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A Case Study of a Japanese Child Learning English as a Second Language

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Hakuta, Kenji – Language Learning, 1976

This article reports major findings of a longitudinal, naturalistic study of the acquisition of English as a second language by a five-year-old Japanese girl. The emphasis is on empirical findings rather than on any particular theoretical orientation. (Author/POP)

Descriptors: Case Studies, English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage

Systematicity and Variation in the Non-Native Child's Acquisition of Conversational Skills.

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Keller-Cohen, Deborah – Language Learning, 1979

Reports on an eight month study examining the development of turn-allocation devices in children acquiring English as a second language. The role of prior language experience in second language learning is explored. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Child Language, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Finnish