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ERIC Number: EJ418410
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
The Variable Competence Model of Second Language Acquisition, and Why It Isn't.
Gregg, Kevin R.
Applied Linguistics, v11 n4 p364-83 Dec 1990
Examines the work of two scholars who have made the greatest contributions to the variabilist perspective on second-language acquisition, and discusses the acquisition models that each of these scholars has proposed. (50 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Grammar, Interlanguage, Language Research, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory, Models, Second Language Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Capability Continuum Paradigm; Variable Competence Model
Note: For related articles, see FL 520 583 and FL 520 584.