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Canagarajah, Suresh – Modern Language Journal, 2007
Firth and Wagner (1997) questioned the dichotomies nonnative versus native speaker, learner versus user, and interlanguage versus target language, which reflect a bias toward innateness, cognition, and form in language acquisition. Research on lingua franca English (LFE) not only affirms this questioning, but reveals what multilingual communities…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Alexander, Richard – 1979
This theoretical study of second language learning is divided into eight sections: (1) "Elements of a Theory of Second Language Learning," (2) "Second Language Learning in the Light of Neurophysiological Findings," (3) "Cognitive Strategies in the Second Language Learning Process," (4) "On Accounting for the Role Played by Affective Factors in…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Cultural Influences