- Unit 1 Introducing Second Language Acquisition.
- 1.1 What Is Second Language Acquisition?
- 1.2 Why Is Second Language Acquisition Important?
- 1.3 Which Areas Does Second Language Acquisition Study?
- 1.4 How Long Is the History of Second Language Acquisition?
- Unit 2 Reviewing Bases of Second Language Acquisition
- 2.1 What Is Language?
- 2.2 Different Views About Language
- 2.3 Nature of Learning
- 2.4 Misconceptions of Learning
- 2.5 Mystery of First Language Acquisition
- Unit 3 Defining Concepts of Second Language Acquisition
- 3.1 Competence and Performance
- 3.2 First Language, Second Language, and Foreign Language
- 3.3 Acquisition and Learning
- 3.4 Input and Output
- 3.5 Interlanguage
- 3.6 Variability
- 3.7 Fossilization
- 3.8 Language Transfer
- Unit 4 Theorizing About Second Language Acquisition
- 4.1 UniversalGrammar
- 4.2 Interlanguage Theory
- 4.3 Monitor Theory
- 4.4 Connectionism
- 4.5 Construction Grammar
- 4.6 Acculturation Model
- 4.7 Sociocultural Theory
- Unit 5 Identifying Learner Differences
- 5.1 Learning Styles
- 5.2 Learning Strategies
- 5.3 Learning Aptitude
- 5.4 Learning Intelligence
- 5.5 Learning Motivation
- 5.6 Learner Personality
- 5.7 Learning Age
- Unit 6 Analyzing Learner Language
- 6.1 Contrastive Analysis
- 6.2 Error Analysis
- 6.3 Learner Corpus Analysis
- Unit 7 Researching Second Language Acquisition
- 7.1 What Is Second Language Research?
- 7.2 Types of Second Language Acquisition Research Methods
- 7.3 Procedures of Second Language Research
- 7.4 Conducting Second Language Acquisition Research
- Key
- References