Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Chapter 3 is a detailed review of the sensitive period controversy in SLA and a convincing defense of that notion. This chapter contains some unpublished research and is, therefore, valuable for senior scholars as well as new ones to the field. Chapter 4 is a review of the literature on recasts in second language pedagogy and a powerful argument for their use."(John Schumann, University of California at Los Angeles)
Synopsis
Second language acquisition has an identity problem. It is a young field struggling to emerge from the parent fields of education and applied linguistics. In the new book, Problems in SLA, Mike Long proposes a way to help second language acquisiti
About the Author
Mike Long is Professor of SLA, and Director of the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Maryland, College Park. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and is co-editor of the Cambridge Applied Linguistics Series. His current research includes work on theory change in SLA, negative feedback, sensitive periods, needs analysis, Task-Based Language Teaching, and a longitudinal study of stabilization /fossilization in the interlanguage of a Japanese immigrant to Hawai’i. His recent publications include the Handbook of SLA, co-edited with Catherine Doughty (Blackwell, 2003), and Second Language Needs Analysis (Cambridge, 2005).