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Three Fundamental Concepts in Second Language Acquisition and Their Relevance in Multilingual Contexts
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Kramsch, Claire; Whiteside, Anne – Modern Language Journal, 2007
This article considers how 3 fundamental concepts of second language acquisition (SLA), the native speaker, interlanguage, and the language learner have fared since Firth and Wagner (1997). We review the ascendancy of these concepts and their relationship to the traditional dichotomies of language learning versus language use and individual mind…
Descriptors: Fundamental Concepts, Second Language Learning, Social Action, Multilingualism