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Feral Children - Critical Period Hypothesis (Popularity:  )
http://www.feralchildren.com/en/critical.php
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.
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Issues in Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/teslal/ial/
Refereed journal managed, edited and published by graduate students of the UCLA Department of Applied Linguistics.
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Applied Linguistics Association of Korea (Popularity: )
http://www.alak.or.kr/
Includes newsletter, conference information, downloadable journal.
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Studies in Second Language Acquisition (Popularity: )
http://www.indiana.edu/~ssla/
Journal published by Cambridge University Press. Includes online indices and information for submitters and subscribers.
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Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.aclacaal.org/
Events, membership and employment information. [Parallel English and French]
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Center for Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.cal.org/
CAL carries out a wide range of activities including research, teacher education, analysis and dissemination of information, design and development of instructional materials, technical assistance, conference planning, program evaluation, and ...
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Language Acquisition- Mama Teached Me Talk (Popularity: )
http://www.facstaff.bucknell.edu/rbeard/acquisition.html
How we learn language.
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British Association for Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.baal.org.uk/
Professional association based in the UK. Covers events, special interest groups and the annual BAAL Book Prize.
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A Concept of 'Critical Period' for Language Acquistion (Popularity: )
http://www.tsuyama-ct.ac.jp/kats/papers/kn7/kn7.htm
A paper discussing the implications of a 'critical period' of language acquisition for adult language learning.
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Second Language Acquisition Bibliography (Popularity: )
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vivian.c/SLA/SLABIB/
A list of scholarly writings arranged by subtopic, maintained by Vivian Cook.
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Jyväskylä Virtual Library - Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.jyu.fi/library/virtuaalikirjasto/roads/kielieng.htm
Multilingual collection of links and articles.
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American Association for Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://aaal.org/
Information on the executive committee, application for membership, awards, job register, and upcoming conferences.
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Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand (Popularity: )
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/about/alanz/alanz.html
Covers membership, publications, email list.
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Irish Association for Applied Linguistics (Popularity: )
http://www.iraal.ie/
Covers membership and the association's annual journal, Teanga.
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Greek Applied Linguistics Association (Popularity: )
http://www.enl.auth.gr/gala/
Covers administration, events, publications, and how to subscribe to the association's journal, the Journal of Applied Linguistics.
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Language Acquisition - Wikipedia (Popularity: )
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition
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.
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ESLResearcher.org (Popularity: )
http://eslresearcher.org/
A site for those doing research into the acquisition of English as a second language. Includes conference listings and calls for papers, job postings, discussion lists, message board for researchers, ...
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Association for Language Learning (Popularity: )
http://www.all-languages.org.uk/
Organization representing teachers of all languages in the United Kingdom. Includes news, publications, membership information.
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Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition-University of Minnesota. (Popularity: )
http://www.carla.umn.edu/
Supports a number of coordinated programs of research, training, development, and dissemination of information related to second language teaching, learning and assessment.
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A Discussion of Language Acquistion Theories (Popularity: )
http://maxpages.com/thena/ladiscussion
Descriptions of eight of the different language acquisition theories, and their relevance to both first and second language acquistion.
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