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Download full textHuang, Qian – English Language Teaching, 2009
Interlanguage fossilization is normal for second language acquisition. It is also a hotspot for studies on theory of foreign language acquisition. Many reasons cause the interlanguage fossilization. This paper probes into the internal mechanism of interlanguage fossilization from five aspects, namely the physiological aspect, the psychological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Interlanguage
Direct linkTarone, 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
Husain, Kausar – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2006
Since Selinker's (1972) historic invocation of language learning strategies (LLS) and communication strategies (CS) as two distinct processes involved in the development of interlanguage, it has become customary in SLA literature to distinguish the strategies of learning from the strategies of communication. It has been argued in this article that…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Learning Strategies, Language Research, English (Second Language)
Pica, Teresa – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 2003
This paper provides an overview of second language acquisition (SLA) research over the past several decades and highlights the ways in which it has retained its original applied and linguistic interests and enhanced them by addressing questions about acquisition processes. After discussing disciplinary contexts (SLA research and applied…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Cognitive Processes, Interlanguage, Language Research
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Bonnie D. – Second Language Research, 1997
Considers the interplay between source and target language in relation to two points made by Klein and Perdue: (1) the argument that the analysis of the target language should not be used as the model for analyzing interlanguage data; and (2) the theoretical claim that under the technical assumptions of minimalism, the Basic Variety is a "perfect"…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Interlanguage
Birner, Betty, Ed. – 1999
This brochure discusses, in lay terms, the degree to which language shapes thought. The first section describes briefly the questions that linguists have addressed in studying this issue, including how things such as location or time may be conceptualized differently in different language groups, offering examples from other languages in addition…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Information Processing, Interlanguage, Language Processing
