Lightbown, Patsy

How languages are learned / Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada - 3rd ed. - Oxford [england] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 - xviii, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Oxford handbooks for language teachers . - Oxford handbooks for language teachers .

Previous ed.: 1999

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-227) and index

'How Languages Are Learned' provides a readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition, relating them to approaches to classroom methodology and practice

9780194422246 (pbk.) 0194422240 (pbk.)


Language acquisition
Children--Language
Language and languages--Study and teaching