A guide to writing for film and television. It details the first principles of screenwriting and advises on the best way to identify and formulate a story and develop ideas in order to build a vivid, animated and entertaining script. It introduces the reader to essential skills needed to write effective drama.

'Second Language Acquisition' introduces the key areas in the field, including: multilingualism, the role of teaching, the mental processing of multiple languages, and patterns of growth and decline.

Offers the complete beginner a clear and concise overview of the field of second language acquisition theories.