A compilation of required readings will serve as the text for the course. Most of these readings are journal articles or book chapters on the specific topics.

Arabski, J. & Wojtaszek, A. (Ed). 2010. Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Perspectives on SLA. Series editor: David Singleton. Second Language Acquisition. Multilingual Matters.

Bot, K; Lowie, W. & Verspoor, M. 2002. Second language Acquisition. Routledge Applied linguistics

Brown, D.H. 1994. Principles of language Learning and teaching. Prentice Hall

Cook, V. 2002. Portraits of the L2 user. Multilingual Matters

De Angelis, G. 2007. Third or Additional Language Acquisition. Multilingual Matters.

De Houwer, A. 2009. An Introduction to Bilingual Development. Multilingual Matters.

De Houwer, A. 2009. Bilingual First Language Acquisition. Multilingual Matters

Dörnyei, Z. & Ushioda, E. (Eds) 2010. Motivation, Language Identity and the L2 Self.  Multilingual Matters.

Dörnyei, Z. 2005. The Psychology of the Language Learner. Individual Differences in Second Language Acquisition. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 

Dörnyei, Z. 2003. Attitudes, orientations and motivations in language Learning. Blackwell Publishing

Ellis, R. 1987. Second language acquisition in context, Cambridge

Ellis, R. 1994. The Study of Second language Acquisition. OUP.

Ellis, R. 1996. Understanding second language acquisition, Oxford University Press

Gao, X. 2010. Strategic language Learning. Multilingual Matters.

Harley, T. 2008. The Psychology of Language. Psychology Press.

Hornberger, N.H. & Lee, S. (Eds). 2010. Sociolinguistics and language Education. New Perspectives on language Education. Multilingual Matters.

Littlewood, W. 1984. Foreign and second language learning, Cambridge University Press.

Ortega, L. 2009. Understanding Second Language Acquisition. Hodder Education.

Spada, N., Lightbrown, P.M 1993: How languages are learned, Oxford University Press.