Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ547557
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Publication Date: 1997
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Second Language Acquisition of Spoken and Written English: Acquiring the Skeptron.
Angelil-Carter, Shelley
TESOL Quarterly, v31 n2 p263-87 Sum 1997
Argues that acquisition of English-as-a-Second-Language research must take into account social context and power relations in order to explain language learning processes. Uses interview data and writing samples to demonstrate how a student in South Africa is influenced in his written discourse in English by his power relations and experience as a political prisoner. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Context Effect, Data Analysis, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews, Language Research, Political Influences, Power Structure, Prisoners, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Attitudes, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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