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Chapter Five: Language Learning and Discursive Practice
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Young, Richard F. – Language Learning, 2008
This chapter is framed by the three questions related to learning in Practice Theory posed by Johannes Wagner (2008): (1) What is learned?; (2) Who is learning?; and (3) Who is participating in the learning? These questions are addressed in two learning theories: Language Socialization and Situated Learning theory. In Language Socialization, the…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Theory
Interlanguage as Chameleon.
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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
Rhetorical and Communicative Styles in the New Varieties of English.
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Richards, Jack C. – Language Learning, 1979
Describes the processes by which distinctive varieties of English develop in areas where English functions as a second language. The distinctions between rhetorical and communicative norms for speech events in these varieties are discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, English, Language Styles
On Routines and Patterns in Language Acquisition and Performance.
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Krashen, Stephen; Scarcella, Robin – Language Learning, 1978
Examines the role of "routines" and grammatical patterns in first and second language acquisition by children and adults, specifically with regard to syntactic structures. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns