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Svalberg, Agneta M.-L. – Language Awareness, 2018
The paper discusses how learner engagement in language learning settings has been conceived of and investigated in the past decade. Whilst a cognitive focus used to predominate in research on language learners' engagement, the importance of affective (and social) factors is increasingly recognised. The paper interrogates 'engagement' in the…
Descriptors: Language Research, Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning
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Skiba, Romuald; Dittmar, Norbert – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1992
The acquisition of German in three adult Poles over a three-year period is examined based on an acquisition profile of each person that specified the sequences in acquisition. The findings suggest that cognitive factors must be considered to explain the varying degree of success in the acquisition process. (40 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Structures, Data Analysis