TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Steven AU - Larson-Hall,Jenifer TI - Second language acquisition myths: applying second language research to classroom teaching SN - 0472034987 AV - P118.2 .B76 2012 U1 - 418.0072 23 PY - 2012///] CY - Ann Arbor, Mich PB - University of Michigan Press KW - Second language acquisition KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Evaluation KW - English teachers KW - Training of KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Children learn languages quickly and easily while adults are ineffective in comparison -- A true bilingual is someone who speaks two languages perfectly -- You can acquire a language simply through listening or reading -- Practice makes perfect -- Language students learn (and retain) what they are taught -- Language learners always benefit from correction -- Individual differences are a major, perhaps the major, factor in SLA -- Language acquisition is the individual acquisition of grammar ER -