L'APPRENTISSAGE D'UNE SECONDE LANGUE CHEZ L'ADULTE

Authors

  • Charles P. Bouton Simon Fraser University

Abstract

Whereas many in North America (and in this issue of the Journal) consider the study of a second language and the acquisition of the mother tongue to be similar if not identical processes, Bouton is resolute in resisting this point of view. He deals here with a number of aspects of the instruction of adults in foreign languages that should give direction to research and practice: contrastive linguistics, analysis of the cognitive approach, the advantages and disadvantages of the "languages of specialization", and certain pathological difficulties that affect first language leaming also. He accompanies his exposition with a penetrating commentary of immediate relevance to specialists in the teaching of foreign languages.

Author Biography

Charles P. Bouton, Simon Fraser University

Charles P. Bouton is Chairman of the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, at Simon Fraser University. He has published several books in different research areas, particularly in adult second language learning and child language development. His present interests are the problems of acquisition of meaning in child language development and the study of pathological aspects of the development and functioning of language.

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Published

1978-04-01

How to Cite

Bouton, C. P. (1978). L’APPRENTISSAGE D’UNE SECONDE LANGUE CHEZ L’ADULTE. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 13(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7199

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Vol. 13 No. 002 (1978)

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