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  2. Charles Arthur Curran - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1970s he proposed Community Language Learning as a method based on his approach. His views, which were mostly promoted and tested by his students Paul G. La Forge (1971) and Taylor (1979), among others, gained particular attention and prominence in the 1980s & 1990s through the work of Jennybelle P. Rardin (1994), Keiko Komimy ...

  3. Theories of second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Connectionism attempts to model the cognitive language processing of the human brain, using computer architectures that make associations between elements of language, based on frequency of co-occurrence in the language input. [26] Frequency has been found to be a factor in various linguistic domains of language learning. [27]

  4. Community language learning - Wikipedia

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    Community language learning (CLL) is a language-teaching approach [1] focused on group-interest learning. It is based on the counselling-approach in which the teacher acts as a counselor and a paraphraser , while the learner is seen as a client and collaborator.

  5. Skill-based theories of second-language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    These theories conceive of second-language acquisition as being learned in the same way as any other skill, such as learning to drive a car or play the piano. That is, they see practice as the key ingredient of language acquisition. The most well-known of these theories is based on John Anderson's adaptive control of thought model. [1]

  6. Psychoanalytic conceptions of language - Wikipedia

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    The framework of intersubjectivity and model of the therapeutic alliance as a reciprocal exchange constructed by both analyst and patient call for a modification to both theory and practice, the ultimate aim of which is to think of the analytic process more in terms of interpersonal relations and "complex language worlds" (p. 616).

  7. Interaction hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    In psycholinguistics, the interaction hypothesis is a theory of second-language acquisition which states that the development of language proficiency is promoted by face-to-face interaction and communication. [1] Its main focus is on the role of input, interaction, and output in second language acquisition. [2]

  8. Usage-based models of language - Wikipedia

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    Hans-Jörg Schmid’s "Entrenchment-and-Conventionalization" Model offers a comprehensive recent summary approach to usage-based thinking. [19] In great detail and with reference to many sub-disciplines and concepts in linguistics he shows how usage mediates between entrenchment, the establishment of linguistic habits in individuals via repetition and associations, and conventionalization, a ...

  9. Noticing hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    The theory was proposed by Richard Schmidt in 1990. [1] The noticing hypothesis explains the change from linguistic input into intake and is considered a form of conscious processing. It is exclusive from attention and understanding, and has been criticized within the field of psychology and second language acquisition.