Organizing the World: Children's Concepts and Categories and Implications for the Teaching of English.

Cameron, Lynne

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ERIC Number: EJ479581

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Organizing the World: Children's Concepts and Categories and Implications for the Teaching of English.

Cameron, Lynne

ELT Journal, v48 n1 p28-39 Jan 1994

Cognitive development research can be applied to the learning of a second language, resulting in a view of language learning as the acquisition and development of expertise. From this framework, two processes are viewed from within this framework for learners of English: learning vocabulary and learning discourse and story. (Contains 10 references.) (JP)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Psychology, Concept Formation, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Story Grammar, Vocabulary Development

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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