Reading on L2 acquisition

The main reading for this session is below. Chapter 3 of SLA & TBLT is perhaps the trickiest part of Long’s book, but we hope Geoff’s blog posts, as well as his presentation, will help.

To help keep track of your reading, drag and drop each text to the I’ve read it! column as you proceed. But while you are reading, please proceed to the next activity, which is far lighter and more practical – and should help you put all this theory in context.

Required reading

Further reading

If you have time, we also recommend taking a look at the following.

• Tarone, E. (2006). Interlanguage. In Brown, K., ed., Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Boston: Elsevier. pp. 747–752.
• McLaughlin, B. (1990). “Conscious” versus “unconscious” learning.  TESOL Quarterly 24, pp. 617-634.
• Cook, V. Krashen’s Comprehension Hypothesis Model of L2 learning.