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Adamson, H. D. – IRAL, 1990
A review of theories and research regarding cognitive psychology and second-language acquisition discusses Krashen's monitor model (1982), Pienemann's teachability hypothesis (1985), variation theory, the structural syllabus, and grammatical prototypes. (29 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Grammar, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Nickel, Gerhard – IRAL, 1989
A review of the development and interaction of research involving second language contrastive analysis, error analysis, and interlanguage demonstrates how different assumptions and theoretical preconceptions have affected the results of such research, and the degree to which the research areas have drawn on the other areas. (39 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage, Language Research
Pica, Teresa – IRAL, 1991
Discusses the different theoretical perspectives concerning input data to second-language (L2) learners, and examines the learners contributions to input and the interactions between what learners take in themselves and what is given to them. (58 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Interaction, Language Research, Learning Theories
Cook, Vivian J. – IRAL, 1969
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Competence, Linguistic Theory
Young, Richard; Perkins, Kyle – IRAL, 1995
This paper attempts to integrate several different theories of the second-language learning process into a general theory of the human learners. Includes references. (JL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Proficiency
Andrews, Edna – IRAL, 1990
Analyzes the problems involved in teaching Russian verbal aspect to English speakers, and suggests an explanation of the problem of achieving bilingualism through use of C.S. Peirce's trichotomy of interpretants: emotional, energetic, logical. Peirce's classification of signs and interpretants is used to define learning strategies employed by L2…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Learning Strategies, Linguistic Theory
Pennington, Martha C. – IRAL, 1998
Argues that, contrary to what is believed by many in the field of applied linguistics, phonology can and should be taught to adult learners. The argument is based on a critical analysis of research on the teachability of phonology in a second language and on an examination of the nature of adult phonological acquisition. (Author/SM)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Piazza, Roberta – IRAL, 1987
Reviews literature relating to conversational analysis, identifying two major approaches which exhibit chronological and methodological differentiations and focusing from a perspective of sequencing. (CB)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Usage, Linguistic Theory
Saleemi, Anjum P. – IRAL, 1989
Major approaches of describing or examining linguistic data from a potential target language (input) are analyzed for adequacy in addressing the concerns of second language learning theory. Suggestions are made for making the best of these varied concepts of input and for reformulation of a unified concept. (MSE)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Learning Theories
Danesi, Marcel – IRAL, 1994
This article reviews the history of the neuroscientific study of language, examining research on three main issues: (1) the neurofunctional differences between primary language acquisition and second-language acquisition; (2) the critical period issue; and (3) the role played by the right hemisphere of the brain in language acquisition. (140…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Linguistic Theory
Nakuma, Constancio K. – IRAL, 1998
Fossilization is a the term used generally to denote what appears to be a state of permanent failure on the part of a second-language learner to acquire a given feature of the target language. This article reviews different accounts of this phenomenon and offers another account. The implications of this new account of fossilization for…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Research, Language Skill Attrition, Learning Problems
Opata, Damian U. – IRAL, 1989
Explores the possibility of establishing predictability models for interference as well as ascertaining the degree of competence adult second language learners could achieve before being able to eliminate interference in production of the target language. (CB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Interference (Language), Language Patterns
Melrose, Robin – IRAL, 1992
Two concerns are addressed: the growing interest in process-oriented approaches to language learning, and the search for a nonparticulate linguistics of the type hinted at by Halliday and given some credibility by the findings of neuroscience. Focus is on somatic phenomena such as tone of voice, body language, and certain schemas. (15 references)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Body Language, Facial Expressions, Foreign Countries
Surridge, Marie E. – IRAL, 1993
Recent knowledge about the system of gender assignment in French is examined to suggest theoretical reasons why English speakers are so rarely successful in mastering the French gender assignment system for inanimate nouns. Morphological, phonetic, and semantic rules shed light on the system. (14 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French, Grammar
Lepetit, D.; Martin, Ph. – IRAL, 1990
Describes an investigation of the differences and similarities existing between the intonation systems of French and English. The unity of the procedures described here is confirmed by an analysis of intonational errors made by English-speaking learners of French. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Error Analysis (Language), French