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Supports a number of coordinated programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning and assessment.
http://www.carla.umn.edu/
Science Social Sciences Linguistics Applied Linguistics Language Acquisition
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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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition
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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.
http://www.tesol.org
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Organization representing teachers of all languages in the United Kingdom. Includes news, publications, membership information.
http://www.all-languages.org.uk/
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Conferences, publication and subscription information, links.
http://www.swan.ac.uk/cals/eurosla/
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Draft version of a paper on this subject by Steven Pinker.
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Papers/Py104/pinker.langacq.html
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Journal published by Cambridge University Press. Includes online indices and information for submitters and subscribers.
http://www.indiana.edu/~ssla/
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Scientific organization set up to provide a worldwide forum for the development of SLA research. Provides archive and links to online resources.
http://www.hw.ac.uk/langWWW/icsla/icsla.htm
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A list of scholarly writings arranged by subtopic, maintained by Vivian Cook.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/SLABIB/
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Several useful papers, including Locke's suggesting the term 'sensitive period' instead of 'critical period', and Jones' looking at Genie's language acquisition after the critical period.
http://www.feralchildren.com/en/critical.php
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