Second Language Acquisition Theories Overview and Evaluation

PDF #66 – Christina Gitsaki – Second Language Acquisition Theories Overview and Evaluation

Over the past three decades a number of different theories of second language acquisition have been formed in an effort to provide explanations as to how language learning takes place, to identify the variables responsible for second language acquisition and to offer guidance to second language teachers. Each theory accounts for language acquisition from a different perspective so some criteria are needed in order to classify and evaluate each theory.

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