Some second language (L2) learners are unique in that they bring low print literacy and
limited formal schooling to the language learning enterprise. A range of personal, economic …

This edited collection of empirical studies examines the link between interaction and second
language learning. The studies provide readers with insights into a wide variety of issues at …

Page 1 OXFORD APPLIED LINGUISTICS Literacy and Second Language Oracy Elaine Tarone
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Many adolescent and adult L2 learners in language classrooms, both in the US and other
countries, have little or no alphabetic print literacy. Language teachers may turn to SLA …

Literacy is an essential tool for functioning in a modern society and, as such, it is often taken
for granted when develo** second language learning curricula for people who need to …

This study addresses the role of awareness in learning and the variables that may facilitate
adult second language (L2) implicit learning. We replicated Williams's (2005) study with a …

The aim of this study is to probe into the methods, approaches, and principles used in
educational environments, both formal and non-formal ones, throughout Greece that …

Adult English language learners with limited literacy often have little or no formal schooling
in their native language. As a result, they need focused instruction to help them increase …

This article reports on one teacher's journey, Nan's, as she struggled to provide appropriate
instruction to low-literate day laborers in an English as a second language (ESL) class for …

There is a large literature showing that adult L2 learners, in contrast to children, often fail to
acquire native-like competence in the second language. Because of such age effects, adult …