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Ranta, Leila – Language Learning, 2022
Stern (1983) reminds us of the ethical reasons for doing second language (L2) research. That is, given the considerable human and financial investments that go into language education, the practical activities of teaching "should not exclusively rely on tradition, opinion, or trial-and-error but should be able to draw on rational enquiry,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Theory Practice Relationship
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Pearson, Barbara Zurer; Fernandez, Sylvia C. – Language Learning, 1994
Patterns of growth in one language in relation to growth in the other and also with respect to growth in both languages were studied in a group of 20 bilingual (English/Spanish) infants ages 10 to 30 months. The rate and pace of development were similar in both groups; differences among the bilinguals included their use of "referential"…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis