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Investigating Attention to Form and Individual Differences: Research with EFL Children. Second Language Learning and Teaching
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María del Pilar García Mayo, Editor – Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2025
The teaching of the grammar of a second/foreign language has always been an issue that different teaching methods have considered. Studies in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) have shown that mere exposure to meaningful second language input is not enough for learners to reach proficiency in the target language. At beginner…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Grammar
Language Transfer in Language Learning. Language Acquisition & Language Disorders 5.
Gass, Susan M., Ed.; Selinker, Larry, Ed. – 1993
The study of native language influence in Second Language Acquisition has undergone significant changes over the past few decades. This book, which includes 12 chapters by distinguished researchers in the field of second language acquisition, traces the conceptual history of language transfer from its early role within a Contrastive Analysis…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Discourse Analysis, English, Form Classes (Languages)
Generative Perspectives on Language Acquisition: Empirical Findings, Theoretical Considerations, and Crosslinguistic Comparisons.
Clahsen, Harald, Ed. – 1996
The collection of essays and studies concerning generative grammar and first and second language acquisition includes: "The Optional-Infinitive Stage in Child English: Evidence from Negation" (Tony Harris, Ken Wexler); "Towards a Structure-Building Model of Acquisition" (Andrew Radford); "The Underspecification of…
Descriptors: Basque, Child Language, Contrastive Linguistics, English