Vivian Cook编著的《第二语言学习与教学》是写给从事英语第二语言教学的教师和攻读应用语言学专业的研究生的—本专著，目的是介绍第二语言习得研究的一些观点以及这些观点对语言教学的指导。作者不是从头到尾进行理论阐述，而是在很多地方援引事例说明问题，因此读者们要去体会这些事例的意义。这本书语言流畅，叙述深入浅出，每章的后面都附有讨论题目、参考书目和术语解释。书的每章分成若干小节，大部分小节前面都有重点提示和关键词解释，后面则附有小结。作者的这些努力使得没有专门语言学知识的人也能基本读懂这本书。

Vivian Cook编著的《第二语言学习与数学》介绍了第二语言习得研究的一些观点以及这些观点对语言教学的指导，是写给从事英语第二语言数学的教师和攻读应用语言学专业的研究生的一本专著。

《第二语言学习与数学》第一版出版后，在第二语言教学界产生了广泛的影响，现出版的第四版在内容上有很多更新和补充，重点论述了第二语言学习者的特点和第二语言在不同环境中的使用。

Acknowledgements

Note to teachers

1 Background to second language acquisition research and language teaching

 1.1 The scope of this book

 1.2 Common assumptions of language teaching

 1.3 What is second language acquisition research?

 1.4 What a teacher can expect from SLA research

 1.5 Some background ideas of SLA research

Discussion topics

Further reading

Glosses on language teaching methods

2 Learning and teaching different types of grammar

 2.1  What is grammar?

 2.2 Structure words, morphemes and sequences of acquisition

 2.3 The processability model

 2.4  Principles and parameters grammar

 2.5  L2 learning of grammar and L2 teaching

 2.6 The role of explicit grammar in language teaching

Discussion topics

Further reading

Some grammatical terms

3 Learning and teaching vocabulary

 3.1 Word frequency

 3.2 Knowledge of words

 3.3 One word-store or two in the L2 user's mind?

 3.4 Types of meaning

 3.5 Strategies for understanding and learning vocabulary

 3.6 Vocabulary and teaching

Discussion topics

Further reading

Answers to Box 3.1

4 Acquiring and teaching pronunciation

 4.1 Phonemes and second language acquisition

 4.2 Learning syllable structure

 4.3 General ideas about phonology learning

 4.4 Choosing a model for teaching pronunciation

 4.5 Learning and teaching pronunciation

 4.6 Learning and teaching intonation

Discussion topics

Further reading

5 Acquiring and teaching a new writing system

 5.1 Writing systems

 5.2 Spelling

 5.3 Punctuation

 5.4 The writing system and language teaching

Discussion topics

Further reading

Answer to Box 5.1

Answer to Box 5.8

6 Strategies for communicating and learning

 6.1 Communication strategies

 6.2 Learning strategies: how do learners vary in their approaches to L2 learning?

Discussion topics

Further reading

Answers to Box 6.1

7 Listening and reading processes

 7.1 Meaning and reading

 7.2 Listening processes

Discussion topics

Further reading

8 Individual differences in L2 users and L2 learners

 8.1 Motivation for L2 learning

 8.2 Attitudes

 8.3 Aptitude: are some people better at learning a second language than others?

 8.4 Age: are young L2 learners better than old learners?

 8.5 Are other personality traits important to L2 learning?

Discussion topics

Further reading

9 Classroom interaction and Conversation Analysis

 9.1 Language and interaction inside the classroom

 9.2 Language input and language learning

 9.3 Describing conversation

Discussion topics

Further reading

10 The L2 user and the native speaker

 10.1 The L2 user versus the native speaker in language teaching

 10.2 Codeswitching by second language users

 10.3 Using the first language in the classroom

 10.4 Are native speakers better language teachers?

 10.5 International languages: English as lingua franca (ELF)

Discussion topics

Further reading

11 The goals of language teaching

 11.1 The different roles of second languages in people's lives

 11.2 Language and groups of speakers

 11.3 The goals of language teaching

Discussion topics

Further reading

12 General models of L2 learning

 12.1 Universal Grammar

 12.2 Processing models

 12.3 The socio-educational model

 12.4 The interaction approach

 12.5 Sociocultural SLA theory

 12.6 Multi-competence - the L2 user approach

 12.7 General issues

Discussion topics

Further reading

13 Second language learning and language teaching styles

 13.1 The academic style

 13.2 The audio-lingual style

 13.3 The communicative style

 13.4 The task-based learning style

 13.5 The mainstream EFL style

 13.6 Other styles

 13.7 Conclusions

Discussion topics

Further reading

List of coursebooks mentioned

References

Index