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Direct linkStevens, Gillian – Language Learning, 2006
Studies investigating the possible effects of age at immigration (a proxy for age at onset of second language learning) on second language acquisition among immigrants often explicitly take the effect of length of residence in the destination country (a measure of exposure to opportunities to learn the second language) into account. A third…
Descriptors: Age, Immigration, Second Language Learning, Immigrants
Peer reviewedJohnson, Nancy A. – Language Learning, 1974
Several theories on bilingualism are studied and compared. (PP)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Data Analysis, English, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedPalmer, Adrian S. – Language Learning, 1979
Presents the results of three studies that support the hypothesis that there are two types of proficiency in second language learning, "compartmentalized control" and "integrated control." Relevance to the Monitor Model and a method of teaching for integration are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Language Research
Peer reviewedDay, Elaine M.; Shapson, Stan M. – Language Learning, 1991
An experimental study was designed to evaluate the effect on French language proficiency of an integrated, formal, analytic and functional, communicative approach to second-language teaching in French immersion. The study consisted of 315 grade 7 early French immersion students. (28 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Grade 7, Immersion Programs
Peer reviewedHenning, Grant H. – Language Learning, 1978
Presents one solution to the problem of eliciting, classifying, and measuring language learning errors in a longitudinal study, and, in addition, seeks to isloate particular difficulties of adult Iranian learners of English. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cloze Procedure, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
