This excellent volume offers a clear and engaging description of central topics in second language acquisition research, and highlights the connection between research findings, formal and informal learning contexts, and teaching practices. I have no doubt that this volume will soon become an invaluable resource for teachers and students alike. -- Gessica De Angelis, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland This book provides a welcome, very readable introduction to second language learning, angled at university students as well as those with a general interest in the subject. It is also very teacher-friendly. Readers will not only be suitably informed but will also find plenty to intrigue them about language and its acquisition. -- Mike Sharwood-Smith, Academy of Social Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Vibrant, prescient, honest, enjoyable such is the view of SLA that Cook and Singleton have crafted in this unmatchable book! The palette of 8 topics covers yet transcends the box of traditional SLA and the wealth of interactive illustrations fully situates adult language acquisition in present-day realities. A must-own SLA title. -- Lourdes Ortega, Georgetown University, USA Cook and Singletons book succinctly addresses many pressing questions asked by both novices and experts in the field of SLA and could be a useful tool in an introductory SLA course. -- Robert Cote, The University of Arizona, USA * LINGUIST List 25.5116 (2014) * This book constitutes a prime example of a well-written introduction to the undoubtedly highly complex, interdisciplinary and multifaceted domain of second language acquisition research, being at the same time accessible, readable and simply engaging. -- Mirosaw Pawlak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Kalisz, Poland * Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, SSLLT 4 (4). 2014. 719-723 *
