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How Languages Are Learned

by Patsy M. Lightbown

Series:Oxford Handbooks for Language Teachers

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'How Languages Are Learned' provides a readable introduction to the main theories of first and second language acquisition, relating them to approaches to classroom methodology and practice.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 320 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government
LCC: P118 — Language and Literature Philology. Linguistics Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar Language acquisition

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Published: 1993
Genres: Nonfiction, Politics and Government
DDC/MDS: 320
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