Publications

Publication details [#36004]

Buczowska, Ewa and Richard M. Weist. 1991. The effects of formal instruction on the second-language acquisition of temporal location. Language Learning 41 (4) : 535–554.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

instructing1 | L1-acquisition | L2-acquisition | temporal | time deixis

Language as a subject

English | Polish

Place, Publisher

The University of Michigan

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/lang

Annotation

This study discusses differences in the acquisition of temporal systems in first language learners and tutored second language learners, focusing on absolute and relative temporal contrasts. The conducted experiment involved tutored Polish English as a second language learners and American children in the age-span from 2 1/2 to 6 1/2 years, acquiring English as their first language.