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Using SLA research in language teaching
Author(s) -
Cook Vivian
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/j.1473-4192.1999.tb00176.x
Subject(s) - linguistics , psychology , second language acquisition , philosophy
This paper discusses ways of using second language acquisition (SLA) research in teaching. It argues that the proper use of SLA research should meet a set of overlapping requirements: validity of the research, ethics in obtaining results, generality of research and teaching use, matching of languages in research and teaching, matching of learners and students, and breadth of coverage of language learning. These requirements are applied to three sample areas of research: the question of age‐effects in L2 learning, the acquisition of phonology and the acquisition of the writing system. The conclusion is that SLA research can be a source of provocative ideas to use in different levels of teaching and can form a bridge between psychological theories or linguistic descriptions and language teaching.