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The Least a Second Language Acquisition Theory Needs to Explain.
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Long, Michael H. – TESOL Quarterly, 1990
Sample accepted findings on learners, environments, and interlanguages are proposed along with some implications for second-language acquisition theories. (79 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Interlanguage, Language Research
The Relationship Between Individual Differences in Learner Creativity and Language Learning Success.
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Otto, Istvan – TESOL Quarterly, 1998
Discusses the rationale for, and end results of, a small-scale study of the effects of learners' creativity on language learning. The study was part of an ongoing, larger-scale project on individual differences at Eotvos University in Budapest, Hungary. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Creativity, English (Second Language)
Metaphoric Competence: A Language Learning Strength of Students with a Holistic Cognitive Style?
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Littlemore, Jeannette – TESOL Quarterly, 2001
Examines metaphoric competence and its relationship to cognitive style and second language learning and teaching. Describes four measured aspects of metaphoric competence in participants' first and second language: originality of metaphor production; ability to find meaning in metaphor; speed in finding meaning in metaphor; and fluency of metaphor…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)