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Why is learning the grammar of a second language difficult? The present volume brings together insights from leading researchers, published in the past five years of the journal Language Learning, to identify the multiple factors that combine to challenge learners in attaining full proficiency in a second language.

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What makes learning second-language grammar difficult?: a review of issues 1

Explaining the "natural order of L2 morpheme acquisition" in English: a meta-analysis of multiple determinants 27

Input and SLA: adults' sensitivity to different sorts of cues to French gender 79

The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Russian gender: can elements of child-directed speech aid in learning morphology? 139

Phonological memory and rule learning 177

Grammatical Development in Language Learning

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    A Paperback by Robert Dekeyser


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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/01/2005
      ISBN13: 9781405135818, 978-1405135818
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Why is learning the grammar of a second language difficult? The present volume brings together insights from leading researchers, published in the past five years of the journal Language Learning, to identify the multiple factors that combine to challenge learners in attaining full proficiency in a second language.

      Table of Contents

      What makes learning second-language grammar difficult?: a review of issues 1

      Explaining the "natural order of L2 morpheme acquisition" in English: a meta-analysis of multiple determinants 27

      Input and SLA: adults' sensitivity to different sorts of cues to French gender 79

      The role of diminutives in the acquisition of Russian gender: can elements of child-directed speech aid in learning morphology? 139

      Phonological memory and rule learning 177

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