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SOCIAL FACTORS, INTERLANGUAGE, AND LANGUAGE LEARNING 1
Author(s) -
Richards Jack C.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1972.tb00081.x
Subject(s) - interlanguage , psychology , linguistics , language acquisition , comprehension approach , language transfer , context (archaeology) , second language acquisition , transfer of training , second language attrition , developmental linguistics , language education , cognitive psychology , mathematics education , paleontology , philosophy , biology
The field of second language learning is shown to encompass the study of interlanguage phenomena, which reflect the conditions under which language is learned and used. These include the processes of language transfer, transfer of training, strategies of learning, strategies of communication, and overgeneralization. Five different contexts for language learning are considered and the results of language learning in each context related to the social context for learning through the notion of interlanguage.