Zoltan Doeryei

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This review is from: The Psychology of Second Language Acquisition (Oxford Applied Linguistics) (Paperback)


There is much food for thought here. Unlike most books, I am reading this one for the second time. The field is clearly still in a state of development. Promising though.
Synopsis. The first 127 pages are background information. Useful for people like myself who are not specialists.
The rest of the book descibes the patchwork of theories and schools that try to descibe the processes involved in language acquistion.

The style is scholarly. I would recommend it not only to academics, but also to those who are seriously involved in language learning. There are however no easy, formulaic answers here.
 
other books by same author:
1. Research Methods in Applied Linguistics: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methodologies (Oxford Applied Linguistics) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - 19 Jul 2007)

2.The Psychology of the Language Learner: Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition (Second Language Acquisition Research) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - 11 Jan 2006)

3.Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration and Processing (SLA Research: Theoretical & Methodological Issues) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - 31 Jul 2007)

4.Motivtional Strategies in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - 27 Sep 2001)

5.Teaching and Researching: Motivation (Applied Linguistics in Action) by Dr Zoltán Dörnyei and Dr Ema Ushioda (Paperback - 29 Jul 2010)

6.Questionnaires in Second Language Research (Second Language Acquisition Research Series): Construction, Administration, and Processing by Zoltán Dörnyei and Tatsuya Taguchi (Paperback - 21 Dec 2009)

7.The Psychogy of Second Language Acquisition (Oxford Applied Linguistics) by Zoltán Dörnyei (Paperback - 26 Feb 2009)

8.Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Zoltán Dörnyei and Tim Murphey (Paperback - 16 Oct 2003)

9.Questionnaires in Second Language Research (Second Language Acquisition Research Series) by Zoltán Dörnyei and Tatsuya Taguchi (Hardcover - 22 Dec 2009)

10.Questionnaires in Second Language Research: Construction, Administration and Processing (SLA Research: Theoretical & Methodological Issues) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Hardcover - 12 Sep 2002)

11. Motivation Strategies in the Language Classroom by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - Jan 2001)

12.Teaching and Researching Motivation (Applied Linguistics in Action) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Paperback - 11 Jan 2001)

13. Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom by Zoltán Dörnyei and Tim Murphey (Kindle Edition - 12 Jan 2004) - Kindle eBook

14.Group Dynamics in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Zoltán Dörnyei and Tim Murphey (Hardcover - 16 Oct 2003)

15. Motivational Strategies in the Language Classroom (Cambridge Language Teaching Library) by Zoltan Dörnyei (Hardcover - 27 Sep 2001)

16. Psycholinguistic factors in foreign language learning by Zoltan Dörnyei (Unknown Binding - 1988)