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Second Language Acquisition as a Mode-Switching Process

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Song surveys the literature on second language acquisition to show how the literature on this subject evolved over time. By describing the second language acquisition theories based on behaviorism and error analysis to interlanguage, native language influence, and cognitive perspectives that explain the role of conceptual cognition in enhancing second language learning, Song shows how our understanding of second language acquisition has improved. By describing second language acquisition theories, Song demonstrates that second language acquisition is a complex learning process affected by many linguistic, social, psycholinguistic, and intercultural factors.

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Song, S. (2018). Second Language Acquisition Theories. In: Second Language Acquisition as a Mode-Switching Process. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52436-2_2

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