• 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...
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  • Second-language acquisition (SLA), sometimes called second-language learning—otherwise referred to as L2 (language 2) acquisition, is the process of learning...
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  • Skill-based theories of second-language acquisition are theories of second-language acquisition based on models of skill acquisition in cognitive psychology...
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  • subject since then. No comprehensive list of strategies has been agreed on by researchers in second-language acquisition, but some commonly used strategies have...
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  • ability to be aware of language, to understand it, and to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. Language acquisition involves structures...
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    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...
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    theories, on the other hand, hypothesize that cognitive mechanisms, responsible for much of human learning, process language. Other dominant theories...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • The generative approach to second language (L2) acquisition (SLA) is a cognitive based theory of SLA that applies theoretical insights developed from...
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  • 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)...
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  • 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...
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  • to language learning, ICALL utilizes linguistic theory and theories of second-language acquisition in its pedagogy. ICALL developed from the field of Computer...
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  • 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...
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  • Interface position (category Language acquisition)
    in second language acquisition that describes the various possible theoretical relationships between implicit and explicit knowledge in the mind of a second...
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  • Statistical language acquisition, a branch of developmental psycholinguistics, studies the process by which humans develop the ability to perceive, produce...
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  • Noticing hypothesis (category Second-language acquisition)
    noticing hypothesis is a theory within second-language acquisition that a learner cannot continue advancing their language abilities or grasp linguistic...
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  • Interaction hypothesis (category Language acquisition)
    the interaction hypothesis is a theory of second-language acquisition which states that the development of language proficiency is promoted by face-to-face...
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  • Heritage language learning, or heritage language acquisition, is the act of learning a heritage language from an ethnolinguistic group that traditionally...
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  • Second-language acquisition classroom research is an area of research in second-language acquisition concerned with how people learn languages in educational...
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  • of and topical guide to second-language acquisition: Second-language acquisition – process by which people learn a second language. Second-language acquisition...
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  • Processing is a theory in second language acquisition that focuses on how learners process linguistic data in spoken or written language. The theory comprises...
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  • Acculturation model (category Second-language acquisition)
    second-language acquisition, the acculturation model is a theory proposed by John Schumann to describe the acquisition process of a second language (L2)...
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    process of second language writing has been an area of research in applied linguistics and second language acquisition theory since the middle of the 20th...
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  • been observed in second-language acquisition where the learner does not yet produce but is actively processing the L2 (second language). This silent period...
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    when two languages interact. However, the meaning of these terms is reasonably well-defined only in second language acquisition or language replacement...
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  • Patsy M. Lightbown (category University of North Carolina at Greensboro alumni)
    the teaching and acquisition of second and/or foreign languages in a classroom context. Her theories of second language acquisition earned her the SPEAQ...
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  • a theory of second language acquisition Interaction (statistics), when three or more variables influence each other Interactions of actors theory, created...
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  • 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...
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  • Processability theory is a theory of second language acquisition developed by Manfred Pienemann. (Pienemann 1998) The theory has been used as a framework...
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