Decision Making in Second Language Acquisition.

Birdsong, David

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ERIC Number: EJ488042

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Decision Making in Second Language Acquisition.

Birdsong, David

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v16 n2 p169-82 Jun 1994

Isolates domain-general decision-making (DM) processes in their specific instantiations in adult second-language acquisition (SLA). Some impediments to success in SLA may be artifacts of mature (adult) DM procedures. (Contains 29 references.) (JP)

Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Decision Making, Epistemology, Heuristics, Models, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Cognitive Foundations of Second Language Acquisition.