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Direct linkWhite, Lydia – Language Teaching, 2022
Research on second language (L2) acquisition in the generative tradition (GenSLA) addresses the nature of interlanguage competence, examining the roles of Universal Grammar, the mother tongue and the input in shaping the acquisition, representation and use of second languages. This field is sometimes dismissed by applied linguists as irrelevant…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory
Download full textEnrico Grazzi – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2024
The aim of this personal reflection is to revisit the major concepts that have informed my academic research in the area of applied linguistics and second language development, and show how my overall pedagogical approach has evolved, thanks to the contribution of Vygotsky's sociocultural theory (SCT). The main focus of this paper is on the…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kilickaya, Ferit – English Language Teaching, 2009
The paper discusses World Englishes (WEs) in relation to English as an International Language (EIL) and Applied Linguistics. Taking into account Kachru's interesting but at the same time controversial debate about the status of English in its varieties, which are commonly called WEs and the opposing ideas presented by Quirk, it is aimed to present…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedTarone, 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
Jordens, Peter – Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen (Applied Linguistics in Articles), 1990
The first contacts between linguistics and second language acquisition date from the period of contrastive analysis of languages, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. When contrastive analysis failed as an explanatory model, linguists lost interest in second language research and descriptive/contrastive studies declined, resulting in a changed…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar
Broselow, Ellen – 1985
It is proposed that error patterns in acquisition of a second language can provide otherwise unavailable evidence for testing linguistic hypotheses about the second language itself. Three types of production and perceptual error patterns found in the learning of English by native Arabic speakers are outlined to support this suggestion. The error…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Arabic, Auditory Discrimination, English (Second Language)
Kuhlwein, Wolfgang – 1987
A discussion of the field of contrastive linguistics (CL) begins by defining the relationship between theoretical and applied CL in terms of the concept of finalization, which originated in the philosophy of science. Then, the historical development of CL in the United States and Europe is sketched. This development is seen as characterized by a…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language)
Knibbeler, W. – Etudes de Linguistique Appliquee, 1979
Questions the value of the theory of interlanguage for language learning research. (AM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Interlanguage
Yarmohammadi, Lotfollah; Seif, Shahrzad – IRAL, 1992
The use of different communication strategies (CSs) in interlanguage application was studied with 51 Persian first-year university learners of English. Emphasis is on determining which CSs are more favored under a given condition and on identifying a link between task type and the use of specific CSs. (23 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Freshmen, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedKlein, Wolfgang – Language Learning, 1998
Raises three questions concerning the present state of second-language acquisition research: (1) What has it achieved for language teaching? (2) How close is a theory of second-language acquisition? (3) What is its status within the chorus of disciplines that deal with language? (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Grammar, Intellectual Disciplines, Interlanguage
Peer reviewedOdlin, Terence M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1978
This article summarizes a study (Odlin 1978) using variable rules analyses to describe the contraction patterns of six Mexican students of English as a second language. (CFM)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, English (Second Language), Grammar
Peer reviewedKasanga, L. A. – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1999
Focuses on the development of pragmatic competence by adult non-native users of English. One aim of the study was to verify whether exposure to models of requesting devices used by a competent user would be beneficial to a less competent user. Results suggest that such exposure is beneficial. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language)
Yuan, Boping – Edinburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 1992
This paper reports on a pilot study examining how Chinese-speaking learners of English reset the non-empty topic [-Te] parameter. Whereas Chinese allows empty topics coindexed with variables in both subject and object positions, English does not. With respect to this particular parameter, Chinese can be said to form a superset of English as the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language)
Bongaerts, Theo, Ed.; And Others – Toegepaste Taalwetenschap in Artikelen (Applied Linguistics in Articles), 1990
Revised texts of five papers from a conference on Dutch applied linguistics are presented. "Learning a Foreign Language in a Natural Acquisition Context Without Instruction" (Wolfgang Klein) advocates observing and analyzing language learning in progress in natural language learning contexts and presents data from a European project on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics
Dittmar, Norbert, Ed.; And Others – 1978
Papers included in this volume are: "The Muted Voice of Immigrant Workers;""The Situation of Foreign Workers in Sweden"; "Situation of Foreign Workers in the Federal Republic of Germany"; "Teaching German to Immigrant Children"; "Using Language Typology in Contrastive Studies"; "On Determining…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Classification
