Part of the series "Studies in Bilingualism", this text covers such topics as: variationist perspectives on second-language acquisition; factors affecting the production of word-initial consonants; and markedness in second-language acquisition of consonant clusters.
This volume corrects the relative neglect in Second Language Acquisition studies of the quantitative study of language variation and provides insights into such issues as language transfer, acquisition through exposure, language universals, learner's age and so forth. These stud…
Shows how teachers can turn monolingual situations to best advantage and how they can successfully use modern communicative methods which incorporate selective and limited use of the students' L1. It includes sections on presenting and practising new language, and pair and group…
