A Critical Review of the Interactionist Approach to Second Language Acquisition

 Initial teacher training needs to include culture and cultural awareness, cognitive and language development and, specific second language teaching and learning strategies. 

Many errors can be explained better by a learners developing knowledge of the target language structure than their attempt to transfer patterns of their first language

At first these studies focused on (a) the effects of immersion on learning French as a second language; (b) the effects on English, the L1; (c) the effects of learning a second

Understanding the underlying theories of second and foreign language acquisition and learning will help both teachers and students in learning and teaching a target language..

Second language acquisition researchers study the ‘second’ language development of individuals, English as a lingua franca researchers investigate the use of

This suggests through purposeful social interaction; argumentation; cognitive conflict; adjudication; development of language skills; addressment of misconceptions

The learning institution of student teachers had a bearing on their attitude towards teaching, work values, and interaction with peers, but not on their cognitive or

In second language acquisition domain, Perrett (1995) has mentioned that if students are provided with the opportunities to use language and learning strategies in