Theory in second/foreign language research
One of the fundamental claims of any field of study to being scientific is having a theory. A theory which would guide research within the given field of study. In Anglo-American terms, “applied linguistics” and in Quebeco-French terms, “language didactics” as a field of study has as yet to constru...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
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2014
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | One of the fundamental claims of any field of study to being scientific is having a theory. A theory which would guide research within the given field of study. In Anglo-American terms, “applied linguistics” and in Quebeco-French terms, “language didactics” as a field of study has as yet to construct a satisfactory theory. Attempts have been made to construct such a theory. However so far only suggestions for a conceptual framework such as Stern’s (1983) or Germain’s (1989) have proved promi... |
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