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Lecture by Nick Ellis, May 4, 2005

At the Interface: Dynamic Interactions of Explicit and Implicit Language Knowledge by Nick Ellis, Professor of Psychology, Research Scientist, English Language Institution, University of Michigan Much of language learning is done implicitly form naturalistic usage.  What then, if any, are the roles of explicit instruction and explicit learning in second language acquisition?  The ‘interface question’…