Abstract This article examines second language acquisition from the perspective of “sociocultural theory”, which regards learners’ engagement with their environment as a constitutive element of the ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...

Stephen Krashen, emeritus professor of education at the University of Southern California, widely known for developing the first comprehensive theory of second language acquisition, will speak at two ...

There all sorts of theories around how best to acquire a second language. Some people think you should dive right in and speak from day one. Other people think that it is perfectly normal for you to ...