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ERIC Number: EJ591407
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0142-6001
Dichotomies, Difference, and Ritual in Second Language Learning and Teaching.
Rampton, Ben
Applied Linguistics, v20 n3 p316-40 Sep 1999
Questions the distinction between "natural" and "instructed" language learning. Introduces two extracts in which adolescents use Panjabi as a second language in peer-group recreation, and then shows how these contradict orthodox images of natural acquisition and classroom learning. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Classroom Environment, Language Research, Language Usage, Peer Groups, Punjabi, Recreational Activities, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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