Alternative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition

Dwight Atkinson is Associate Professor of English at Purdue University, Indiana, specializing in second language acquisition, second language writing, and qualitative research approaches.

• IntroductionDwight AtkinsonChapter 1: The Sociocultural Approach to Second Language Acquisition: Sociocultural Theory, Second Language Acquisition, and Artificial L2 Development James P. LantolfChapter 2: A Complexity Theory Approach to Second Language Development/ AcquisitionDiane Larsen-FreemanChapter 3: An Identity Approach to Second Language AcquisitionBonny Norton & Carolyn McKinneyChapter 4: Language Socialization Approaches to Second Language Acquisition: Social, Cultural, and Linguistic Development in Additional LanguagesPatricia A. Duff & Steven TalmyChapter 5: A Conversation-analytic Approach to Second Language Acquisition Gabriele Kasper & Johannes WagnerChapter 6: A Sociocognitive Approach to Second Language Acquisition: How Mind, Body, and World Work Together in Learning Additional LanguagesDwight AtkinsonChapter 7: Discussion - SLA after the Social Turn: Where Cognitivism and its Alternatives StandLourdes Ortega

‘In recent years there has been growing recognition that the acquisition of a second language is very much a social as well as a cognitive affair. This volume brings together a collection of articles documenting the various theories and methodologies for investigating L2 acquisition as a social phenomenon. As such, it is an essential purchase for anyone interested in SLA.’ Rod Ellis, University of Auckland, New Zealand"This book should be an essential resource for graduate seminars in SLA.It is a unique testimony to the vibrancy of the field and to the astonishing complexity of the SLA experience."Claire Kramsch, University of California, Berkeley, USA"[A] remarkable effort to provide a comprehensive overview of current trends in SLA by gathering together different approaches in a critical way."LINGUIST List