Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in natu…
This text challenges the design of programs that can read and reason on the basis of written causal descriptions such as those that appear in encyclopaedias and user manuals and presents a theory of representation called "transition space", implemented in a program called "PATHF…
Presents an approach to language awareness based upon critical theories of language and language education. This text consists of 13 essays with contributions from both theorists and practitioners on subjects such as language in multicultural education and English as a foreign l…
