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Peer reviewedLittle, David – Language Awareness, 1997
Presents a language-awareness (LA) perspective on the concept of autonomy in second-language learning. The article distinguishes between two kinds of LA, examines child development and the role played by metalinguistic knowledge and literacy in first-language acquisition and examines the role played by both kinds of LA in second-language pedagogy.…
Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Grammar, Independent Study
