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Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Burghardt, Beatrix – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2020
This paper discusses the stage of second language acquisition known as attrition and what learners and teachers can do to prevent attrition and promote retention. Attrition is the stage at which a learner's attained proficiency declines due to a reduction of contact with the second language, whether from lack of contact with other speakers of the…
Descriptors: Prevention, Language Skill Attrition, Retention (Psychology), Language Proficiency