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Peer reviewedEllis, Rod – System, 1985
Discusses the L1=L2 hypothesis which states that, all other things except knowledge of language being equal, first language acquisition is the same as second language acquisition. Reviews the evidence for and against the hypothesis, looks at current research and considers the general distinction between formal and informal learning. (SED)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, Language Processing
