Laboratory and second language acquisition offers an overview of research on second-language language processing, integrating convergent research and views from cognitive science and acquisition of the second language. The book begins by presenting the dominant issues of research in this field in cognitive sciences and discussing relevant models in literature. He later moves on to explore the various factors that affect language processing of the second language as well as cognitive neuroscience to study the issues discussed during the book.

The concluding chapter provides a global summary of key issues and research areas, as well as guidelines for future research, with a list of recommended readings that provide students and researchers with ways to further study.