The Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first collection of state-of-the-art papers pertaining to Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA). Written by 45 world-renowned experts, the entries are full-length articles detailing pertinent issues with up-to-date references. In short, based on the chapters in this handbook, ISLA has attained a level of theoretical and methodological maturity that provides a solid foundation for future empirical and pedagogical discovery. This handbook is the ideal resource for researchers, graduate students, upper-level undergraduate students, teachers, and teacher-educators who are interested in second language learning and teaching.
Input for Instructed L2 Learners: The Relevance of Relevance
Input for Instructed L2 Learners makes a significant attempt to apply relevance theory (RT), a general theory of human cognition and communication, to verbal input for instructed foreign language learners. As such it is an excellent contribution to the literature on L2 classroom discourse. The book consists of a preface, six chapters, an author and a subject index.
