Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition (Cambridge Applied Linguistics) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521551935 ISBN 13: 9780521551939

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This original collection revisits and re-evaluates Chomsky's classic competence/performance distinction from a wide variety of perspectives and areas of expertise. The discussion is placed within a broad framework, taking account of a view of language both as a societal construct and as internal, developing within the mind and/or brain. Renowned experts in the fields of lexis, sociolinguistics, connectionism, Universal Grammar, language testing and interlanguage draw together ideas from the most recent developments in second language learning and psychological theory. Germane to their debate is the question of whether it is helpful, or in principle possible, to draw a distinction between competence and performance in second language learning. The volume will be of interest to teachers, researchers and students of applied linguistics, education and general linguistics.

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Book Description

This volume explores the competence/performance distinction with reference to second language acquisition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521551935
• ISBN 13: 9780521551939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Brown Gillian, Malmkjaer Kirsten, Williams John