What is it about?
Language exists in the social world, and the language learning process takes place within the sociocultural context. Communication plays the central role in language learning. Thus, the grammatical structures emerge through discourse as a result of the interaction between the learner and the environment. This article offers the pedagogical implications of this understanding.
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Why is it important?
It is exceedingly important for language practitioners to understand how language learning takes place, and how research and theory explain this process.
Perspectives
The field of L2 acquisition is rife with theories and perspectives, but using a bottom-up approach as a practitioner-as-researcher, I illustrate a compelling theory to readers.
Dr Shahid Abrar-ul-Hassan
University of British Columbia
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This page is a summary of: Language Development Hinges on Communication: An Emergentist Perspective, TESOL Journal, December 2011, Wiley,
DOI: 10.5054/tj.2011.269749.
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