Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Chapter 1. Looking critically at the Field: What sort of evidence do psychology and linguistics provide about Second language learning? 5
7. Chapter 2. Taking in and sorting out the information: Extracting features from the spoken message 31
8. Chapter 3. Decoding print: Processes of word recognition in a second language 53
9. Chapter 4. Using background knowledge to interpret the message 87
10. Chapter 5. Making sense: The structure of semantic memory and the mental lexicon 101
11. Chapter 6. Making it stick: Learning theories applied to SL/FL learning 125
12. Chapter 7. Second language learning methodologies and cognitive processing 147
13. Endnote 177
14. Workbook 183
15. Bibliography 203
16. Index 217