A Guide to Doing Statistics in Second Language Research Using SPSS and R, Second
Edition is the only text available that demonstrates how to use SPSS and R as specifically …

The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition brings together fifty leading
international figures in the field to produce a state-of-the-art overview of Second Language …

Twenty years ago, a state-of-the-art review in SSLA marked the coming of age of the study of
temporality in second language acquisition. This was followed by three monographs on …

This study investigates the acquisition of the Spanish Imperfect by 60 English learners of
Spanish at three different proficiency levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced). Two …

After Corder (1967) proposed that second-language learners have a universal “built-in
syllabus” that guides them in the systematic development of their own linguistic system, or …

Transfer is a phenomenon that has been recognized since time immemorial. The ancient
Greeks were certainly aware of it, as can be found in the writing of Homer, Herodutus and …

One of the most intriguing questions in the investigation of second-language acquisition
concerns the role of learners' first language (L1). Comparing learners of different …

The results of a self-paced reading study with advanced German, Dutch and French second
language (L2) learners of English showed that their online comprehension of early closure …

The majority of task repetition studies have focused on learners' oral production, but whether
task repetition can promote learning in other skill areas such as writing remains to be seen …

Previous studies indicate that even advanced learners of English as a Foreign Language
and speakers of English as a Second Language extend the progressive to stative verbs …