Category Archives: SLA

Annotated Bibliography Entry for Swain’s The Output Hypothesis

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

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Pavlenko and Jarvis’ Bidirectional Transfer

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

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Bialystok’s The Structure of Age

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

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Annotated Bibliography Entry for Krashen’s Second Language Acquisition Theory

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

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