Introduction to a Colloquium: The Scope and Form of a Theory of Second Language Learning

BERNARD SPOLSKY

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Abstract

This paper introduces a colloquium on the scope and form of a theory of second language learning. It argues for the value of a general theory, considers the relation of theory to practice, and argues that the papers that follow—by McLaughlin; Bialystok; Long; Schumann; Sokolik; and Hatch, Shirai, and Fantuzzi;—point to a field where new and competing paradigms are being explored. 1990 TESOL International Association

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)609-616
Number of pages8
JournalTESOL Quarterly
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

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