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White, Lydia – Language Teaching, 2022
Research on second language (L2) acquisition in the generative tradition (GenSLA) addresses the nature of interlanguage competence, examining the roles of Universal Grammar, the mother tongue and the input in shaping the acquisition, representation and use of second languages. This field is sometimes dismissed by applied linguists as irrelevant…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
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Hall, Joan Kelly – Language Teaching, 2022
A great deal of research on second language (L2) input has provided useful linguistic evidence for the development of generalizations about and hypotheses on the usage-based nature of L2 knowledge. However, despite the fact that classrooms are one of the most ubiquitous sites of L2 learning, we still know very little about the linguistic quality…
Descriptors: Correlation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Révész, Andrea – Language Teaching, 2019
This paper calls for the replication of two task-based language teaching (TBLT) studies, Kim (2012) and Shintani (2012). Kim contributes to the large body of TBLT research on output-based tasks, whereas Shintani initiates research into input-based tasks, a less well researched domain. These studies deserve to be replicated for several reasons.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Task Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Wen, Qiufang – Language Teaching, 2018
The production-oriented approach (POA) has been developed over ten years to overcome the weaknesses in English instruction in tertiary education in Mainland China. The POA tries to integrate the strengths of Western instructional approaches with Chinese contextual features and consists of three components: (a) teaching principles; (b) teaching…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Laufer, Batia – Language Teaching, 2009
Interest in L2 vocabulary learning and teaching started long before the nineteen-eighties (for references to earlier studies, see Rob Waring's database http://www1.harenet.ne.jp/~waring/vocab/vocrefs/vocref.html) but it declined with the advent of generative linguistics to the point of discrimination and neglect (Meara 1980). In 1986, I argued…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Teaching Methods