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Publication details [#27066]

Swain, Merrill and Sharon Lapkin. 1995. Problems in output and the cognitive processes they generate: A step towards second language learning. Applied Linguistics 16 (3) : 371–391.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognition | language, production of | problem solving | second language acquisition

Place, Publisher

Oxford University Press

ISBN

0142-6001

Journal WWW

http://www3.oup.co.uk/applij/contents/

Annotation

This paper argues that noticing a problem in second language production can lead learners to modify their original output and suggests this process is part of the second language acquistion process.