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Is Adult Second Language Acquisition Defective? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 There is a large literature showing that adult L2 learners, in contrast to children, often fail to acquire native-like competence in the second language.
Ewa Dąbrowska +3 more
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Motivation and Second Language Acquisition
ELOPE, 2008 A feature of Italian universities is the high student drop-out rate in nearly all degree courses. It is likely that among the causes of this phenomenon a significant factor is loss of motivation.
Steve Buckledee
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ISSUES IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Cadernos de Estudos Lingüísticos, 2011 Tem sido proposto na literatura que o “problema lógico da aquisição da linguagem” para o aprendiz de L2 é o mesmo que o aprendiz de L1 enfrenta (White 1982, 1995).Este trabalho é uma análise do problema.
Sonia Maria Lazzarini Cyrino
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Emotional Education as second language acquisition? [PDF]
International Journal of Emotional Education, 2010 In this paper we argue that while emotional education intervention packages offer certain advantages, there are risks associated with their uncritical use.
Gale Macleod +2 more
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Second Culture Acquisition and Second Language Acquisition: Faux amis? [PDF]
Zeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, 2015 One of the well-known characteristics of modern approaches to second language learning is the view that successful second language acquisition (SLA) is accompanied by second culture acquisition (SCA) (e.g., Hamers & Blanc,1989; Schumann 1978). It seems clear that a learner's acquisition of communicative competence must involve more than the command
Gary Libben, Oda Lindner
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Second language acquisition [PDF]
, 2015 The field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) is a branch of applied linguistics that has a history extending over half a century. It investigates the human capacity to learn additional languages during late childhood, adolescence, or adulthood, once the first language, in the case of monolinguals, or the first languages, in the case of bilinguals and ...
Gagliardi, María del Carmen
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Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2005 Most non-native speakers would agree that it is sometimes frustrating to communicate in another language. Many have embarrassing stories about how they have been misunderstood or have not been able to convey their intended messages at all.
Özlem Pazvant
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Studies of Fossilization in Second Language Acquisition
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2006 Having systematically examined and evaluated nearly 30 years of research on fossilization in her 2004 volume, Fossilization in Adult Second Language Acquisition, ZhaoHong Han, along with co-editor Terrence Odlin, now explores the more current ...
Rosette Bambino Finneran
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The purpose of this study is to improve the English learning anxiety and learning effect for middle school students. From the perspective of educational psychology, the influence of vocalized reading practice on the English learning of students is ...
Hongyan Zhang, Xianghua Han
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionTraditional studies of the population called “heritage speakers” (HS) have treated this group as distinct from other bilingual populations, e.g., simultaneous or late bilinguals (LB), focusing on group differences in the competencies of the ...
Gita Martohardjono +6 more
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