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Ying, Hongguang – IRAL, 1995
This paper discusses recent research on second-language learning and argues that "prior knowledge" does not necessarily constitute the basis of comprehension in second-language learning, that "comprehended input" does not have to be "learner-controlled," and that "input" and "intake" are not necessarily two fundamentally different phenomena.…
Descriptors: Language Research, Learning Processes, Linguistic Input, Listening Comprehension
Pica, Teresa – IRAL, 1991
Discusses the different theoretical perspectives concerning input data to second-language (L2) learners, and examines the learners contributions to input and the interactions between what learners take in themselves and what is given to them. (58 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Interaction, Language Research, Learning Theories
Takshimna, Hideyuki – IRAL, 1992
This study is a continuation of an ethnographic study of a six-year-old Japanese child learning English as a Second Language. It is concluded that language transfer, overgeneralization, and simplification combined with natural development all worked together in the development of the subject's interlanguage, irrespective of the overwhelming input…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnography, Interaction, Interlanguage
