Mike Long
Professor
Area:
Second Language Acquisition
Education:
- PhD, Applied Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1980
- MA, Applied Linguistics, University of Essex, 1974
- PGCE (Post Graduate Certificate in Education), University of London, Institute of Education, Department of English as a Foreign Language, 1970
- LLB (Bachelor of Laws) with honors, University of Birmingham, 1966
Research Interests:
- Epistemological issues and theory change in second language acquisition
- Age differences, maturational constraints, and sensitive periods
- Second language acquisition processes (e.g., stabilization/fossilization) in interlanguage development
- Negative feedback (i.e., models and recasts) in second language acquisition
- Language aptitude
- The advanced learner
- Second language research methods
- Learner needs analysis
- Task-based language teaching
- Effects of instruction on second language acquisition
- Third language acquisition