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BooK rEVIEWs

Whe hi bk aive i my ha f

eview I wa pey excie. sec la-

guage Acquiii (slA) wa mehig

I ha uy a whie back. the auh,

lue oega, wa e f he ame

ha kep ecuig ve he uai f

my w eeach a whe I pee he

bk I wa peaay upie ee

me vey famiia efeece. I fe a

hme immeiaey. Be wae, hwev-e, hi bk i f igh eaig. I i

quie a acaemic bk a, maybe i

ju me, i equie he eacig f yu

ep eue ha yu have g he i-

ee meage a few ccai.

the peha f ieaue slA ha

g bee miae by me gia i

he fie uch a sephe Kahe, Viv-

ia Ck a r Ei. Give he eap

i echgy a aa pceig i he a ecae hee

ceaiy wa a gap i he ieaue f slA eeach which

eee be fie. thi bk e exacy ha. I i a ex-

cee iuci a veview slA heie.

sme eay piive apec f he bk ae he chape

ummaie, vaiu ype f iice bu, i paicua, he

aae uggei f fuhe eaig which e each

chape f he bk. thi aw he kwege hugy

ue fcu hei eaig eay we. the exeive ef-

eecig which wa iiiay a piive i, hweve, becme

a egaive a ime a mae he bk ea me ike a c-

a ieai. thi ee beak up he meaig a

caue me eace my ep a cupe f ccai.

I a umbe ve he auh efiii f makeeagai he fegig ue wu pbaby ee me

pecific exampe eue ha hey have ue! A

quei a hug ve he i ha EFl eae

ee achieve pagmaic ucme bu, a my ceague

debah pie u, hi i away he cae a exam

ue ae fequey equie cay u ak which ae

iee be pagmaic. thee iue

ae faiy iae hugh a he bk

eive a wie-agig pepecive

slA eeach a hey, ieay he

hue f gia.

I geea, oega pvie a eie

f 10 vey gica chape whee he

eae i guie hugh he quag-

mie f wha slA hey a eeachi. He agume eem ciey

we baace hughu a pvie

he eae wih f f hugh a

efeci. sme ieeig pi

highighe ae oega exampe

fm ec aguage ue. she ha

ceay mae a aemp accu f

slA bay a ju fm he -

aive peake f Egih pepecive.

the exampe a cae uie ae

pemiay fm he 1990-which i eaivey ece

i em f slA eeach! the ew pepecive f not

gaugig slA migua aguage evepme, a

wa he m, wa vey ieeig. the ciuum f

accuacy a fuecy i ighy eche i a iage i

e accmmae he eaive ewcme cmpex-

iy i hi chape a, ahugh, i my pii, i cu

have bee give a ie me pace.

sme ece ape f slA ae pee a accue

f. namey, schmi a hi icig hey, swai a

he upu hyphei hey a a much geae egee

Vygky a hi hey he Ze f Pxima devep-

me. thi wa a peaa upie a Vygky ha fe

bee eegae e pace eewhee ye hi heie ipevai ve he ecae.

A i a, oega ha pvie ue f appie igui-

ic imia cue wih a excee iuci he

fie f slA a if yue a ue, yu i migh fi i

a chaegig ye ieeig ea.

Understanding second language acquisitionby Lourdes Ortega,

Understanding Language Series, Hodder Education

Reviewed by Margaret Horrigan