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System and Variability in Interlanguage Syntax.
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Huebner, Thom – Language Learning, 1985
Reviews the notions of system and variability as applied to interlanguages, especially with respect to variability in the syntax of second language learners. Summarizes the findings of Huebner with respect to referentiality and then examines some new data collected 20 months after the end of the initial study. (SED)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Interlanguage, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning
The Unpredictability of Contrastive Analysis
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Whitman, Randall L.; Jackson, Kenneth L. – Language Learning, 1972
Work supported by a grant from the U.S. Office of Education to the University of Hawaii. (RS)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Contrastive Linguistics, English (Second Language), Evaluation
The Transformational Challenge and the Teacher of English
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Kandiah, T. – Language Learning, 1970
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Deep Structure, English (Second Language), Linguistic Theory
Recent Research in Language Learning Studies: Promises and Problems.
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Schachter, Jacquelyn – Language Learning, 1998
From perspective of a psycholinguist, discusses three leading questions that have arisen from foundational, descriptive second-language-acquisiton studies: Why are certain L2 constructions learnable and others not?; In considering input requirements, is it fair to say that adult learners can take advantage of metalinguistic information about the…
Descriptors: Adults, Applied Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Language Research