Language Awareness and the Autonomous Language Learner.

Little, David

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ERIC Number: EJ555598

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Language Awareness and the Autonomous Language Learner.

Little, David

Language Awareness, v6 n2&3 p93-104 1997

Presents a language-awareness (LA) perspective on the concept of autonomy in second-language learning. The article distinguishes between two kinds of LA, examines child development and the role played by metalinguistic knowledge and literacy in first-language acquisition and examines the role played by both kinds of LA in second-language pedagogy. (19 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Child Language, Concept Formation, Grammar, Independent Study, Language Acquisition, Literacy, Metalinguistics, Role Perception, Second Language Learning, Sociolinguistics, Written Language

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Papers from the 3rd International Conference of the Association for Language Awareness.