of theories of 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...

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

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

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...

subject since then. No comprehensive list of strategies has been agreed on by researchers in second-language acquisition, but some commonly used strategies have...

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

dynamic systems theory in the field of linguistics is a perspective and approach to the study of second, third and additional language acquisition. The general...

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...

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

theories, on the other hand, hypothesize that cognitive mechanisms, responsible for much of human learning, process language. Other dominant theories...

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

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...

Gestures in language acquisition are a form of non-verbal communication involving movements of the hands, arms, and/or other parts of the body. Children...

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)...

noticing hypothesis is a theory within second-language acquisition that a learner cannot continue advancing their language abilities or grasp linguistic...

in the area of second-language acquisition was developed. It is connected cross-sectionally throughout different research areas. Language attrition, in...

the interaction hypothesis is a theory of second-language acquisition which states that the development of language proficiency is promoted by face-to-face...

in second language acquisition that describes the various possible theoretical relationships between implicit and explicit knowledge in the mind of a second...

of and topical guide to second-language acquisition: Second-language acquisition – process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition...

Heritage language learning, or heritage language acquisition, is the act of learning a heritage language from an ethnolinguistic group that traditionally...

second-language acquisition, the acculturation model is a theory proposed by John Schumann to describe the acquisition process of a second language (L2)...

Below are some notable researchers in language acquisition listed by intellectual orientation and research topic....

psycholinguist. He was a Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Maryland, College Park. Long introduced the concept of focus on form, which entails...

viewpoint. The study of learners' errors has been the main area of investigation by linguists in the history of second-language acquisition research. In prescriptivist...

focus on the acquisition of Spanish as a Second Language as well theoretical linguistics and language contact. She was recognized as one of the 10 most...

relevant theories about language development include Piaget's theory of cognitive development, which considers the development of language as a continuation...

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

The Competition Model is a psycholinguistic theory of language acquisition and sentence processing, developed by Elizabeth Bates and Brian MacWhinney (1982)...

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

a theory of second language acquisition Interaction (statistics), when three or more variables influence each other Interactions of actors theory, created...