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Alfes, Leonhard – Englisch, 1980
Reports on an experiment designed to reveal how the learner's passive foreign language vocabulary is built up, what role the context plays, what kinds of learning strategies are involved, and whether a false competence results from these strategies. (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Context Clues, English (Second Language), Language Research, Learning Processes
Kalnitz, Joanne – 1978
Certain proposed theories on second language acquisition, their justifications, and their predictions about English are examined in this paper. The first section discusses the process of second language acquisition; the stages and strategies learners use and progress through on their way to mastery are described. The second section discusses the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics
