(Ebook) The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition by Shawn Loewen, Masatoshi Sato (eds.) ISBN 9781138936232, 1138936235

(Ebook) The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition by Shawn Loewen, Masatoshi Sato (eds.) ISBN 9781138936232, 1138936235

The Routledge Handbook of Instructed Second Language Acquisition is the first collection of state-of-the-art papers pertaining to Instructed Second Language Acquisition (ISLA). Written by 45 world-renowned experts, the entries are full-length articles detailing pertinent issues with up-to-date references. Each chapter serves three purposes:(1) provide a review of current literature and discussions of cutting edge issues;(2) share the authors’ understanding of, and approaches to, the issues; and(3) provide direct links between research and practice.In short, based on the chapters in this handbook, ISLA has attained a level of theoretical and methodological maturity that provides a solid foundation for future empirical and pedagogical discovery. This handbook is the ideal resource for researchers, graduate students, upper-level undergraduate students, teachers, and teacher-educators who are interested in second language learning and teaching..