New Dimensions in Second Language Acquisition Research

The following papers are included: (1) "Some Common Goals for Second and First Language Acquisition Research" by Kenji Hakuta; (2) "Research on the Measurement of Affective Variables: Some Remaining Questions" by John W. Oller, Jr.; (3) "The Effects of Neurological Age on No...

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Main Author Andersen, Roger W., Ed
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Newbury House Publishers, Inc 1981
Subjects
Affective Measures
Chronological Age
Code Switching (Language)
Critical Period (Language Learning)
Epistemology
Experiential Learning
Hypnosis
Language Processing
Language Research
Language Usage
Lingua Francas
Neurolinguistics
Pidgins
Prior Learning
Regional Dialects
Second Language Learning
Singapore
Singapore
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Summary:The following papers are included: (1) "Some Common Goals for Second and First Language Acquisition Research" by Kenji Hakuta; (2) "Research on the Measurement of Affective Variables: Some Remaining Questions" by John W. Oller, Jr.; (3) "The Effects of Neurological Age on Nonprimary Language Acquisition" by Thomas Scovel; (4) "Exceptions to Critical Period Predictions: A Sinister Plot" by Herbert W. Seliger; (5) "Some Evidence for the Integrity and Interaction of Two Knowledge Sources" by Ellen Bialystok; (6) "Hypnotism as a Tool in Second Language Research" by Russell N. Campbell and John H. Schumann; (7) "Input from the Inside: The Role of a Child's Prior Linguistic Experience in Second Language Learning" by Deborah Keller-Cohen; (8) "Target Language Use in the Wider Environment as a Factor in Its Acquisition" by Merrill Swain; (9) "Language Spread as a Perspective for the Study of Second Language Acquisition" by Robert L. Cooper; (10) "Formal Simplicity and Functional Simplification in Second Language Acquisition" by S. P. Corder; (11) "Form and Function in Second Language Learning: An Example from Singapore" by Jack C. Richards; and (12) "Two Perspectives on Pidginization as Second Language Acquisition" by Roger W. Andersen. Discussions follow several of the papers. (JB)