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Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition

    Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition

    Performance and Competence in Second Language Acquisition

    Gillian Brown, Kirsten Malmkjaer, John Williams
    April 1996
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    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.

    • The volume includes input from a range of disciplines within applied linguistics and related fields.
    • It covers a broad spread of fundamental issues in Second Language Acquisition.
    • It provides alternative views and different perspectives on the same basic issues.
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