Second language acquisition myths : applying second language research to classroom teaching /
2nd language acquisition myths Applying second language research to classroom teaching
Steven Brown, Jenifer Larson-Hall.
- viii, 199 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Children learn languages quickly and easily while adults are ineffective in comparison -- A true bilingual is someone who speaks two languages perfectly -- You can acquire a language simply through listening or reading -- Practice makes perfect -- Language students learn (and retain) what they are taught -- Language learners always benefit from correction -- Individual differences are a major, perhaps the major, factor in SLA -- Language acquisition is the individual acquisition of grammar.
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Second language acquisition--Research--Methodology English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--Evaluation. English teachers--Training of--Social aspects.