Muriel Introducing second language acquisition

Year 2012, Volume: 1 Issue: 3, 199 - 202, 29.08.2013

Filiz Ütkiner

Abstract

Introducing Second Language Acquisition, a brief but comprehensive book, was written by Muriel Saville- Troike in 2006 with the aim of providing fundamental knowledge about second language learning and offering help for language learners and teachers. SavilleTroike, a professor in the field of applied linguistics and second language acquisition (SLA), centres the chapters on three basic questions: What exactly does the L2 (second language) learner come to know? How does the learner acquire this knowledge? Why are some learners more successful? At the beginning of each chapter, in addition to a chapter preview giving cues about the content and the aims of the chapter, the author proposes a place for key terms filled in the following pages.

Keywords

Muriel, Introducing, acquisition