Conditions for Second Language Learning: Introduction to a General Theory
Bernard Spolsky
284 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0194370631
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Language: English
Publish: June 22, 1989
Spolsky here examines the conditions under which languages are learned, and how learning related to teaching. His theory, set out in the form of a preference model, emphasizes the need to be precise and clear on the nature of the goals and outcomes of learning, and to recognize the complexity
of the concept of “knowing a second language.”