Theories and Research on Second Language Acquisition.

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Theories and Research on Second Language
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ABSTRACT
Intended for students, teachers, parents, and
the
administrators in charge of educating bilingual children,
information available
monograph provides a summarized account of the
acquisition,
regarding theories and research in second language
overview of
divided into four chapters. Chapter I is an historical
and beliefs dating from
language acquisition theories, philosophies,
The works of
Biblical times'to the beginning of the 20th century.
Quintilian, Locke, Rousseau,
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Varro,
Chapter II deals with
Herder, von Humboldt, and others are discussed.
controversies about language
modern theioris, research findings, and
acquisition. It summarizes the ideas of Tomb, Leopold, Langer,
theorists.,
Penfield, Brooks, Skinner, Chomsky, and several other
first and second
Chapter III is a report of recent research on
researchers in each of
language acquisition. The work of important
language acquisition (error analysis,
the four major approacheS to
analysis)
...contrastive analysis, performance analysis, and discourse
contains brief summaries of
is discussed in some detail. Chapter IV
all published through the ERIC
50 exemplary research projects,
communicative competence. The
system, or language acquisition and
publication data, ERIC
citation fcr each project notes author, title,
data, and includes a brief summary- (SB)
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THEORIES AND RESEARCH
ON
SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Ricardo J. Cornejo
San Diego State University
Luz 0. Cornejo
Culver City Unified School District
February 1981
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Every teacher knows that his pupils need
intellectual stimulation, and that their
emotional life also needs nourishment;
that in some shadowy region between these
two, there is an imagination which draws
affective aspects
on both the cognitive and
of the psyche; and that ultimately this
imagination is the true powerhouse of the
mind-body complexes of thoughts and feelings
that sit in desks in front of him (UNESCO,
1972).
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Acknowledgements
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Preface
Language in Our Modern World.
Introduction:
Ancient Views of Language Origin and
Chapter One:
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Acquisition
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Modern Theories of Language Acquisition
Chapter Two:
Recent Research on Second Language
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Chapter Three:
Acquisition
Exemplary Research Studies on Language
Chapter Four:
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tive Competence
Acquisition and Communi
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References
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About the Authors
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
contributions
Several people are to be thanked for their
publication.
to the successful completion of this
graduate
Special recognition goes to Alice Weinstein,
library search
research associate, SDSU,. who did most of the
and selected materials for the book.
and Kathleen Finney,
Sincere appptciation goes to Jane Bach
their thorough
independent typists and stenographers, ior
typing of the manuscript.
Miller, executive
Sincere gratitude goes to Charlene
for helping in the typing
secretary to Project ASSERT, SDSU,
and proofing of the manuscript.
Jose VASquez, Professor .of Edu-
We are much *indebted to
critiqued the final
cation, Hunter College, New York, who
its refinement.
manuscript and offered valuable insights to
Quezada-AragOn, Infor-
Our gratitude goes to Manuela L.
Director, ERIC/CRESS,
mation Specialist, and.Everev: Edington,
of the book.
Las Cruces, for approving the publication
Ricardo and Luz Cornejo
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PREFACE
This monograph has been prepared in order to provide
information in the area of theories and research studies
in second language accuisition.
The material has been compiled with the hope that it
will provide up-to-date theoretical, factual, and practical
information to students, teachers, teacher aides, resource
teachers, parents, and administrators in charge of educating
bilingual children.
You are encouraged to consider this volume as an abstrac-
of
ted account of what is currently available in the area
It is also our hope that you will inves-
language research.
tigate the original scurces of information if you feel
reported
intrigued by any. of the theories or research studies
here.
The book comprises one introduction and four chapters:
The Introduction presents an overview of language in
language
,general, with special emphasis on the place that
identification.
has as an expression and a vehicle for cultural
Chapter One offers a summary of various philosophies,
beliefs, andiviews on language acquisition through the ages.
there were
This chapter was included because we felt that
debate\between Chomsky
great similarities in the modern
Herder and
and Skinner, the Middle Ages debate between von
philosophers
Rousseau, and the ancient Greece "dialogs" among
such as Plato:and Aristotle.
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Also, the eternal debate of the "optimum age" to ream
discUssed by modern thinkers
a language, which has,been
such as Andersson, Chomsky, Lenneberg, Penfield,.and Langer,
of ancient Egypt', as Hero-
was already a concern at the time
dotus reports in his Vistorical essays.
and research
It is impossible to discuss recent theories
.
of
efforts without an awareness of the ideas and theories
the thinkers of the past.
Chapter Two summarizes the theories advocated by some
and
of the most prestigious and prominent theoreticians
researchers of modern times.
research studies
Chapter Three reports on the various
acquisition.
conducted in the area of first and second language
language acquisition,
Even though this book is about second
dealing with
it was-appropriate to include studies
we_feit
research methodologies
first language acquisition since. their
analyzing children's acquisition
were usually replicated in
of L2.
of ERIC
Chapter Four incluces a comprehensive listing
research
publications dealing with language acquisition
would provide an appro-
We felt that this listing
studies.
of the volume', all
priate final stage in the components
to-scientific research
the way from beliefs in antiquity
studies in the 1980's.
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