/ Laura Colantoni, Jeffrey Steele, and Paola Escudero.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
، 2015
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
، 2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxii, 407 pages
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: ill.
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-403) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Second language acquisition has rapidly grown as a field over the past decade, as our knowledge of the ways in which children and adults learn and use a second language has become crucial for effective language teaching. In addition to this important 'applied' function, research into second language acquisition has also informed the fields of linguistics and psychology in general, as it has shed light on the differences between native and non-native models of human language and cognition. The focus of this accessible new textbook is second language speech - that is, how speakers perceive, process, understand and pronounce the sounds of a second language. Each chapter includes a 'tutorial' section with practical exercises based on the University of Toronto Romance Phonetics Database (available online for free), and suggestions for further reading. The book also has a companion website, containing further exercises and audio examples"--
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Second language acquisition
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General