This excellent volume offers a clear and engaging description of central topics in second language acquisition research, and highlights the connection between research findings, formal and informal learning contexts, and teaching practices. I have no doubt that this volume will soon become an invaluable resource for teachers and students alike.
Gessica De Angelis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland This book provides a welcome, very readable introduction to second language learning, angled at university students as well as those with a general interest in the subject. It is also very teacher-friendly. Readers will not only be suitably informed but will also find plenty to intrigue them about language and its acquisition.
Mike Sharwood-Smith, Academy of Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Vibrant, prescient, honest, enjoyable… such is the view of SLA that Cook and Singleton have crafted in this unmatchable book! The palette of 8 topics covers yet transcends the box of traditional SLA and the wealth of interactive illustrations fully situates adult language acquisition in present-day realities. A must-own SLA title.
Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, USA Cook and Singleton’s book succinctly addresses many pressing questions asked by both novices and experts in the field of SLA and could be a useful tool in an introductory SLA course.
Robert Cote, The University of Arizona, USA
LINGUIST List 25.5116 (2014)
This book constitutes a prime example of a well-written introduction to the undoubtedly highly complex, interdisciplinary and multifaceted domain of second language acquisition research, being at the same time accessible, readable and simply engaging.
Mirosław Pawlak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland
Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, SSLLT 4 (4). 2014. 719-723