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The Development of Self-Determination across the Language Course: Trajectories of Motivational Change and the Dynamic Interplay of Psychological Needs, Orientations, and Engagement
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Noels, Kimberly A.; Lascano, Dayuma I. Vargas; Saumure, Kristie – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
Research suggests that students put more effort into language learning when they feel that it is a voluntary and self-relevant activity or they enjoy the process of mastering that language (i.e., they have a more self-determined orientation). This orientation is fostered when learners feel autonomous, competent, and related to others in their…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Psychological Needs, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Age Matters, and so May Raters: Rater Differences in the Assessment of Foreign Accents
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Huang, Becky H.; Jun, Sun-Ah – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2015
Research on the age of learning effect on second language learners' foreign accents utilizes human judgments to determine speech production outcomes. Inferences drawn from analyses of these ratings are then used to inform theories. The present study focuses on rater differences in the age of learning effect research. Three groups of raters who…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Research, Evaluators, Pronunciation
Learnability and the Acquisition of Extraction in Relative Clauses and WH-Questions.
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Quintero, Kate Wolfe – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1992
Investigates learning principles that account for developmental stages of adult second-language acquisition in the context of Learnability Theory--the investigation of the cognitive processes that determine stages and eventual success in language acquisition. (71 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory
Language Acquisition Research and the Language Teacher.
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Gadalla, Barbara J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1981
Selected language acquisition research findings are examined in the light of the language teacher's daily needs. Research results are reported that provide an empirical basis for selecting and grading materials, determining skills to be taught and their order of presentation, deciding on classroom presentation and procedures, and formulating…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Instructional Design, Language Research, Learning Processes
Formulating a Theory of Second Language Learning.
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Spolsky, Bernard – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1985
Krashen's Monitor Model of second language learning is examined critically in light of other research, and a unified, more comprehensive theory combining theories of first and second language learning is called for. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Learning Theories
Some Applications of Cognitive Theory to Second Language Acquisition.
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O'Malley, J. Michael; And Others – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1987
Describes recent theoretical developments in cognitive psychology that can be applied to second language acquisition, including consideration of linguistic theories in addressing the role of mental processes in second language acquisition, current cognitive learning theory, and possible applications of a theoretical model to memory representation,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Skills, Learning Theories, Linguistic Theory