Directory of Language Acquisition Resources

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Academic studies of the learning and acquisition of first and second languages.

Resources in This Category

• Association for Language Learning

  http://www.all-languages.org.uk/
  Organization representing teachers of all languages in the United Kingdom. Includes news, publications, membership information.

• Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition-University of Minnesota.

  http://www.carla.umn.edu/
  Supports a number of coordinated programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning and assessment.

• Hayo Reinders

  http://innovationinteaching.org/
  Applied linguist offering various resources related to the noticing hypothesis, learner autonomy and Computer Assisted Language Learning.

• Language Acquisition

  http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/pinker.langacq.html
  Draft version of a paper on this subject by Steven Pinker.

• Language Acquisition - Wikipedia

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition
  A useful brief overview of some of the current theories of language acquisition, with references to Chomsky, Lenneberg and the evidence from feral children such as Genie.

• Language Revival: Preventing and Reversing Heritage Language Decline and Loss

  http://www.languagerevival.com/
  Aims to help people revive and/or re-acquire declining heritage languages. Educational, linguistic, and film/video resources help heritage communities and groups reverse language loss and achieve cultural continuity.

• TESOL - Official Page

  http://www.tesol.org/
  Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) is a professional association with a mission to ensure excellence in English language teaching to speakers of other languages. It has more than 13,500 members in over 140 countries.

• TESOL Certification

  http://www.thelinguist.org/
  An information guide on TESOL, TEFL, and TESL degree and certification programs in North America. Also provides a list of leading TESOL programs at the BA, MA, and PhD levels.

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