IN PRAISE OF INCIDENTAL LEARNING Lessons From Some Empirical Findings on Language Acquisition
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Last June I had the honor of joining long-time colleague Warwick Elley as a presenter at the Second International Conference on Functional Literacy in Noordwijerhout, The Netherlands. Dr. Elley is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, where for many years he has conducted research into the acquisition of literacy skills among first and second language learners. He has investigated, among other things, how both children and adults acquire and use elements of language such as vocabulary and grammar.
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