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Ghobadi, Mehdi; Ghasemi, Hadi – English Language Teaching, 2015
Translation and language teaching techniques which take language learners' first language (L1) as point of reference for teaching the second language (L2) have been long discouraged on the ground that these teaching techniques would end in the fossilization of L2 structure forms in the learner's Interlanguage system. However, in recent years, the…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Translation
Titone, Renzoo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1987
Suggests that code-switching is not only a neurolinguistic process but also a psychological phenomenon with substantial reference to personality structure and dynamics. The bilingual's personality as a "code-switcher" is tentatively defined. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Interlanguage, Linguistic Theory
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Sridhar, Kamal K.; Sridhar, S. N. – World Englishes, 1986
A paradigm gap has prevented research on second language acquisition theory and indigenized varieties of English from making substantive contributions to each other. The varieties of English represent several significant sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic variables, the investigation of which will put second language acquisition theory on firmer…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Dialects, English (Second Language), Interlanguage