Open AccessInput and Acquisition in Second Language Classrooms
Author(s) -
Patsy M. Lightbown
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
tesl canada journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-8917
pISSN - 0826-435X
DOI - 10.18806/tesl.v1i2.435
Subject(s) - task (project management) , linguistics , comprehension approach , psychology , language acquisition , language assessment , language education , second language acquisition , first language , second language , computer science , mathematics education , philosophy , management , economics
In the speech of a group of francophone ESL learners, we examined introducer forms used to initiate picture descriptions. We then compared the learners' use of these forms to the corresponding forms in the classroom language the learners were exposed to-textbook language, the students' own classroom language, and their teachers' language. We also compared the learners' use of introducers to that of native speakers performing the same task. Some of the non-target-like characteristics of the learners' language were found to correspond to characteristics of the input they received.