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Flesvig Bruland, Nicole – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Many in the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA) agree that interaction is a critical component in the process of second language acquisition (Hatch 1978; Long, 1996; Pica 1994). According to Long (1996), second language (L2) learners have the best chance of successful L2 acquisition when placed in an environment in which conversational…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Lynch, Andrew – Foreign Language Annals, 2008
This article addresses the situation of lower-proficiency heritage language learners of Spanish in terms of their linguistic similarities to second language learners. The analysis highlights grammatical and lexical features in the oral discourse of Spanish heritage and second language learners at intermediate and advanced levels of study,…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Heritage Education, Native Speakers