Field Dependence-Independence in Second-Language Acquisition: Some Forgotten Aspects

Aspects of Culture in Second Language Acquisition and Foreign Language Learning, J. Arabski & A. Wojtaszek (2011), ISBN 9783642202001

The Role of Sociolinguistics in Second Language Acquisition

Learning a new language also involves learning a broad system of norms for social relations.This study broadly showed how EFL learners’ speech act is conveyed from their nativecultures when they are communicating in English and demonstrated that there are somepossibilities of cross-cultural misunderstanding when interlocutors are engaged in the speechact of complimenting with native speakers of...

A Dynamical System Approach to Research in Second Language Acquisition

Epistemologically speaking, second language acquisition research (SLAR) might be reconsidered from a complex dynamical system view with interconnected aspects in the ecosystem of language acquisition. The present paper attempts to introduce the tenets of complex system theory and its application in SLAR. It has been suggested that the present dominant traditions in language acquisition research...

Field Dependence : Weld Independence

Research has cshown,'s!;udent 'field-independent cognitive stVle (FT),_as opposed to fleld-dependent Eognitiie style (FD), to be correlated moderately witlt success on selected second lanauage tasks..A trait treatment interaCtion approach was utilized in this study to examine the role of F6 /I among 236.collegs Students enrolled in six sections of an tntroductory Spanish course. The _ 'ourObse ...

Towards a definition of intake in second language acquisition

Intake  is  a  concept  that  has  long  fascinated  second  language  researchers  as  it  provides  a window  onto  the  crucial  intermediary  stage  between  input  and  acquisition.  A  better understanding of this intermediary  stage can  help us to distinguish between input that  is used for immediate (e.g. communicative) purposes only and input that is drawn on for learning. This articl...