Posted by Orlando Garcia on November 16, 2012
Language Teaching and SLA: Understanding the Limits and Possibilities of the Research-teaching Interface by Lourdes Ortega, Department of Linguistics, Georgetown University Language teachers often feel unsure of the value of second language acquisition (SLA) research, wondering if studies about language teaching are relevant and realistic enough to give them insights that can inform and improve…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on September 24, 2004
Insights into SLA from Less Familiar Settings by Leslie Moore, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Informal Leaning and Schools, UC Santa Cruz The vast majority of second language acquisition research examines L2 learning and teaching in Europe and North America in formal instructional settings (classrooms and laboratory simulations thereof). I argue that we must investigate…
Posted by Orlando Garcia on February 19, 2004
Th Ethical as Transformative Lens in Instructed SLA Research by Lourdes Ortega, English Department, Northen Arizona University Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:00-5:00pm, 370 Dwinelle Hall
Posted by Orlando Garcia on April 9, 2001
Effects of Instruction in Second Language Acquisition by Catherine Doughty, University of Hawaii at Manoa This talk will present an up-to-date survey of the recent explosion of empirical research on the effects of instruction on second language acquisition. The findings will be discussed in terms of L2 learning rate, sequences, processes, and ultimate attainment. We…
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Volume 01 Issue 1
This article examines the role of input in two contrasting theories of language acquisition: nativist (UG) theory and the usage-based (emergentist) approach. Although extensive treatments of input are available for first language acquisition (cf. Gathercole & Hoff, 2007), such research ...