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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
Order-of-Acquisition vs. Dynamic Paradigm: A Comparsion of Method in Interlanguage Research.
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Huebner, Thom – TESOL Quarterly, 1979
This paper reports on the development of the article system in an adult's interlanguage over a one-year period. It compares the results of a conventional order-of-acquisition analysis with a paradigm model based on Bickerton (1975). (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Determiners (Languages), English (Second Language), Grammar, Interference (Language)
Variable Rules in the Acquisition of English Contractions.
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Odlin, Terence M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
This article summarizes a study (Odlin 1978) using variable rules analyses to describe the contraction patterns of six Mexican students of English as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Grammar
Some Limitations to the Classroom Applications of Current Second Language Acquisition Research
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Tarone, Elaine; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1976
Limitations of language acquisition research are: the restricted linguistic scope of studies; lack of data in cognitive processes and learning strategies, the role of individual variables, second language acquisition, and the role of social and environmental variables; and undeveloped methodology for data collection and data analysis. (SCC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language), Interlanguage