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ERIC Number: EJ669715
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-1028-4435
Auto-Communal Language Learning of Mandarin Chinese and Samoan: A Chronicle and Comparison.
Brown, T. Pascal
Hong Kong Journal of Applied Linguistics, v7 n2 p122-35 Dec 2002
This autobiographical analysis compares the learning of Mandarin Chinese over 15 years and Samoan over 20 years using an auto-communal model of learning--self instruction within a local community were creating encounters and making up conversations for the sake of language practice are the central learning method. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Independent Study, Mandarin Chinese, Samoan, 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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Note: Special issue: The Experience of Language Learning.