NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Li, Qiong – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Drawing on the findings of longitudinal studies in uninstructed contexts over the last two decades, this synthesis explores variations in developmental patterns across second language (L2) pragmatic features. Two synthesis questions were addressed: (a) What are the variations in developmental patterns across pragmatic features?, and (b) What are…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Longitudinal Studies, Semantics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Sáez, Natalia – Working Papers in TESOL & Applied Linguistics, 2015
Slobin's (1996) "thinking for speaking" hypothesis has been recently adopted by second language researchers as a valuable lens from which to examine the complexities of possible conceptual restructuring during interlanguage development. This paper reviews a sample of studies analyzing the linguistic and conceptual patterns observed in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Hypothesis Testing, Interlanguage, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Byrnes, Heidi – Foreign Language Annals, 1987
Advocates a "process" viewpoint of language use for second language proficiency testing and explores its potential for greater insights from five perspectives: text linguistics and discourse analysis; interlanguage; expectancy; negotiation and interaction; and communication strategies. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Interlanguage, Language Proficiency