Shawn Dale Loewen is Professor in Applied Linguistics at Michigan State University. His research interests include instructed second language acquisition, classroom interaction, and mobile-assisted language learning. His publications include two co-authored books, and the second edition of Introduction to Instructed Second Language Acquisition appeared in 2020. He is the Associate Editor of The Modern Language Journal. He has taught undergraduate introduction to second language learning and teaching courses since 2003 at both the University of Auckland and Michigan State University.

Preface; 1. Language acquisition; 2. Second language acquisition; 3. Instructed second language acquisition; 4. Input, interaction and output; 5. Grammar; 6. Vocabulary; 7. Pronunciation; 8. Pragmatics; 9. Academic language skills; 10. Cognitive individual differences; 11. Psychological individual differences; 12. Social individual differences; 13. The research-practice dialogue; Glossary; References; Index.

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