Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner

Twenty years after its first publication, Susan Gass's Input, Interaction, and the Second Language Learner has become a classic text in the field of SLA. This new printing includes the original text with a new preface that comprises consultations between the author and Alison Mackey, Rod Ellis and Mike Long on the importance of the project today.

Susan M. Gass is University Distinguished Professor of Second Language Studies at Michigan State University, USA.

Preface to the 20th Anniversary Routledge Linguistics Classics Edition Preface Modeling Second Language Acquisition The Question of Evidence The Nature and Function of Output Input and Second Language Acquisition Theories The Role of Interaction Comprehension, Output, and the Creation of Learner Systems Epilogue: Classroom Implications and Applications