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ERIC Number: EJ575466
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
On the Scope of Second Language Acquisition Research: "The Learner Variety" Perspective and Beyond--A Response to Klein.
Larsen-Freeman, Diane
Language Learning, v48 n4 p551-56 Dec 1998
Responds to a previous article that suggests the second-language-acquisition acquisition field has failed to realize academic respectability. Offers an overview of some of the more positive advances in the discipline. Concludes by calling for a whole systems approach to the study of second language acquisition. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Interlanguage, Language Research, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Systems Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: For related article, see FL 528 570.