Category Archives: Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography on O’Malley, J. M., & Chamot, A. U. (1990). Learning strategies in second language acquisition (pp. 114-150). Cambridge University Press. By Eva Jin Learning strategies in second language acquisition is a book concerning the application of cognition in SLA, or … Continue reading →

Annotated Bibliography Ortega, L. (2003). Syntactic complexity measures and their relationship to L2 proficiency: A research synthesis of college‐level L2 writing. Applied linguistics, 24(4), 492-518. Eva Jin While syntactic complexity is one of the traditional criteria to measure L2 writing … Continue reading →

Swain, M. (2000) The output hypothesis and beyond: mediating acquisition through collaborative dialogue. In J. P. Lantolf (ed.), Sociocultural theory and second language learning (pp. 97–114). New York: Oxford University Press. As an attempt to broaden many of the postulates … Continue reading →

Annotated Bibliography Pavlenko, A., & Jarvis, S. (2002). Bidirectional transfer. Applied linguistics,23(2), 190-214.  While “transfer” in SLA is a popular topic, discussions had been largely limited to L1(s)’ influence on L2(s) despite of Selinker’s definition for transfer (1969). Pavlenko and Jarvis … Continue reading →

BIALYSTOK, E. (1997). The structure of age: In search of barriers to second language acquisition. Second Language Research, 13(2), 116-137. The article evaluates if second language acquisition is limited by a sensitive learning period and reflects if first language acquisition … Continue reading →

Krashen, S. (1982). Second Language Acquisition Theory. In Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition. Retrieved from http://www.sdkrashen.com/content/books/principles_and_practice.pdf   In this chapter, Krashen revises aspects of the relationship between age and second language acquisition and concludes that despite the fact … Continue reading →