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Hyltenstam, Kenneth; Bylund, Emanuel; Abrahamsson, Niclas; Park, Hyeon-Sook – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2009
This article challenges a recent proposal for the theoretical interpretation of L1 and L2 interaction that results from the abrupt change of language environment in internationally adopted children. According to this proposal (Pallier, Dehaene, Poline, LeBihan, Argenti, Depoux and Mehler, 2003; Ventureyra, Pallier and Yoo, 2004), such children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adoption, Latin Americans, Second Language Learning
Tench, P. – IRAL, 1996
Reviews current practice in the study of phonological interlanguage. The methodology of 22 pieces of research is surveyed in terms of subjects, range of phonological features, "synchronic" and "diachronic" approaches, techniques and materials, audio-recording and transcription. The article discusses the advantages and…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, College Students, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
Enkvist, Inger – Studies of Higher Education and Research, 1995
A series of partial studies aimed at understanding how much progress students can make in 1 year of second language study are described. The first concerns Swedish university students in their first year studying Spanish as a third language in higher education. Students were tested and interviewed for their perceptions of their language ability…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language)