Problems in Output and the Cognitive Processes They Generate: A Step Towards Second Language Learning.

Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon

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Publication Date: 1995

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Problems in Output and the Cognitive Processes They Generate: A Step Towards Second Language Learning.

Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon

Applied Linguistics, v16 n3 p371-91 Sep 1995

The results of a study involving 18 students from a grade 8 early French immersion class support the argument that in producing a second language, learners will on occasion become aware of a linguistic problem and modify their output. (41 references) (MDM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, French, Grade 8, Immersion Programs, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Self Evaluation (Individuals)

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