Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Foreword xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. What is easy and what is hard to acquire in a second language 5
7. Chapter 2. Systemic Functional approaches to second language acquisition in school settings 29
8. Chapter 3. From input, output and comprehension to negotiation, evidence, and attention 49
9. Chapter 4. Skill Acquisition Theory and the role of practice in L2 development 71
10. Chapter 5. The Input Processing Theory in second language acquisition 93
11. Chapter 6. Processability Theory 111
12. Chapter 7. Sociocultural Theory and second language development 129
13. Chapter 8. Investigating L2 spoken syntax 153
14. Chapter 9. Connectionist models of second language acquisition 177
15. Chapter 10. Dynamic Systems Theory as a comprehensive theory of second language development 199
16. Chapter 11. Electrophysiology of second language processing 221
17. Afterword. On multiplicity and mutual exclusivity 243
18. List of contributors 257