A quarter of a century has passed since complex dynamic systems theory was proposed as
an alternative paradigm to rethink and reexamine some of the main questions and …

The very notion of heritage language (HL) is a sociocultural one insofar as it is defined in
terms of a group of people who speak it. Heritage languages also have a sociocultural …

Taguchi and Roever present the latest developments in second language pragmatics
research, combining acquisitional and sociolinguistic perspectives. They cover theories of …

Page 1 OXFORD APPLIED LINGUISTICS The Psychology of Second Language Acquisition
Zoltán Dörnyei OXFORD ih The Ben Warren International House Trust Prize Winner 2009 Page …

Whether we grow up with one, two, or several languages during our early years of life, many
of us will learn a second, foreign, or heritage language in later years. The field of Second …

Motivation as a variable in L2 development is no longer seen as the stable individual
difference factor it was once believed to be: Influenced by process‐oriented models and …

Now in a fifth edition, this bestselling introductory textbook remains the cornerstone volume
for the study of second language acquisition (SLA). Its chapters have been fully updated …

The overarching project of the conceptual and empirical contributions in this special issue is
to redraw boundaries for language teacher cognition research. Our aim in this final article is …

While approaching second language acquisition from a complex dynamic systems
perspective makes a lot of intuitive sense, it is difficult for a number of reasons to …

This book focuses on a number of contemporary mainstream theories in second language
(L2) acquisition research that have generated attention among scholars. Since the mid …