On Determining Developmental Stages in Natural Second Language Acquisition.

Meisel, Jurgen M.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1981

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On Determining Developmental Stages in Natural Second Language Acquisition.

Meisel, Jurgen M.; And Others

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v3 n2 p109-35 Spr 1981

Argues for the studying of the language learning process itself, rather than doing contrastive or error analyses for determining the source of error in second language acquisiton. Longitudinal and cross-sectional studies can help determine the language learning stages. A multidimensional model of language learning is proposed. (PJM)

Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Error Analysis (Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Processing, Learning Processes, Psycholinguistics, Second Language Learning

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Language: English

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