"Phonology is essentially the description of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language".  (George Yule) "Phon...

MOTHERESE INTRODUCTION     Starting after World War 2, behaviorism became the dominant force in the theories of language acquisition. I...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Krashen's Input Hypothesis : The ongoing influence of Krashen’s Input Hypothesis... There are at least forty “theories” of second langu...

Structuralist Theories Structuralist Theories New ideas often provoke baffled and anti-intellectual reactions, and this was especially tru...

What is phrase structure grammar? What are its limitations? There are three distinctive periods of development in the theory of constituen...

THE CRITICAL PERIOD HYPOTHESIS The notion that a biologically determined period exists during which language acquisition must occur, if i...

Second Language Acquisition Theories: Overview and Evaluation       This paper presents some of the most influential theories of second la...

a brief history of language teaching, 1853 – 2003 Below is a potted history of the most well-known approaches and attitudes to language in ...

"Phonology is essentially the description of the systems and patterns of speech sounds in a language".  (George Yule) "Phon...

MOTHERESE INTRODUCTION     Starting after World War 2, behaviorism became the dominant force in the theories of language acquisition. I...

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Krashen's Input Hypothesis : The ongoing influence of Krashen’s Input Hypothesis... There are at least forty “theories” of second langu...

Structuralist Theories Structuralist Theories New ideas often provoke baffled and anti-intellectual reactions, and this was especially tru...

What is phrase structure grammar? What are its limitations? There are three distinctive periods of development in the theory of constituen...

THE CRITICAL PERIOD HYPOTHESIS The notion that a biologically determined period exists during which language acquisition must occur, if i...

Second Language Acquisition Theories: Overview and Evaluation       This paper presents some of the most influential theories of second la...

a brief history of language teaching, 1853 – 2003 Below is a potted history of the most well-known approaches and attitudes to language in ...