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The Rules of Second Language Acquisition

September 1st, 2008 · No Comments

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What have I learned about second language acquisition?
1. That it is systematic, rule-governed and yet it is a creative process of discovery.
2. It involves acting on received language input by trying to make responses and by making plenty of mistakes in the new language.
3. It involves interacting with [...]

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