B7: The role of instruction extended
Spada (1997)
Mackey (1999)

Part C: Exploration

Unit C1: Introduction to Part C; Doing SLA research
Unit C2: Dynamic aspects of SLA explored
Unit C3: Historical perspectives on SLA explored
Unit C4: The multilingual mind explored
Unit C5: The developing system explored
Unit C6: Learners’ characteristics explored
Unit C7: The role of instruction explored

References

Further Reading

Glossorial index