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Peer reviewedCook, Vivian J. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1977
This article describes a series of experiments concerning the relationship between cognitive processes and learning a second language. Similarities and differences between first language acquisition and second language learning by children and adults are discussed. (CFM)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Peer reviewedChiang, Joseph S.; Costello, John R. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1983
Presents data which indicate that the language learning capability of adolescents and adults who are acquiring a second language differs from that of children who are acquiring their native language. Discusses consequences for second-language teaching methodology. (EKN)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Chinese, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedDehghanpisheh, E. – International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching, 1978
A description of a study which tried to establish the sequence of language development in a language other than English (Farsi) and to measure the syntactic complexity of the first language against that of the second. Results indicate a direction toward the construction of better course materials and tests. (AMH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
