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Is Implicational Generalization Unidirectional and Maximal? Evidence from Relativization Instruction in a Second Language.
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Hamilton, Robert L. – Language Learning, 1994
Analyses of sentence combination data from 33 adult learners of English as a Second Language instructed in sentence combination tasks yielded inconclusive results as to whether implicational generalization (IG) is unidirectional to hierarchy levels implicated by the instructed level. The results suggest that IG is clearly not uniformly maximal to…
Descriptors: Adults, English (Second Language), Generalization, Language Research
The Monitor Model: Some Methodological Considerations.
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McLaughlin, Barry – Language Learning, 1978
Examines the Monitor Model of adult second language acquisition, and presents an alternate model that avoids difficulties inherent in the Monitor Model and that corresponds to contemporary language development theory. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Language Processing, Language Research
On Routines and Patterns in Language Acquisition and Performance.
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Krashen, Stephen; Scarcella, Robin – Language Learning, 1978
Examines the role of "routines" and grammatical patterns in first and second language acquisition by children and adults, specifically with regard to syntactic structures. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns