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Lascotte, Darren K.; Tarone, Elaine – Modern Language Journal, 2022
In commercial materials for the teaching of second language (L2) pronunciation, common bottom-up approaches segment phonology into a series of discrete and decontextualized linguistic components with rules that students are encouraged to internalize. Such approaches seem out of step with recent second language acquisition (SLA) theory and research…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Tarone, Elaine – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 2000
Reviews research related to the second language acquisition social context, and the interface of social context and interlanguage grammar. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Context Effect, Grammar, Interlanguage
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Tarone, Elaine – Language Learning, 1979
Explores the validity of Labov's (1969) "Observer Paradox," and the five axioms describing the problems involved in linguistic research, for interlanguage research. Methodological remedies are suggested. (AM)
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Research, Language Styles, Learning Theories
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Tarone, Elaine – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2002
Ellis's target article suggests that language processing is based on frequency and probabilistic knowledge and that language learning is implicit. These findings are consistent with those of SLA researchers working within a variationist framework (e.g., Tarone, 1985; Bayley & Preston, 1996). This paper provides a brief overview of this research…
Descriptors: Creativity, Language Variation, Language Processing, Social Environment