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C. H. Padmanabha; Flavia P. D'Souza – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2023
In Krashen's theory of second-language acquisition he claims that there is distinction between language acquisition and language learning, a distinction which other second-language acquisition researchers have called "perhaps the most important conceptualization" in the field and which has made possible the most productive models of SLA.…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Second Language Learning, Learning Processes, Language Research
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Öztürk, Gökhan – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2018
Due to its influential nature on foreign language learning process, foreign language anxiety has been the focus of numerous studies in the literature of second language acquisition. In addition to its validation as a separate construct in late 80s, the last two decades have also witnessed the confirmation of skill-based anxieties as independent…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Writing Apprehension, Speech Communication, Anxiety
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Dela Rosa, John Paul O.; Arguelles, Diana C. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2016
This critical review of literature provides a detailed description of foreigner talk as a simplified register and critically discusses findings entrenched in studies done about this SLA issue. The studies cited are classified as researches concerning foreigner talk that occurs in both natural and classroom settings. Based on the critical review,…
Descriptors: Language Role, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Choudhury, Anindya Syam – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2015
Although it is a core component of a language user's overall linguistic competence, vocabulary has traditionally not received the kind of attention it deserved, being usually lumped with other kinds of competence till 1980s and 1990s when researchers started focusing on it with great interest. The present paper discusses what the notion of lexical…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Case Studies, Vocabulary Development
Marjanovic, Tatjana – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
What this paper is meant to do is share illustrations and insights into how English learners and teachers alike can benefit from using corpora in their work. Arguments are made for their multifaceted possibilities as grammatical, lexical and discourse pools suitable for discovering ways of the language, be they regularities or idiosyncrasies. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computational Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Tarrayo, Veronico N. – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2011
This paper looked into the interplay between language and culture based on the metatext categories utilized by the writers in three speech communities: Philippines, Iran, and Taiwan. Specifically, it answered the following subproblems: (1) What metatext categories exist in the results-and-discussion section of ESL/EFL research articles written in…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning