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The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines: Implications for Grammatical Accuracy in the Classroom?

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Van Patten, Bill – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1986

Discusses current literature dealing with the pedagogical implications of the ACTFL Provisional Proficiency Guidelines. The argument that grammatical accuracy needs to be stressed from the beginning of instruction is reviewed in the light of second language acquisition research, and it is suggested that such emphasis on grammatical correctness is…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Language Processing, Language Proficiency

Second Language Acquisition: Possible Insights from Studies on How Birds Acquire Song.

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Neapolitan, Denise M.; And Others – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988

Reviews research that demonstrates parallels between general linguistic and cognitive processes in human language acquisition and avian acquisition of song and discusses how such research may provide new insights into the processes of second-language acquisition. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Correlation