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Scaffolding Support for Second Language Learners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study examined the use of systematic scaffolding techniques and its results intended for literacy acquisition amongst second language learners. This study consisted of the implementation of various scaffolding strategies that resulted in student ...
Rivera, Aylin
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SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

open access: yesEternal (English, Teaching, Learning & Research Journal), 2015
This article tries to answer some of the following questions : Why is it that some individuals are more successful than others in mastery of a second language?
Shopia Azhar
doaj   +1 more source

Modern Hebrew in the U.S. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
textMost researchers in second language acquisition (SLA) concur that understanding motivation is vital to promoting success and both short and long-term interest among L2 learners (Gass & Selinker, 2001). Hebrew has become an endangered language in the
Parry, Justin Tyrel
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Key Methods in Second Language Acquisition Research

open access: yes, 2016
Key Methods in Second Language Acquisition Research is a book written to help novice teachers and undergraduate students developing an awareness and understanding of the key methodological frameworks and processes used in second language research. The book should also help readers generating ideas and researchable questions and adopting particular ...
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Interlanguage corpora and second language acquisition research

open access: yesSecond Language Research, 2005
This article presents a selective review of the work carried out recently in second language acquisition (SLA) research which makes use of oral learner corpora and computer technologies. In the first part, the reasons why the field of SLA needs corpora for addressing current theoretical issues are briefly reviewed.
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Diachronic and/or synchronic variation? The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in L2 French. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
A majority of the early research in Second Language Acquisition focused on diachronic variation in the learners’ interlanguage (IL), that is, differences in the IL linked to a supposed increase in knowledge between two points in time (cf.
Dewaele, Jean-Marc
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From emotion to acquisition: A bibliometric overview of social emotional learning in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Applied Linguistics
This study presents a bibliometric analysis of research on the relationship between Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA).
Pushpanathan T   +4 more
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Subtle grammatical problems in translated texts: How can language acquisition research inform translator education? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper attempts to relate translation studies and the theory of language acquisition, two research areas that have traditionally developed separately, by looking at recent findings on some grammatical properties of translated texts on the one hand,
Milicevic, Maja
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Second Language Acquisition Research and Applied Linguistics

open access: yes, 2005
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of second language acquisition (SLA) research over the past several decades and to highlight the ways in which it has retained its original applied and linguistic interests, and enhanced them by addressing questions about acquisition processes. As the chapter will illustrate, SLA research has become
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Universals of Word Formation Processes: Noun Incorporated in the Acquisition of Sāmoan as a Second Language [PDF]

open access: yes, 1993
Studies of sccond language syntactic acquisition (e.g., Gass 1979; Flynn 1991; White 1989) have been motivated by research into language universals within both typological (Creenberg 1966), and universal grammar (Chomsky 1981) frameworks.
Robinson, Peter J.
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