Second-language acquisition was born in the late 1960s as an interdisciplinary enterprise that borrowed equally from the feeder fields of linguistics, language teaching, child language acquisition, and psychology. This title offers a comprehensive survey of this burgeoning field.

Volume I: Foundations of Second-Language Acquisition Part 1: Historical Foundations Part 2: Theoretical Foundations Part 3: Methodological Foundations Volume II: Main Themes in Second-Language Acquisition Part 4: Age Part 5: Crosslinguistic Influences Part 6: Environment and Cognition Part 7: Variability Part 8: Fossilization Part 9: Socio-Psychological Factors Volume III: Universal Grammar and Second-Language Acquisition Part 10: Difference and Access Part 11: The Disputed Roles of Transfer and Impairment in the Initial State Part 12: Ultimate Attainment in the Final/Steady State Part 13: Interfaces Part 14: Processing Accounts of Universal Grammar Volume IV: Cognition in Second-Language Acquisition Part 15: Foundational Themes Part 16: Attention, Consciousness, and Awareness Part 17: Individual Differences Across Cognitive Abilities Volume V: Social Dimensions of L2 Learning Part 18: Theoretical Contributions Part 19: Sociolinguistic Explorations Part 20: Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory of Mind and L2 Learning Part 21: Conversation Analysis for Second-Language Acquisition Part 22: Sociocultural Educational Perspectives Volume VI: Second-Language Acquisition and Instruction Part 23: Classroom Processes Part 24: Types of Instruction Part 25: Optimal L2 Instruction