FIFTH EDITION ee @ Reser LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING ii a a H. DOUGLAS BROWN San Francisco State UniversityPrinciples of Language Learning and Teaching, Fifth Edition ‘Copyright © 2007 by Pearson Education, Inc “All rights reserved. No part of this publicabon may be reproduced, stored lea retrieval syacen, oF transramed in any form or ty any means, electronic, mechsnical, photocopying, recarding. or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher Pearson Education, 10 Bank Street, White Plains, NY 10606 Staff credits: The praple who made up the Principles of Lariguage Learning and Teaching, Fifth Edition team, representing editorial, precuction, design, and rranufacturing, we Danielle Beifiore, ‘Tracey Mune Cataldo, Dave Dickey, Laura Le Dréan, and Melinsa Leyva, Text design: Wendy Wolf ‘Test compasition. Laserwordls Private Limited ‘Text font: Garamond Library of Congress Cataloging ia-Publication Data Brown, H. Douglas, 1048 Principles of language learning and teuchingg / Congas Hoon, —Sth cet p em. Includes bibtiographical references and index. ISBN 0-15-19912840 (student book » alk. paper) |. Language and languages—Seudy and teaching, 2. Language acquisition, |. Tide PSLB77S 2006 418.0071 —de22 MOSIITSE ISBN, 0-13-199128-0 Printed in the United States of America 6789 1-RRD-10 09 08.CONTENTS _ Preface to the Fifth Edition, xt Chapter 1 Language, Learning, and Teaching 1 it Questions about Second Language Acqui Learmer Characteristics, 2 Context, 3 Purpose, 3 Rejoicing in Our Defeats, 3 Language, 5 ning and Teachir Schools of Thought in Second Language Acg Linguistics and Behavioral Psychology, 9 Generative Linguistics and Cognitive Psychology, 11 Constructivism: A Multidisciplinary Approach, Nineteen Centuries of Language age Teaching in the Twenti sstions for Study and Discussion, 19 20 Experionce: Journal Entry I, 21 pr Eniry I, 22 PART L. AGE FACTORS Chapter 2 First Language Acquisition 24 uage Acepuisition, 25 al Approaches, 26 al Approaches