{"product_id":"9781118590706","title":"Agendas for Language Learning Research","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCurrents in Language Learning\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eAgendas for Language Learning Research\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLourdes Ortega | Alister Cumming | Nick C. Ellis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eEducation \/ Teaching \/ Subjects \/ Reading \u0026amp; Phonics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCurrents in Language Learning\u003c\/i\u003e provides programmatic state-of-the-art overviews of current issues in the language sciences and their applications in first, second, and bi\/multilingual language acquisition in naturalistic and tutored contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on interdisciplinary perspectives from linguistics, psychology, education, anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, and neuroscience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together a team of leading linguists to explore current issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDevelops research agendas in areas including: progress and relevance in second language acquisition; usage-based linguistics; age effects in language learning; second language pragmatics; vocabulary knowledge; transfer of learning in second language instruction; language, literacy, and culture; academic language development in schools; practice theory; and evolutionary perspectives on language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLourdes Ortega\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She investigates additional language development in instructed contexts from cognitive-interactionist and usage based perspectives and has long-standing interests in second language writing, foreign language education, and research methods. She serves as Journal Editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Learning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlister Cumming\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Head of the Centre for Educational Research on Languages and Literacies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.  His research and teaching focus on writing in second languages, language assessment, language program evaluation and policies, and research methods. He serves as Executive Director of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Learning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick C. Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Psychology, Professor of Linguistics, and Research Scientist in the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan. His research interests include language acquisition, cognition, emergentism, corpus linguistics, cognitive linguistics, applied linguistics, and psycholinguistics He serves a General Editor of \u003ci\u003eLanguage Learning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 March 2013\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781118590706\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378742751372,"sku":"9781118590706","price":47.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781118590706_8756a847-6990-4f97-b05e-038ecee14ed4.jpg?v=1780280523","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781118590706","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}