second language aquisition

[Amy_J]

does anyone know of any good books, information websites etc? i did a module in my first year of uni, which was almost 8years ago omg, and tbh i dont remember anything! its something that interests me alot, and obviously is really relevant to me and lo! id just like to be as informed as possible.
thanks.

 

[Squeakz]

David Birdsong is quite good for SLA! A lot of books (academis type books) generally look at SLA with the critical age period as well! If i was looking at it and interested i would start with looking at academis sources and then its applicatoin etc! x

 

[Squeakz]

heres another book for those people raising bilingual children. Seems a bit more practical! :7 Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child By Naomi Steiner, Susan L. Hayes, Steven Parker

 

[Amy_J]

heres another book for those people raising bilingual children. Seems a bit more practical! :7 Steps to Raising a Bilingual Child By Naomi Steiner, Susan L. Hayes, Steven Parker

thanks! gunna have a look on amazon now!! xoxo

 

[Amy_J]

just ordered it! also got some more bilingual books for lo..he already has some from amazon and theyre amazing if any one is interested here is the link...they doa variety of languages too....

these are the ones he has
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elmers-Frie...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318847293&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elmers-Weat...=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318847293&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Elmers-Colo...=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318847293&sr=1-6

theyre amazing!