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A comprehensive and coherent account of the research and theory in the field of second language acquisition, including chapters on instructed SLA.This book is an encyclopedic survey of second language acquisition research as this has developed over the last forty years. It provides sections on the description of learners language, the role of the linguistic environment and social context, internal mechanisms, individual learner differences, andthe role of instruction. It provides a balanced acco...

This book explores the relationship between research, teaching, and tasks, and seeks to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. The book shows how research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and illuminate the areas of task-based course design, methodology, and assessment. The author brings an accessible style and broad scope to an area of contemporary importance to both SLA and language pedagogy.