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Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition-University of Minnesota.
Supports a number of coordinated programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning and assessment.
www.carla.umn.edu
Draft version of a paper on this subject by Steven Pinker.
www.ecs.soton.ac.uk
Language Acquisition- Mama Teached Me Talk
How we learn language.
www.facstaff.bucknell.edu
Second Language Acquisition Bibliography
A list of scholarly writings arranged by subtopic, maintained by Vivian Cook.
homepage.ntlworld.com
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Journal published by Cambridge University Press. Includes online indices and information for submitters and subscribers.
www.indiana.edu
The International Commission on Second Language Acquisition (ICOSLA)
Scientific organization set up to provide a worldwide forum for the development of SLA research. Provides archive and links to online resources.
www.hw.ac.uk
EuroSLA: European Second Language Association
Conferences, publication and subscription information, links.
www.swan.ac.uk
Language Acquisition - Wikipedia
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.
en.wikipedia.org
A Concept of 'Critical Period' for Language Acquistion
A paper discussing the implications of a 'critical period' of language acquisition for adult language learning.
www.tsuyama-ct.ac.jp
A Discussion of Language Acquistion Theories
Descriptions of eight of the different language acquisition theories, and their relevance to both first and second language acquistion.
maxpages.com
Feral Children - Critical Period Hypothesis
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.
www.feralchildren.com
Applied linguist offering various resources related to the noticing hypothesis, learner autonomy and Computer Assisted Language Learning.
www.hayo.nl
Association for Language Learning
Organization representing teachers of all languages in the United Kingdom. Includes news, publications, membership information.
www.all-languages.org.uk