PDF #51 – Access to Meaning The Anatomy of the Language Learning Connection – David Skinner
In this Part II the author examines the most common assumptions about second language acquisition by means of the anatomical model created in Part I. The examination includes a review of the most widely-used second language acquisition methods, and shows how they owe their basic assumptions to those embodied in the Direct Method — a century-old approach to teaching second languages.
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