The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning

Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics

by John W. Schwieter (Editor), Alesssandro Benati (Editor)

Providing a comprehensive survey of cutting-edge work on second language learning, this Handbook, written by a team of leading experts, surveys the nature of second language learning and its implications for teaching. Prominent theories and methods from linguistics, psycholinguistics, processing-based, and cognitive approaches are covered and organised thematically across sections dealing with skill development, individual differences, pedagogical interventions and approaches, and context and environment. This state-of-the-art volume will interest researchers in second language studies and language education, and will also reach out to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in these and other related areas.

Genres: Linguistics

830 pages, Hardcover

Published August 8, 2019

About the author

John W. Schwieter is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics and Faculty of Arts Teaching Scholar at Wilfrid Laurier University. His research interests include: psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic approaches to multilingualism and language acquisition; second language teaching and learning; translation and cognition; and language, culture, and society. He is the Executive Editor of the book series Bilingual Processing and Acquisition (Benjamins) and Editor or Co-Editor of The Cambridge Handbook of Language Learning; The Handbook of Translation and Cognition (2017, Wiley-Blackwell); Cognitive control and consequences of multilingualism (2016, Benjamins); and The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingual Processing (2015, Cambridge University Press). Some of Schwieter’s research has appeared in journals such as: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition; Frontiers in Psychology; International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism; Language Learning; Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism; among others.