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Sociolinguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Research: 1997-2007
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Tarone, Elaine – Modern Language Journal, 2007
This article discusses sociolinguistically oriented research on second language acquisition (SLA) in the decade since Firth and Wagner (1997). Over the last 10 years, substantial progress has been made in developing a model of the sociolinguistic processes that inform second language acquisition. This model is supported by empirical evidence on…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Second Language Learning, Language Research, Research Methodology
Lingua Franca English, Multilingual Communities, and Language Acquisition
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Canagarajah, Suresh – Modern Language Journal, 2007
Firth and Wagner (1997) questioned the dichotomies nonnative versus native speaker, learner versus user, and interlanguage versus target language, which reflect a bias toward innateness, cognition, and form in language acquisition. Research on lingua franca English (LFE) not only affirms this questioning, but reveals what multilingual communities…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning