Handbook of Second Language Acquisition

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Summary: concise, thorough, from some of the finest in the field
Review: A very useful text for the serious student of second language acquisition research to keep on hand. Thorough and includes research not only in English but other languages as well. Covers concisely most of the best-known researchers and their work. Various theories, their history, development, and the research related to them are explained by a variety of experts in terms that most advanced undergraduates or graduate students would find comprehensible. The index is adequate and the overall organization of the text is generally good for searching a particular topic. Also much more relevant recent research included than in many other texts. All in all, a scholarly collection which puts together the same material a student would have to go through many lengthy texts to find, explained and organized in a very convenient way.

Rating:
Summary: concise, thorough, from some of the finest in the field
Review: A very useful text for the serious student of second language acquisition research to keep on hand. Thorough and includes research not only in English but other languages as well. Covers concisely most of the best-known researchers and their work. Various theories, their history, development, and the research related to them are explained by a variety of experts in terms that most advanced undergraduates or graduate students would find comprehensible. The index is adequate and the overall organization of the text is generally good for searching a particular topic. Also much more relevant recent research included than in many other texts. All in all, a scholarly collection which puts together the same material a student would have to go through many lengthy texts to find, explained and organized in a very convenient way.