The Routledge Handbook of Second Language Acquisition brings together 36 leading international figures in the field to produce a state-of-the-art overview of second language acquisition.

Section 1: Language in Context 1. Interactionist approach 2. The role of Feedback 3. Variationist perspectives 4. Sociocultural theory 5. Complexity theory/emergentism Section 2: Linguistic Perspectives Part One: Language Form 6. Phonology 7. L2 Morphosyntax/Syntax Part Two: Meaning 8.Semantics 9. Pragmatics 10. Vocabulary Section 3. Psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic perspectives 11. Processing 12. Frequency-based accounts13. Competition model 14. Processability theory 15. Noticing/attention/awareness 16. Input processing 17. Neurolinguistics Section 4. Skill Learning 18. L2 reading 19. L2 writing 20. L2 speech production 21. L2 speech perception 22. Oral versus written production Section 5. Individual Differences 23. Aptitude 24. Motivation 25. Issues of identity 26. Working memory 27. Language learning across the lifespan 28. Educational level 29. Attrition/fossilization 30. Heritage language learners 31. Advanced language proficiency Section 6. The Setting for Learning 32. Learning in a second language setting (study abroad) 33. Classroom research including SL and FL environments Section 7. Assessment of L2 knowledge 34. Learning through technology 35.Assessing learner knowledge

Susan Gass is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Languages at Michigan State University. She is the author of many titles and co-author of Second Language Acquisition: An Introductory Course, Fourth Edition (Routledge, 2013).

Alison Mackey is Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Georgetown University. She is the author of many titles, and co-author of Data Elicitation for Second and Foreign Language Research (Routledge 2007), with Susan M. Gass.