Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning—otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process of learning...

second-language acquisition (SLA) is to shed light on how people who already know one language learn a second language. The field of second-language acquisition...

Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language. In other words, it is how human beings gain...

A second language (L2) is a language spoken in addition to one's first language (L1). A second language may be a neighbouring language, another language...

The Language Acquisition Device (LAD) is a claim from language acquisition research proposed by Noam Chomsky in the 1960s. The LAD concept is a purported...

Bialystok link communication strategies to her general theory of second-language acquisition. There was more activity in the 1990s with a collection of papers...

known as the monitor model, is a group of five hypotheses of second-language acquisition developed by the linguist Stephen Krashen in the 1970s and 1980s...

The generative approach to second language (L2) acquisition (SLA) is a cognitive based theory of SLA that applies theoretical insights developed from within...

in second-language acquisition is the study of why some people learn a second language better than others. Unlike children who acquire a language, adults...

additional languages. It contrasts with second-language acquisition in the narrow sense, which is concerned with the acquisition of an additional language by...

both languages in the acquisition of a simultaneous bilingual. It may also occur from a mature speaker's first language (L1) to a second language (L2)...

English as a second or foreign language refers to the use of English by individuals whose native language is different, commonly among students learning...

conference "The Loss of Language Skills", and language attrition was recognized as a field in the research of second-language acquisition. Since then, various...

Studies in Second Language Acquisition is a peer-reviewed journal published quarterly by Cambridge University Press. The editors for 2008 were Albert...

when two languages interact. However, the meaning of these terms is reasonably well-defined only in second language acquisition or language replacement...

field of linguistics and second language acquisition that claims a person can only achieve native-like fluency in a language before a certain age. It...

both isolation from speakers of the first language ("L1") and the acquisition and use of a second language ("L2"), which interferes with the correct production...

were a way of tapping into learners' natural mechanisms for second-language acquisition, and weren't concerned with real-life communication per se. TBLT...

period effects in second language learning: the influence of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language". Cognitive Psychology...

Skill-based theories of second-language acquisition are theories of second-language acquisition based on models of skill acquisition in cognitive psychology...

Statistical language acquisition, a branch of developmental psycholinguistics, studies the process by which humans develop the ability to perceive, produce...

Second-language acquisition classroom research is an area of research in second-language acquisition concerned with how people learn languages in educational...

The importance of body language in second-language acquisition was inspired by the fact that to successfully learn a language is to achieve discourse...

language education programs. This tends to make the research of second-language acquisition emotionally charged. Older methods and approaches such as the...

guide to second-language acquisition: Second-language acquisition – process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition (often...

such as linguistics and sociolinguistics, with relations to second-language acquisition in a classroom setting. The different perspectives on L2 motivation...

of CALL in the dual fields of educational technology and second/foreign language acquisition and the paradigm shifts experienced along the way. See also...

1953–), phonetics, second-language acquisition Bolinger, Dwight Le Merton (United States, 1907–1992), semantics, Spanish language Bomhard, Allan R. (United...

second-language acquisition. The two primary entities of the Defense Language Institute are the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)...

Philosophy of language refers to the philosophical study of the nature of language. It investigates the relationship between language, language users, and...