Second Language Acquisition Applied to English Language Teaching (English Language Teacher Development)

Whether a second language is learned as a child, teenager, or as an adult, second language acquisition research has noted certain patterns that can help ESL/EFL teachers prepare their lessons. Learn the three essential components of ESL/EFL students’ learning and other factors that can improve or challenge a student’s ability to learn.

Michael Lessard-Clouston (Ph.D., OISE/University of Toronto) is a Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Biola University in La Mirada, California. He has taught in Canada, China, Indonesia, and Japan, and is author of Teaching Vocabulary (TESOL, 2013) and articles in The CATESOL Journal, The Linguistics Journal, and TESL Reporter.