Language IntakeUnderstanding and Improving Language Learning and Teaching\nAuthor(s): Carol Griffiths\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032799896, 978-1032799896\nSynopsis\nAimed towards advanced students and researchers in language acquisition and teaching, Language Intake: Understanding and Improving Language Learning and Teaching considers the long-debated definition of language intake and its determining factors. In doing so, it presents a unique argument for language input and intake, with a particular focus on how \""input\"", \""interaction\"", \""identity\"", and \""investment\"" contribute to intake through complex intercommunication.\n\nThe book defines each of the contributing factors of intake in turn and demonstrates the principles of language intake through interviews with successful language learners, in order to encourage teachers to take these factors into consideration so as to maximise intake of the ta.